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Texas House Republicans have passed a plan to redraw congressional
maps in their favor. The state House reconvened Wednesday after
protests from Democrats that saw them leave the state to
break quorum and delay a vote. The bill now heads
to the GOP controlled state Senate, where it's sure to pass.
The new congressional map would create five more Republican leaning districts. Meanwhile,
Democrats in California are watching and say they'll push to

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redraw their maps to add five more democratic seats if
Texas does the same. Vice President JD. Vance is giving
details on Ukrainian President Zelenski's visit to the White House
this week. Mark Mayfield has the latest Vance smoke on.

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Fox News Wednesday.

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President says, you know, we've had a pretty good meeting.

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I'm going to cook call Vladimir Putin see what he
says about it.

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And everybody's like, oh, you're going to call him next week,
and he's like, no, what time is it in Moscow?
Let's call him right now.

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The Vice President said he started things off with an icebreaker,
telling Zelenski is long, he behaved dance wouldn't say anything.
He continued by seeing Ukrainians want security guarantees while the
Russians what a certain amount of territory. Vance went on
to say the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is former
President Biden's war. I'm Mark Mayfield, a Federal Reserve governor,
says she won't be bullied by President Trump. Lisa Cook

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added she has no intention of stepping down from her
position because of some questions raised In a tweet earlier Wednesday,
Trump posted on truth Social that Cook must resign now.
This came after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director of William
Poulty alleged that Cook committed mortgage fraud. Cook says she
takes any questions about her financial history seriously and is

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gathering accurate information so she can provide the facts. Stranger
Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer are leaving Netflix for Paramount.
The brothers signed a four year exclusive deal with the studio.
It begins when their Netflix deal expires in April. Any
projects made by the Duffers will be developed by their
production company, Upside Down Pictures. The first part of the

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final season of Stranger Things releases on November twenty sixth.
I'm Tammy Trujillo. A newly passed Texas law that requires
public schools to post a picture of the Ten Commandments
in classrooms is now on hold. Chris Keraggio has more.

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A federal judge agreed with the ACLU, which argued that
it's unconstitutional Ten Commandment.

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To says, I are likely to pressure the plentiffs into
religious observance and into suppressing expression of their own religious
or non religious background.

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That's ACLU attorney Tommy Booster Clancy. Judge Fred Berry wrote
in his ruling that exposing kids to a state approved
Christian version of the Biblical document was coercive. The ruling
will likely be appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which previously
put a similar to Louisiana law on hold for the
same reasons. I'm Chris Caratio.

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CBS Health's pharmacy benefit manager ker Mark will pay almost
two hundred and ninety million dollars for overcharging Medicare for
prescriptions more than ten years ago. A federal judge gave
the order this week after the company was found liable
in June. Kermrk was accused of manipulating how drug costs
were reported, leading to false reports back in twenty thirteen
and fourteen. It will now cost gamers more to buy

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a PlayStation five, Matt Mattinson explains.

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Sony announced prices for each model of the popular video
game console will go up by fifty dollars in the
US starting Thursday. In a statement, the company said, quote,
similar to many global businesses, we continue to navigate a
challenging economic environment. The standard PS five model will now
cost five hundred fifty dollars, while the Digital edition will
be priced at five hundred bucks and the PS five

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Pro will cost seven hundred fifty dollars. Sony noted the
prices for PS five accessories remain unchanged. I'm at Mattinson.

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The WNBA has announced its playoff schedule. The first round
of the postseason tips off on September fourteenth, with the
semifinals set to begin on September twenty. First Game one
of the WNBA Finals is set for October third. For
the first time ever, the finals will be played as
a best of seven series. The Minnesota Links currently old
the number one seed. I'm Tammy Truheo