Iran Attack Scrapped, Again; Michigan Senate Race Preview; Is Less Protein Better?; Flock Camera Backlash 

**Mosheh Oinounou** (0:04)
Hey, everybody, it is Monday, August 3rd. You're listening to the Mo News podcast. I'm Moshe Oinounou.

**Jill Wagner** (0:09)
And I'm Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you Just the Facts.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (0:13)
And where we read all the news and read between the lines, so you do not have to, on this National Watermelon Day.
Though I also understand that peaches, it's peach season right now, Jill. I don't know if you've gotten your peaches and plums of late, late July, August. You are guaranteed to have some really juicy sweet peaches.

**Jill Wagner** (0:34)
You know, it's totally unnecessary because peaches are pretty delicious on their own, but I have been baking peaches, cooking them, cutting them up, putting a little butter on them, cinnamon sugar, and then baking them at around 350 degrees. And it tastes like a peach pie, Mosheh, it's delish.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (0:53)
The great thing about peaches, you can have them like sweet on their own, but it goes with the limit to a salad or, you know, in the main part of your meal too, and they give you that extra like sweet twist. So you can distribute peaches throughout the meal.

**Jill Wagner** (1:07)
The perfect summer fruit. All right, let's get some headlines here. Starting overseas, President Trump says the US canceled plans to strike Iran and instead work on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (1:21)
If that sounds familiar, we've been here before, especially as we enter a Monday and a market open. We will discuss where this leaves the ongoing war and the role the Saudis played over the weekend in preventing an expanded round of fighting.

**Jill Wagner** (1:36)
Back in the US, more high-stakes primaries ahead of the midterms. In Michigan, a progressive leads the Democratic Senate primary. And in Wisconsin, a Democratic socialist is on track to get the nomination for governor.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (1:48)
These are big deal races that will be a test here of whether the more far left of the Democratic Party can win in purple states and swing states, where Donald Trump is one before and where Republicans can win. What the outcomes this week and next week in Michigan and Wisconsin could mean for Democrats as well as Republicans this fall.

**Jill Wagner** (2:08)
Staying in politics, Ohio Republican Representative Max Miller announced he is committed to running for reelection despite domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:19)
Who happens to be the daughter of the US. Senator from Ohio, will tell you what the Senator from Ohio is saying and what Miller had to say.

**Jill Wagner** (2:28)
In the West, multiple wildfires are raging in Washington state, prompting a state of emergency.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:34)
Yeah, this is one of the worst summers in the Pacific Northwest in decades.

**Jill Wagner** (2:38)
And back in DC, a former Olympian will not face trial in connection to damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:45)
Yeah, some egg on the face of folks at the Justice Department. But we'll tell you why Trump is still not backing down from his belief that the guy was a vandal and messed up his reflecting goal.

**Jill Wagner** (2:55)
Nationwide backlash against license plate cameras designed to fight crime.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (3:01)
Many of you have been writing in about those flock cameras and the frustration you're feeling in your cities.

**Jill Wagner** (3:06)
In health news, why eating less protein could help when it comes to healthy aging.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (3:11)
Yes, the key there is less protein. In an era where we are being told protein must be in everything.

**Jill Wagner** (3:16)
Plus Mosheh is on the same history.
Starting in the Middle East, President Trump says the US has canceled plans for another round of attacks on Iran, claiming that there has been progress on a deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump made that announcement on Truth Social Saturday night. He said the US is, quote, locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran at levels of military terror strength and power not seen since World War II. But the president added that Iran and other Middle Eastern countries asked the US to hold off on attacks as the US and Iran worked to, quote, rapidly make a deal. According to the president, that deal would include the immediate, complete and total opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to Iran's nuclear threat. Trump added that Israel has joined the US in the commitment to hold off on attacks. And in an update late on Sunday night, he said that talks will begin today.