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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 at just four minutes. President
Trump won't give insight on any possible deals he may
have in mind when he meets with Russian President Putin
in Alaska tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
I think it's going to be a good meeting, but
the more important meeting will be the second meeting that
we're having.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
We're going to have a meeting with President Putin, President
Zelenski myself.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Reports have been rampant regarding Russia Ukraine land swaps and
the possibility of the US offering Russia a rare earth
mineral deal if it leads to peace. Tropical Storm Erin
is likely to become a hurricane by tomorrow. The storm
is located about eight hundred and ninety miles east of
the Northern Leeward Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It's expected

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to generate life threatening surf and rip currents this weekend
in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. A new inflation
report is coming in way hotter than expectations. The producer
price index, which measure how much it costs to make
certain goods, went up by zero point nine percent in July.
Economists had been expecting an increase of two tenths of

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a percent. A former GOP candidate in New Mexico has
been given an eighty year prison sentence for hiring gunmen
to attack Democrats.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
Michael Kassner reports Solomon Penyu was a Republican candidate for
a state house seat in twenty twenty two. Federal prosecutors
say after his loss, hen You claimed he was the
victim of election fraud and hired gunman to carry out
drive by shootings in Albuquerque at the homes of four
Democratic officials. No one was heard in the shootings, and
the two gunmen pleaded guilty last year. Penya was convicted

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of thirteen felony charges earlier this year and sentenced Wednesday.
His lawyer says Penya will appeal the conviction.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
US Attorney General Pam Bondi says a man who threw
a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer has been
fired from the Justice Department. Sean Dunn is seen in
a video of the incident from Sunday approaching the officer
while saying they are not wanted in DC. I'm Brian Schuk.
Medicaid data is off limits to the Department of Homeland

(02:10):
Security Tammy Treheo explains the.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
US Department of Health and Human Services cannot share individual
health information with the DHS. California's Attorney General Rob bontis
as the court has temporarily stopped medicaid access to ICE.
The decision follows arguments from California and other states that
ahhs is unrestricted access to sensitive health data violates the law.
DHS cannot use medigaid information for immigration related actions until

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illegal process is properly followed or the case is resolved.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Dollar General Liz recalling Clover Valley Instant coffee after reports
of possible glass fragments. The FDA says three lots of
the eight ounce coffee sold nationwide except in Hawaii and
Alaska from July ninth to the twenty first, are affected.
A US congresswoman says she's very confide evident in the

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existence of what she describes as interdimensional beings. Mark Mayfield
has the story.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Florida Republican Annapolona Luna was on the Joe Rogan podcast
Wednesday and said she has met f fifteen pilots who
have had encounters with unidentified anomalous phenomena. Or UAPs, which
is the official government name for UFOs. Luna said there's
definitely something that we don't know how to explain. She
also said she believes in interdimensional beings who can operate

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through the time spaces that we currently have. Luna has
a House Committee task Force for the declassification of federal secrets.
I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Stillantis says a custom mechanical bull shaped like a truck
engine was stolen last weekend in Pontiac, Michigan. The Buckinghamy
was taken from Roadkill Nights on Saturday. The mechanical bull
was introduced two months ago at Michigan International Speedway to
mark the automaker's return to NASCAR. The company is urging

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anyone with information to contact police. The investigation is ongoing.
I'm Brian Shuck.