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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour at just four minutes. The Supreme
Court is ruling in favor of the Trump administration over
layoffs at the Department of Education. The Court ruled six
to three to lift the judges order that reinstated employees
let go in mass layoffs. All three liberal judges dissented

(00:24):
and said the ruling is indefensible. President Trump is ramping
up the pressure on Russia to reach a peace deal
in Ukraine. During a meeting today with NATO's Secretary General
Mark Ruda at the White House, Trump said he will
be placing severe tariffs on Russia if there's no truce
in fifty days. Trump also agreed to sell advanced US

(00:45):
weapons to NATO, including defensive patriot missiles meant for distribution
in Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Billions of dollars worth of military equipment is going to
be purchased from the United States, going to NATO, etc.
It's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield there.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Officials say more rescues were needed in Central Texas after
intense rain and flooding hit the area once again. It
comes after deadly Fourth of July weekend floods killed at
least one hundred and thirty people in the region. Governor
Greg Abbott said the water rescues were carried out Sunday
in three counties and some communities were under evacuation orders.

(01:23):
Trash continues to pile up across California as garbage workers
remain on strike while negotiating with Republic Services. In the
Bay Area. Workers are standing in solidarity with their colleagues
at a landfill in Mantica. Local residents are reacting, I
don't pay their taxes. I pay my taxes, and now

(01:43):
my drivers aren't picking up my garbage.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
That's the frustrating part.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
One way or another, our trash gets disposed of. I've
got to put a little extra effort into it.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
It doesn't really bother me that much.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Republic Service workers also walked off the job in southern California.
California workers are striking in union with striking workers in Boston.
They want better pay and health benefits. I'm Brian Schuk.
The Democratic Party's approval rating is declining. According to a
Harvard Capps Harris poll, only four in ten respondents approved

(02:15):
of the job that the Democratic Party is doing. It
marks a slight drop from June when forty two percent
of respondents answered similarly, and it may signal the party
is still grappling with its losses from November. However, across
the Aisle, polling found a forty eight percent GOP approval rating. Xai,

(02:35):
the company behind Elon Musk's rock Ai chatbot, is apologizing
after the Ai made anti semitic posts last week. Michael
Kassner reports the.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Chat bot praise Adolf Hitler. The company posted on x
that it was horrific behavior and blamed an update to
a code path. The bot has raised concerns before, including
in May when it would repeatedly mention white genocide in
South Africa in unrelated conversations. That was blamed on an
unauthorized modification to its code. I'm Michael Cassner.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
A Virginia couple has said I do at a unique
location in the city of Arlington, Virginia. Rossia Rivera has
the details.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
The Arlington Public Library was the venue for the couple
from Fairfax. They had won the library's free wedding contest
earlier this year. The two were picked out of more
than fifty couples that entered the contest and The wedding
was completely free, with many vendors gifting their services for
the event. They received a donated cake, wedding coordinator, and music,
with four Arlington Philharmonic members playing for the ceremony. The

(03:38):
couple say they're both library lovers and planned a honeymoon
in Puerto Rico. I'm Rosia Rivera.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
A Connecticut man, is thanking his family pet for finding
a lost one hundred and fifty thousand dollars lottery ticket.
Russell Ruff said the winning ticket had been missing for weeks.
Ruff eventually founded after his sixteen year old cat decided
to crawl behind the bed, leading Ruff and his sons
to move the furniture. I'm Brian Shook