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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour at just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Former President Obama is supporting Texas Democrats who left the
state to block a GOP redistricting plan. In a virtual
meeting Thursday, Obama told the Texas lawmakers our actions were
inspiring others. He said, we can't let a systemic assault
on democracy just happen. And because of your courage, what
you've seen is California responding in other states looking at

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what they can do to offset this mid decade jerrymandering.
Texas Representative Gene Wu said Obama's endorsement was proof that
they have the support of Democrats at every level. President
Trump won't share any possible details he may have in
mind when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin today
in Alaska. Mark Mayfield has details.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Trump spoke at the White House.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
I think it's going to be a good meeting, But
the more important meeting will be the second meeting that
we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Putin.
President Zelenski myselfs have been rampant regarding Russia, Ukraine landswaps
and the possibility of the US offering Russia a rare
earth mineral deal if it leads to peace.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
When asked, Trump would only say We'll see what happens. Again,
said this wasn't his war, faulting former President Biden, but
added he wants to see the Russia Ukraine war end.
I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Attorney General Pam Bondi's taking another step to exert federal
control over the DC Police. She's issued a directive naming
DEA administrator Terry Cole as DC's emergency police Commissioner. The
order says the police department must have Cohle's approval before
taking any action. The directive comes as federal agents and
National Guard troops patrol the city as part of a

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federal takeover ordered by the Trump administration. A New York
City bride to be is celebrating her engagement and her
unusual engagement ring story. Micherie Fox found a two point
three carrot colorless diamond while digging at Arkansas's Crater of
Diamond State Park. Fox planned to spend a month at
one of the few digham yourself diamond sites open to

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the public. She found her stone on day twenty one.
I'm Tammy trheo building a wall on the southern border
with Mexico continues to beyond the Trump administration's agenda. Bryan
Shook reports.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
He announced this week that the administration is clawing back
some of the panels that had been discarded under the
Biden administration, which were being sold as scrap.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Reached a settlement where we're taking the wall back, but
they stole the wall from us.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
That wall is so expensive. The wall panels were sitting
at construction staging areas until Texas stepped in. President Trump
said this week that they'll put it up, but did
not give a timeline. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
The federal judges blocking an effort by the White House
to defund schools with DEI programs. The judge ruled the
Trump administration can't cut federal funding to colleges and other
schools that have diversity programs, as it threatened to do
earlier this year. The judge said the administration didn't follow
proper procedure and ruled the plan was unconstitutional, reasoning it
could infringe on the free speech rights of educators. The

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ruling also blocks the administration from enforcing a letter sent
by the Education Department It says federal law of bar
schools from using race in any educational decisions. Naming rights
to venues used in the twenty twenty eight Los Angeles
Summer Olympics are being sold. This is the first time
naming rights have been solicited in Olympic history. Officials for
LA twenty eight say the pilot program will create new

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revenue streams. Under the plan, existing corporate partners will keep
their venue naming rights, while international partners can purchase naming
rights for any of nineteen temporary venues. HI, this is
John Lennon, and this is the OUTCA and E the
One to One are benefited. John Send for The Hillman
of Willowrook is sold out. John Lennon box set, containing

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more than one hundred tracks, is do out this fall,
one day before the late former Beatles birthday. Power to
the People features his One to One concerts at Madison
Square Garden, which were Lenin's final and only live concerts
after the Beatles broke up. Lenin would have turned eighty
five on October ninth. Power to the People is set
to be released on October tenth. Pre Orders are available.

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I'm Tammy trheo