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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. President Trump
is calling the summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin productive,
but adds no deal was made. He went on to
say that some headway was made with Russia and the
talks will continue. In an interview on Fox News, Trump

(00:22):
said the next step is a meeting between Ukrainian President
Zelenski and Vladimir Putin.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
It's up to President Zelensky. I think we are and
if they'd like, I'll be at that next meeting. They're
going to set up a meeting now between President Zelensky
and President Putin.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
The Justice Department is backing off plans to take over
the DC police force. The Trump administration has rescinded an
earlier order that named DEA Chief Terry Cole as emergency
police chief Instead, Metro Police Chief Pamela Smith will stay
in charge. Hurricane Aaron is expected to rapidly gain in
strength as it begins to veer north. It was upgraded

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from a tropical storm this morning to become the first
hurricane of the Atlantic twenty twenty five season. A federal
judge is blocking an effort by the White House to
defund schools with DEI programs. Tammy Triheo reports.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
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 that it could infringe on the free speech rights
of educators. The ruling also blocks the administration from enforcing
a letter sent by the Education Department says federal law

(01:35):
bar schools from using race in any educational decisions. I'm
Tammy Triheo.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
The world's largest cruise ship is getting ready for its
maiden Itinerary Royal Caribbean Star of the Seas, which calls
Port Canaveral Home, has twenty decks, seven pools, the largest
water park it sees, an aerial adventure course, and Back
to the Future the musical. The ship can carry more
than seven thousand passengers and more than twenty three hundred

(02:02):
crew and will sail seven night Caribbean cruises. I'm Brian Shuk,
lawyers for the man convicted of a racially motivated mass
shooting in a New York grocery store, are calling for
his federal indictment to be dismissed because the jury pool
was not racially mixed. Peyton Jendron is serving a life
sentence for the twenty twenty two shooting in which he

(02:24):
killed ten black people. A federal trial is still pending.
FEMA responders are assessing damage from last month's severe storms
that caused flood damage in parts of Chicago. Perry Williams says, more.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
We talked to the homeowner or the renter. We look
at pictures that.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
They may have.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
We try and get evaluation of what they reported. Chicago
officials and close to three thousand people reported damage from
the heavy rains. FEMA will determine how much federal funding
or low interest loans are needed.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Superman is now streaming. Michael Cassner has the details.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Are you being serious right now?

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (03:02):
The new version by director James Gunn has made over
five hundred and eighty million dollars at the box office,
and it's now streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and
other platforms. Gunn says the Warner Brothers DC film is
getting an early streaming release because he wants everyone to
see it. Ahead of season two of Peacemaker, the DC
comic book series with John Cena, which debuts next week

(03:25):
on HBO Max. Superman will still be playing at theaters
while at streams for those who prefer to see it
on the big screen.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Hey buddyhis up here.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
I'm Michael Kassner.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Airbnb is launching a new feature called Reserve Now Paid Later.
The new feature, for US users only, will make cancelations easier.
TechCrunch reports it applies to properties that have a flexible
or moderate cancelation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their
reservations up to twenty four hours. Moderate policies allow for

(03:59):
no fee cancelations until five days before check in. I'm
Brian Shook.