{"id":30647,"date":"2017-01-24T08:14:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T14:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30647"},"modified":"2017-01-24T08:30:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T14:30:56","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-158","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30647","title":{"rendered":"10 Things to Know for Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n<p>1. BUSY SLATE FOR TRUMP ON SECOND FULL DAY<\/p>\n<p>The president will meet with executives from the auto industry. He&#8217;ll also speak by phone with India&#8217;s prime minister and meet with his newly sworn-in CIA Director Mike Pompeo.<\/p>\n<p>2. 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