President Biden and Vice President Harris on Monday will announce more than $40 billion in investments for funding “affordable, reliable, high speed internet access” across the United States – money from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. LINDSAY WATTS, ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, WASHINGTON joins the show with more details. 

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Test scores in reading and math among American students have been declining for years. What could be the reason? Lindsey Henderson, Secondary Mathematics Specialist with the Utah State Board of Education, joins the conversation to discuss what this looks like in Utah schools.

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It was a 24-hour coup in Russia. On Saturday, Russian Pres. Vladamir Putin had his top military leader Yevgeny Prigozhin start a military trek to Moscow. Prigozhin is the leader of the Wagner group. A group of mercenaries that have been fighting all around the world army for hire ($10K a month)... 50k in Ukraine. Maybe half that after casualties. But it ended shortly after it began Prigozhin stopped the march as the two sides came to an agreement. (NY Times) 24-hour Revolt by Wagner Mercenaries Undermines Putin's Authority. Frederick H. White, Professor of Russian and Integrated Studies at UVU joins the show to discuss the history of Putin and Prigozhin and what this means for Putin’s political power. 

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D News: Rep. Blake Moore of Utah attended a closed-door hearing as a member of the Ways and Means Committee on Thursday where he voted to release testimony given by an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower on Hunter Biden, which Moore said he found credible. Representative Blake Moore joins the show to discuss this further. 

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Chris Stewart represents the 2nd District of Utah. It stretches from Davis County to St. George. The GOP convention was held in Delta, Utah about 2 hours from Salt Lake but also just a couple hours from St. George. Turnout town population 3,500 delegate turnout: About 1000 delegates in the 2nd district The final vote had 729 votes cast. 73% of delegates showed up. Lindsay Aerts, KSL NewsRadio reporter joins the conversation. 

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Missing Titanic tourist submersible:’Debris field’ found in the search zone.

A massive search operation continues today in the search for the OceanGate submarine missing in the North Atlantic Ocean. 

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The Republican special convention will be helpd this weekend, only one candidate will move on to the primaries. Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson joins the program to discuss the special election for Utah’s second district.

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The Salt Lake City School Board voted to shut down the district's online elementary school after the two-year pilot program ended. Dianne Moore, Former virtual teacher SLC weighs in on the subject. 

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President Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator” at a campaign event on Tuesday. This comes after Secretary Blinken met with the Chinese President to improve relations between both countries. Boyd Matheson with Inside Sources give us his thoughts on the President's comments.

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