Trying to keep your kids entertained and engaged over the summer can be a challenge, and Morning Show host Nikki Medoro has asked her tween/teen children to set three goals for the summer to improve themselves. But Nikki is going one step further and holding herself accountable with a few summer goals of her own...listen and find out what they are! What are you doing to improve yourself right now?

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The Supreme Court is expected to announce its rejection of the federal right to abortion any day now, and the Washington Post gender columnist Monica Hesse joins the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro to speculate on what might happen if the Supreme Court actually does strike down Roe v. Wade. Hesse also has a message for parents on the issue of transgender kids participating in youth sports.

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Wildfire season runs almost all-year round in the West, and CalMatters.org's Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Julie Cart examines the compelling stories of several firefighters who give up any sense of a normal family life to help save people's lives and homes. The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro talks with Cart about the help that's needed for these human beings who have sacrificed so much.

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School's out for summer and kids are spending time at day and overnight camps across the country, but the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro points out there are no assurances for camper safety like background checks or CPR training for staff as no agency wants to be responsible for enforcing the requirements.

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Some companies and employees are pushing for salary transparency, reports ABC News Correspondent Jim Ryan, and the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro discusses if this is useful knowledge or if it creates jealousy and conflict.  Can you use this information to your advantage, or does it hurt workplace morale?

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Day Four of the January 6th hearings today and ABC Senior Investigative Reporter Aaron Katersky tells the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro the House Select Committee will hear from Trump-supporting officials in Arizona and Georgia who were pressured by the then-President to commit election fraud. Also, mail-in ballots are prolonging the time to get results...are you okay with this?

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The Golden State Warriors victory parade down Market Street in San Francisco featured colorful commentary from star Draymond Green, and the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro addresses the appropriateness at the family event. Also, ABC White House Correspondent Karen Travers reports President Biden is considering a federal gas tax holiday to help Americans deal with sky high inflation.

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Disgraced former Missouri governor and GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens released a wild ad Monday calling on primary voters to order a “RINO hunting permit” in an attack on Republicans known for breaking with former President Donald Trump. 

“RINO” – which stands for Republican in Name Only – has been used to label Republican lawmakers who openly criticize the former president or publicly oppose his belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In recent months, Trump has urged Republicans to vote out lawmakers that have crossed him – most notably Rep. Liz Cheney. 

The Greitens ad took the attack on his fellow GOPers to another level.

Monday’s campaign ad was strongly criticized by bipartisan lawmakers, commentators and political pundits – many of whom accused Greitens of inciting violence. 

“Eric Greitens is an abuser, a blackmailer, and less than ten years ago — a Democrat. There is no basement too low for him to cover up his past Obama support and blindfold Missourians into believing he represents their values,” Hartzler said in a statement. “To be clear: The only RINO featured in Eric Greitens’ web video is himself.”

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Vaccine advisers to the CDC had voted unanimously on Saturday in support of recommending the two-dose Moderna and three-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines to children as young as 6 months.

The long-awaited development is both a triumph and a curiosity to many. The prospect of more protection for more people is, of course, good news. But consider the following:

People over 16 have been vaccine eligible for 18 months.

Children ages 12 to 15 have been vaccine eligible for 13 months.

Children ages 5 to 11 have been vaccine eligible for seven months.

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Legally Texas cannot secede from the union. There has been a myth that it can because of the way it was annexed but the Congressional order of annexation merely stated Texas could - at a future date - divide itself into five states. It says nothing about leaving the union.

The Texas Republican Party officially rejected the results of the 2020 presidential election over the weekend, passing a resolution that falsely blames election fraud in five battleground states for President Joe Biden's victory over former President Donald Trump. The resolution refers to Mr. Biden as "acting" president.

Texas Republicans also passed a number of other far-right resolutions in the platform. The platform calls for the complete abolition of abortion, prohibiting "the teaching of sex education, sexual health, or sexual choice or identity in any public school in any grade whatsoever," and refers to homosexuality as "an abnormal lifestyle choice." The platform also calls for Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, to be overturned.

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