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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. Police
in Pennsylvania are searching for an arsonist after an early
morning fire at the governor's mansion. Firefighters responded to the
Harrisburg residents of Governor Josh Shapiro at about two am.
The governor says his family was home at the time,
but were able to escape unharmed. The fire reportedly caused

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significant damage to part of the home, but there were
no injuries. The state Police are offering a ten thousand
dollars reward for information that leads to the arrest and
conviction of the person suspected of setting the fire. The
State Department says the Maryland man who was wrongly deported
to El Salvador is alive and secure. The news came
one day after a federal court demanded details on twenty

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nine year old Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported from
Maryland last month after the White House claimed he was
a member of a gang. Officials initially wouldn't give his whereabouts,
but on Saturday it was revealed Garcia is being held
in an El Salvador prison called the Terrorism Confinement Center.
Attorneys for Garcia are now asking a judge to hold

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the Justice Department in contempt for failing to return him
to the US. President Trump is said to be an
excellent health following his annual check up on Friday. White
House physician Sean Barbabella also described Trump's neurological exam as
robust and a memo released on Sunday, overall, it said
this seventy eight year old commander in chief was found

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to be an excellent cognitive and physical health. He concluded
by saying the President is fully fit to execute the
duties of his office. A Minecraft movie is now the
highest grossing US film of the year so far.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Here's Scott Carr, the video game action film starring Jack
Black and Jason Momoa, made another twenty million dollars Friday
and is expected to make around eighty million dollars and
at second weekend in theaters.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Life Here is Perfect.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
The movie made over one hundred and sixty million dollars
last weekend, surpassing the two hundred million dollar mark seven days.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Jennifer Coolidge and Emma Myers also round out the cast.
I'm Lisa Carton. The White House is replacing a portrait
of former President Obama with a painting depicting the attempted
assassination of President Trump. More from Rob Martyr.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
White House official posted side by side photos on social
media Friday showing the painting of Trump replacing the one
of Obama at the bottom of the Grand staircase. The
new painting depicts Trump raising his fists in the air
following the shooting at Israelly in Pennsylvania last summer. A
White House spokesperson says the painting of Obama remains in
the entrance all of the White House State floor.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Michelle Obama is talking about the importance of making her
own decisions on Sophia Bush's Work in Progress podcast. The
former First Lady addressed people gossiping about her marriage.

Speaker 4 (02:45):
They couldn't even fathom that I was making a choice
for myself.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
That they had to assume that my husband and I
are divorcing. You know that.

Speaker 4 (02:55):
This couldn't be a grown woman just making a set
of decisions for herself.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Obama emphasize the importance of asking herself tough questions in
this stage of her life, like how she wants to
spend her free time and who with you can listen
to the Whole podcast on iHeartRadio. President Trump has signed
an executive order to make americas showers great again. Tammy
Trehillo explains.

Speaker 4 (03:17):
Trump on Wednesdays signed in order to roll back water
pressure regulations enforced by former Presidents Biden and Obama that
limit the flow from a showerhead to a maximum of
two and a half gallons per minute. The new Trump
executive order will allow for the same amount of water
to flow through each individual nozzle on the showerhead. The
White House says the executive order will end the Obama
Biden war on water pressure and make America's showers great again.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
The tax filing deadline is fast approaching. For most Americans.
It's Tuesday, April fifteenth. However, the IRS as citizens impacted
by natural disasters in twelve states, have automatic tax extensions
to file and pay their twenty twenty four taxes. To
find out whether or not you qualify for an extension,
the IRS website as a page listing the delayed deadlines.

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I'm Lisa Carton.