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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. The
Justice Department is asking a federal judge to unseal grand
jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case. In Friday's filing,
the DOJ said releasing the evidence was a matter of
public interest. President Trump is filing a lawsuit against The

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Wall Street Journal over its Jeffrey Epstein's story. The outlet
reported Trump sent Epstein a body letter for Epstein's fiftieth
birthday in two thousand and three, featuring type written text
surrounded by a drawing of a naked woman. In the suit,
filed in Florida, Trump alleges libel against owner Rupert Murdoch
and others. An explosion has killed three Sheriff's deputies at

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a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department compound. Sheriff Robert Luna
said the deputies were elite senior members of an arson
investigation unit. He responded to reporters questions as to the
cause of the explode. All these questions are really good questions,
and they're the questions that we have as well. The
investigation is just about to get started. The top Democrat

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in the House is not endorsing Zoran mom Donnie in
the New York City mayor's race. Kristin Marx has more.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
House Minority leader Hakim Jeffries met with mum Donnie Friday,
as the Democratic Socialist seeks to rally more support. It
was the first meeting between the two since Mumdanni won
the primary last month. Jeffreys put out a statement afterwards
saying their sit down was constructive, but stopped short of
formally endorsing him. Moderate Democrats are struggling whether to get

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behind Mumdanni, citing his past criticisms of Israel and his
progressive views on policing.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Kristin Marx reporting the cost is going up for travelers
entering the US. Visitors will have to pay a visa
integrity fee of two hundred and fifty dollars. The new
fee was included in the recently enacted One Big, Beautiful
Bill Act. It applies to all visitors who need non
immigrant visas to enter. That includes tourists, business travelers, and

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international students. I'm Brian Schuok. California lawmakers aim to keep
their personal contact information private. After the shooting of two
Minnesota lawmakers last month. Tammy Triheo reports.

Speaker 4 (02:17):
A proposed measure with block journalists from accessing lawmakers addresses, emails,
and phone numbers via voter registration records, even though there's
no evidence the shooter in Minnesota used these types of records.
While voter registration data is mostly confidential, it's currently accessible
to some, including journalists. Cal Matters reports. Advocates for press
freedom argue the change could reduce accountability. I'm Tammy Trio.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
The TSA is opening two new airport security screening lanes.
Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome was at the Nashville International
Airport Thursday to announce the Honor Lane, along with the
lane for families traveling with young children. The Honor Lane
will be exclusively for military members and their families. With

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the family lane, Nomes said she could relate to how
difficult it can be traveling with kids, being a mother
and a grandmother herself. There's been another stolen subway train
in New York City.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Policeay a woman reportedly with red dreadlocks, broke into an
end drain as it sat at the Broadway station in
Queens around four thirty am Thursday. Then drove the train
south one stop to thirty sixth Avenue in Astoria and
took off. No one was injured, nothing was damaged. She
may have had a train key. It's the third stolen

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subway train incident in the CITI since September, and in
March two juveniles attacked a conductor in Park Slope and
stole her train keys.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
Andrew Whitman reporting. The first trailer for Mortal Combat two
is out now. The sequel of the video game adaptation
sees Carl Urbin joined the cast as the popular character
Johnny Cage. Mortal Combat two hits theaters on October twenty fourth.
I'm Brian Shook.