Trump Threatens To Bomb Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain; France To Ban Social Media For Kids; Fake Influencers Selling ‘Wellness’; Miami More Expensive Than NYC

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**Jill Wagner** (2:02)
Everyone, it is Wednesday, July 22nd. You're listening to the Mo News podcast. I'm Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you just the facts. We read all of the news and read between the lines so you don't have to. As you're all probably aware by now, it's just me while Mosheh is on paternity leave. So I'll be holding things down here in the podcast and also trying to bring in some members of the Mo News team. As part of my role here at Mo News, you guys of course know me for the podcast, but I not only write and host the podcast with Mosheh, but I'm also involved in the day-to-day news coverage. We get videos up on Instagram and also work on the Substack Newsletter, and it has been really exciting because our team has been growing. So while Mosheh is off, I'm going to try to showcase some members of our team. Today we're going to have some reporting from Ali Wolff, who is one of our new producers.
Okay, now to the headlines. Let's start the war in Iran. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill, asking for more funding for the war and taking some sharp questions from lawmakers. We'll bring you some of the key moments from that hearing and what we have learned about the status of the war. Meanwhile, President Trump says that the US could soon bomb Iran's Pickaxe Mountain. Why that area is now in focus, and a question that was asked of Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, does the US have the ability to destroy what is buried under Pickaxe Mountain? I'll bring you Hegseth's answer. And the Houthis have entered the chat, how the Yemen-based terror group is threatening to make the world's oil crunch even worse.
To politics and admission from New Jersey's governor, thousands of non-citizens were registered to vote in New Jersey. How that happened? Back overseas, Hamas names a new leader, what it says about any chance that the group will disarm.
In tech news, France becomes the first EU country to ban social media for children. And if you're like me, your Instagram feed is filled with influencers, and I use that in air quotes, selling some type of wellness product. Well, a New York Times investigation discovered that many of those influencers are fake. Literally, they are AI. We'll have that report. And all of those New Yorkers who fled to Florida, some during the pandemic, well, they've driven up the costs of living in Miami. A new report finds that Miami's cost of living now tops New York City. And of course, I will end the podcast with On This Day in History.