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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, the House could vote today or
tomorrow on a nine billion dollar package of spending cuts.
The cuts would be to public broadcasting, global health programs,
and some more foreign aid. Republican senators narrowly passed a
package earlier today. President Trump underwent vascular testing after experiencing

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swelling in his legs. That's according to White House Press
Secretary Caroline Levitt. She said everything came back clean.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
There was no evidence of deep vein from bosas or
arterial disease.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Levitt also spoke about pictures online that show bruising on
Trump's hands and said it's due to frequent handshaking. The
Biden White House Deputy chief of Staff is scheduled to
testify Friday in the GOP probe of the former president's
mental fitness in office. Annie Tomasini Previewe agreed to do

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a closed door interview. Republicans say the questions for Tomassini
will focus on Biden's mental decline and use of an
auto pen when Acchie, Washington police had contact with the
suspect in the murders of his daughters a few days
before he allegedly killed them. Brad Ford has more.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Travis Decker was involved in a crash where he rearanted
a car with his pickup. An officer's body camera recorded
the interaction. Decker was cited for following too close and
driving without insurance. Decker has been missing since his three
daughters were found killed at a campground near Wenacci on
May thirtieth. I'm brad Ford.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
The TSA is opening two new airport security screening lanes.
Homeland Security Secretary Christy nom was at the Nashville International
Airport Thursday to announce the Honor Lane and a lane
for families traveling with young children. The Honor Lane will
be exclusively for military members and their families. With the

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family lane, Nomes said she could really ate to how
difficult they can be traveling with kids, being a mother
and a grandmother herself. I'm Brian Schuck. California Governor Gavin
Newsom is reacting to President Trump aiming for five more
house seats in Texas through redistricting. Tammy Trehello has more.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
In a video posted to Newsom's X page, he claims
Republicans have to rig the game to win. They feel
they're on the ropes.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
They feel they're behind, they feel they're vulnerable with the
big beautiful Bill.

Speaker 4 (02:26):
They feel like the momentum is shifting away from them.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
Texas Governor Greg Gabbott has added congressional redistricting to the
agenda for a special session starting Monday. This follows a
Justice Department statement that four Democrat held districts are racially gerrymandered,
which is unconstitutional. Currently, Republicans hold twenty five of the
state's thirty eight congressional districts, drawn four years ago after
the twenty twenty census. I'm Tammy Trieo.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Governor Kathy Hocheld is reminding school districts throughout New York
State that they need to have their smartphone ban policies
submitted to the state e soon. Scott Pringle has the story.

Speaker 4 (03:02):
Starting this upcoming school year, the state is mandating a
band on smartphones during the school day, but left it
up to districts to craft their own implementation policies. Those
policies must be to the state by August first. Governor
Cathy Hockel says the smartphone band is intended to help
with distraction and youth mental health.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
Everybody's getting together Friday night and I'm not invited, And
to make me feel really bad, they're all talking about this.
They're getting together in the restroom all day long. They
felt like they could not put it down because they're
missing something.

Speaker 4 (03:30):
Hochel sat down with New York City Schools Chancellor, teachers,
and school administrators on Wednesday to have a discussion on
the matter.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
Fans are slamming a new wig that was recently promoted
by the late Tina Turner, says State. The official Tina
Turner wig is made of one hundred percent remy human
hair and was created by her hairstylist, Arthur Johns. While
Johns insists the one thousand dollars wig is representative of
the kinds of hair pieces he styled for Turner, fans

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say it looked like little orphan Annie. The wig was
removed from the Tina Turner website. I'm Brian Shook.