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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes. Russia is
being threatened with severe tariffs by President Trump if a
peace deal with Ukraine is not reached in fifty days.
While meeting with the NATO Secretary General Mark Ruda, Trump
also announced a new deal to sell top of the

(00:23):
line weaponry to NATO, including defensive patriot missiles meant for
distribution in Ukraine. The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump
administration to resume layoffs at the Department of Education. US
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is pleased at Monday's ruling.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
This is a real it's a real victory, I think
for the future of American education.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
McMahon said not being able to fire department personnel was
a roadblock to the White House goal of returning education
back to the States and out of the hands of
the federal government. Some officials say adequate staffing could have
saved more lives in the deadly fire at a nursing
home in Fall River, Massachusetts, that killed at least nine people.

(01:05):
Fall River Firefighters Union president Michael O'Regan told reporters Monday
that in Fall River, lives are a budgetary concern, adding
last night was an example of this. Andrew Cuomo is
officially running as an independent in the race for New
York City mayor. Kristin Marx reports.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
The former New York governor made the announcement on social
media Monday.

Speaker 4 (01:27):
And I am in it to win it.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
Cuomo, who lost his Zoran Mumdani and the Democratic primary
last month, says we'll focus on lower rents, safer streets,
and affordable childcare.

Speaker 4 (01:36):
Every day. I'm going to be hitting the streets, meeting
you where you are.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
This as he's reportedly vowing to drop out of the
race by mid September if he's not Mum Donnie's lead rival,
and is calling on others to do so, including Mayor
Eric Adams, who's also running as an independent.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
Kristin Marx reporting voters are split on President Trump's Big
Beautiful Bill. The Latest Harvard Capps Harris pol found forty
four percent of respond and said they supported the Republican's
major policy bill. I'm Brian Schuk. Four visitors to the
International Space Station are on their way home after nearly

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three weeks in orbit. Rory O'Neil reports.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
The crew includes astronauts from India, Hungary and Poland, led
by retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who made her fifth
flight into space, giving her more time in orbit than
any other American.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Dragon separation confirmed.

Speaker 4 (02:29):
Axiom Space arranged the flight using a SpaceX rocket and
the new Crew Dragon capsule named Grace. The crew will
splash down off the California coast early Tuesday morning. I'm
Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
Some fans are upset after Drake only performed for forty
minutes Sunday night at London's Wireless Festival. It was his
third night in a row headlining the event. The Canadian
entertainer came out a little before nine pm and said
he'd perform until the event's strict ninth thirty pm curfew.
He came out immediately after the previous set from Bernaboy

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and gave a performance some fans called rushed. We're celebrating
a classic comfort food today, Mark Mayfield has more its.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
National mac and Cheese Day. The earliest known recipe for
macaroni and cheese is believed to have come from a
thirteenth century Italian cookbook. The dish gained modern day popularity
in the US when Craft Foods boxed it up and
began selling it in the nineteen thirties. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
The Florida Python Challenges underway. The ten day competition kicked
off last week. Florida Fish and Wildlife's Python management coordinator
says even with government and tribal organization's help, it's not enough,
so they're turning to the public again. The person who
nabs the most pythons will take home ten thousand dollars,

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with smaller prizes for the longest python caught and other categories.
Nearly two hundred pythons were removed from the Everglades during
last year's challenge. I'm Brian Shook.