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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. The Wall
Street Journal is reporting President Trump sent a letter to
Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein's fiftieth birthday in two thousand and three.
The journal says it reviewed the letter bearing Trump's name,
which is said to feature typewritten texts surrounded by a

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drawing of a naked woman. The journal describes the letter
as body and it concludes with happy birthday and may
every day be another wonderful secret. The House is planning
to vote soon on a package of nine billion dollars
in DOSEE spending cuts. Tony Waterman reports.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
The majority of the cuts, some eight billion dollars, will
come from foreign aid assistance things like global health programs
and disaster response. The only thing spared is the Pemphar program,
which provides HIV AIDS relief.

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Tony Waterman reporting court records from the Brian Coberger investigation
will be released after the judge in the case lifted
the gag order. After Coburger is sentenced next week. Some
of the records will be available on a website. The
records will be reviewed and certain information will be redacted.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been blocked again from

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his effort to find a New York doctor accused of
shipping the abortion pill across state lines. Sarah Lee Kessler reports.

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New York has a shield law protecting medical providers from
out of state court orders. Paxton refiled his case, which
was met with the same fate. The Ulster County Clerk
issuing a stern warning this week, saying that resubmitting the
same material doesn't alter the outcome. Experts are predicted that
this court battle over shield laws will likely make it

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to the US Supreme Court. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
CBS is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The
network says his final show will be in May. The
network says it's purely a financial decision and not related
to the show's performance, content, or other matters happening at paramount.
I'm Brian Schuck. Twenty States are suing the Trump administration

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over its termination of a FEMA program. On Wednesday, the
States filed a lawsuit against FEMA and the Department of
Homeland Security seeking to block the shutdown of a key
disaster preparation program. The suit claims the shutdown was illegal
and violated separation of powers. New York Governor Kathy Hokel

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wants Zoran mom Donnie to smooth out his relationship with
the Jewish community. Scott Pringle explains.

Speaker 4 (02:37):
Hockel says she met with the Democratic nominee for New
York City mayor and told him he's got a lot
of healing to do with the Jewish community.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
Many of your words have been hurtful and hateful to
people and their interpretation of it.

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Meanwhile, Hockle says she's telling city business leaders she seems
to have become a therapist in chief since mom Donnie's
Democratic primary win.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
Don't talk about packing up and leaving and all these
other you know, overreactions. We're going to be okay no
matter what happens.

Speaker 4 (03:04):
Mom Donnie is now to raise taxes on the wealthy
in the city off elected mayor.

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Scott Pringle reporting the new Superman movie is driving up
interest in dog adoptions. Tammy Triheo has the details.

Speaker 5 (03:17):
The movie stars David corn Sweat as the Man of Steel,
but it's Superman's superdog Crypto who steals the show. Crypto,
How how stop it? Stop it? Sit? Sit, stay the
Dog is based on writer and director James Gunn's own
rescue dog Ozu. Since the movie opened last weekend, Google
searches for adopt a dog near me have spiked more
than five hundred percent. Searches for rescue dog adoption near

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Me by more than one hundred and sixty percent. I'm
Tammy Trheo, the.

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Biggest chunk of mars ever found on Earth, sold for
five point three million dollars at auction Wednesday. Sotheby's in
New York says the winning Bitter wishes to remain anonymous.
It was found in the Sahara Desert in twenty twenty
three and is more than two twice the size of
any other known Martian rock. I'm Brian Shuck