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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal after it
reported that he sent Jeffrey Epstein a letter for Epstein's
fiftieth birthday in two thousand and three. After the story
was published last night, Trump called it fake and immediately
threatened to sue owner Rupert Murdoch. Today, he followed through
on his threat. Reports indicate it was military style ordinance

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that exploded and killed three LA County Sheriff's deputies Friday morning.
The explosion happened at a training facility and rocked the
surrounding East LA neighborhood Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.
An explosion occurred at our Special Enforcement Bureau. Law enforcement
sources tell The La Times the device had been picked

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up Thursday in Santa Monica. The Justice Department wants a
federal judge to unseal grand jury testimony regarding the Jeffreyepastin case.
In Friday's filing, the DOJ said releasing the evidence was
a matter of public interest. President Trump says the Genius
Act is great for all Americans. Chris Kearragio explains.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
Trump signed the bill into law at the White House
on Friday and said, this is the right step forward.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
Crypto builders and founders were under relentless assault by the
Biden administration, which was trying to crush your industry and
crush you as people and go after your families, and
they were a vicious group of people.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
It's Congress's first major cryptocurrency bill in the country, and
it creates regulations for a type of cryptocurrency known as
stable coins. The President said the crypto community was mocked
for years, but the signing of this bill is a
validation of the digital currency.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
I'm Chris Karagio, a Minnesota lawmaker, has been convicted of burglary.
Democratic State Senator Nicole Mitchell was accused of breaking into
her stepmother's Detroit Lakes home last year. Defense attorneys argued
their client went to the resident dents only to check
on her stepmother because of concerns about her Alzheimer's I'm

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Brian Shook. When Natchie, Washington police had contact with the
suspect in the murders of his daughters a few days
before he allegedly killed them. Brad Ford reports.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
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 Winanci on
May thirtieth. I'm brad Ford.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Housing starts are up, growing by four point six percent
in June compared to May, according to today's report from
the US Census Bureau. That represents more than one point
three million homes, or half a percent less than this
time last year. Building permits were also up, with the
latest figure showing a point two percent increase in June.

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More than a dozen law enforcement unions are endorsing New
York City Mayor Eric Adams in his run for re election.
Kristin Marx reports.

Speaker 5 (03:05):
The unions, including the Lieutenant's Benevolent Association rallied on the
steps of City Hall, giving the mayor some much needed support.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
The economic eanjie of the city is driven by public safety.

Speaker 5 (03:15):
Adams, who campaigned on fighting crime four years ago, has
been lagging in the polls behind his rivals, including Democratic
nominee Zoron Mamdani.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
They talk about defunding, they talk about reducing these ranking files.

Speaker 5 (03:27):
Adam's image has taken hits over a corruption scandal and
an alliance with President Trump. Adding fuel to the fire
a lawsuit filed this week by a former NYPD commissioner
alleging the department as being run like a criminal enterprise
under Adam's watch.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
Kristin Marx reporting the iconic sled from the nineteen forty
one film Citizen Kane has been sold at auction for
nearly fifteen million dollars. Several Rosebud sleds were made for
the classic Orson Welles film. The last known sled was
just sold by Heritage Auctions in tech Is for fourteen

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point seven million dollars. I'm Brian Shook.