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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is questioning whether undocumented immigrants deserve due process.
While delivering the commencement speech at the University of Alabama Thursday,
Trump criticized judges who have blocked his administration's efforts to
deport alleged illegal immigrants. He went on to congratulate the
university's women's track and field team for its two conference
title wins this year. Trump used the opportunity to highlight

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his administration's efforts to ban transgender women from women's sports.
He also shouted out the school's legendary former football coach
Nick Saban, saying the University of Alabama has a brand,
and that brand is winning. More details are coming out
about the case of Kilmore or Brego Garcia. Officials seeking
to keep a Breago Garcia from returning from his native
El Salvador say a second protective order followed by his

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wife has come to light. This one from August of
twenty twenty, with Abrego Garcia's wife accusing him of physical abuse,
locking their kids in a room and threaten named killer.
A protective order filed the following year was the impetus
for the couple to seek counseling. This comes as the
White House will not confirm reports it's Astel Salvador about
the status of Albrego Garcia. Garcia was deported to the

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country and what the White House said was an administrative error,
but has since said he's a member of the MS
thirteen gang officials. In Florida, sa amn convicted of murdering
his girlfriend and her three young children, has been put
to death. Golf wer veteran Jeffrey Hutchinson was executed by
lethal injection Thursday night at Florida State Prison. The sixty
two year old is the fifteenth in mate to be
put to death in the US this year, and the

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fourth in Florida. Lawyers for the former US Army ranger
argued he shouldn't have been executed because of rain damage
suffered during the Gulf War. McDonald's sales are falling as
customers pulled back their spending due to economic uncertainty. Here
in the US, same store sales dropped three point six
percent in the beginning of the year, marking the second
consecutive quarter of declines. Net income for the first quarter

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was one point eighty seven billion dollars. That's a decline
from the one point ninety three billion earned in the
same period last year. I'm Tammy triheo Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netyawe, who is doubling down on his goal of
defeating Hamas, Brian Shook.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Reports, according to the Times of Israel, Net Yahoo spoke
during an Independent State event in Jerusalem and added that
returning hostages held by Hamas is also a very important goal. However,
the Hostages and Missing Families forums said Net and Yahoo's
comments were alarming given the condition of previously released captives.

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Net Yahoo's comments come as Israel's military has returned to
the Gaza Strip with ceasefire talks seemingly stalled. I'm Brian Shuk.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is launching a new air Traffic
controller recruitment and retention program. The FAA will give five
thousand dollars bonuses to all academy graduates and new hires
at complete initial qualification training. Academy grads assigned to thirteen
facilities that have faced additional hiring struggles will receive ten
thousand dollars bonuses. New incentives are being offered for a

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limited time, but a formal deadline has not been set.
Alleged CEO shooter Luigi Mangioni is at the center of
a new musical in San Francisco. Details from Natalie Migliori.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
The twenty six year old accused of shooting United Healthcare
CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan late last year, is
the subject of the sixty minute musical called Luigi. New
Yorker's Reacting.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
Peter is art and I think that if folks want
to express themselves in a healthy manner about the situation,
then I think that's perfectly fine.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
It's insane, that's crazy.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
I wonder who's writing the musical.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
That seems like a quick turnaround.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
The show runs from June thirteenth to the twenty eighth.
I'm Natalie mcgliori.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Microsoft announcing significant price increases for the Xbox. The company
says market conditions are causing the hikes. The consoles are
made in China and tariffs are making the parts more expensive.
Among the increases, the Xbox Series S will cost eighty
dollars more, and the price of an Xbox Series X
will go up, buy one hundred dollars. I'm Tammy for
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