August 23, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This since your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. President Trump
is suggesting he may start using troops to patrol the
streets of Chicago. On Friday, while touting the use of
National Guard troops in Washington, d C. Trump also called
the city's democratic mayor incompetent and claimed Democratic leaders have
(00:24):
called him asking for the National Guard to be sent
into their cities. The state Senate in Texas has now
approved new congressional maps that give the Republican Party five
more seats in the US House. The Texas Tribune reports
the map was adopted by a party line vote early
this morning over fierce Democratic opposition, accusing state Republicans of
(00:45):
deliberate gerrymandering. President Trump had called for the new map
to increase the number of Republicans in the House ahead
of next year's midterm elections. The map sponsor, Republican Phil King,
admits it was needed to allow his party to maintain
control of the federal government. President Trump's imposing tariffs on
all foreign furniture within the next fifty days. We get
(01:06):
details from Brian Shook.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
In a truth social post. On Friday, Trump said the
administration will investigate furniture imports. The tax rate on imported
furniture has not yet been decided. Trump has imposed tariffs
arranging from fifteen to twenty percent on most foreign products.
I'm Brian Shuk.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is firing the director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency. Multiple reports say Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kraus,
who became the twenty third director of the agency last year,
will no longer serve as the director of the Military
Intelligence Organization, and that deputy Director Christine Bourdin will now
take the role of acting director. Gas prices are expected
(01:47):
to remain low for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Triple
A says the national average for a gallon of regulars
should stay below last year's average of three dollars thirty
three cents and should remain relatively low. They expect for
the rest of the summer, as long as Gulf Coast
refineries are not hit by hurricanes. I'm Scott Carr. California
Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to temporarily change congressional districts in
(02:11):
that state is gaining support. A recent UC Berkeley poll
finds forty six percent of all registered voters in California
approve of the plan, thirty six percent disagree. Newsom's become
a key player in the Democratic Party's defense against Republican
redistricting efforts, especially in Texas. A newly passed congressional map
there could give Republicans five more House seats. In response,
(02:34):
Newsom's proposed temporary congressional maps in California through twenty thirty
the aim to add five new House seats for Democrats
to counter the expected Republican games in Texas.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
I have all the confidence in the world that we're
going to succeed. The more people are made aware of
what this is, the more likely they are to support it.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Governor Newsom's redistricting campaigns raised just over six million dollars
in just a week, with around two hundred thousand individual nations.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Well, we've an overwhelming sport, including former President Barack Obama.
She united the Democratic Party independence. I think Rawley recognize
what's at stake.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
The moves could significantly affect control of the US House
currently held by Republicans. Legendary jockey Ron Turcott has died
at the age of eighty four. Turcott, best known for
sweeping the nineteen seventy three Triple Crown with Secretariat. Though
his Hall of Fame career spanned eighteen years and more
than three thousand wins, Churcott's career ended in nineteen seventy
(03:31):
eight after falling from a horse at the start of
a race at Belmont Park. A Dawson's Creek Reunion is
coming to Broadway. Therefore, the producers of the show are
calling it a class reunion to raise money for a
cancer nonprofit and to support cast member James Vanderbeek, who's
battling colorectal cancer. Vanderbeek will be on stage at the
(03:53):
Richard Rodgers Theater September twenty second, along with Michelle Williams,
Katie Holmes, and other original cast members. The Broadway reunion
sold out in just twelve minutes. I'm Scott Carr.
This since your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. President Trump
is suggesting he may start using troops to patrol the
streets of Chicago. On Friday, while touting the use of
National Guard troops in Washington, d C. Trump also called
the city's democratic mayor incompetent and claimed Democratic leaders have
(00:24):
called him asking for the National Guard to be sent
into their cities. The state Senate in Texas has now
approved new congressional maps that give the Republican Party five
more seats in the US House. The Texas Tribune reports
the map was adopted by a party line vote early
this morning over fierce Democratic opposition, accusing state Republicans of
(00:45):
deliberate gerrymandering. President Trump had called for the new map
to increase the number of Republicans in the House ahead
of next year's midterm elections. The map sponsor, Republican Phil King,
admits it was needed to allow his party to maintain
control of the federal government. President Trump's imposing tariffs on
all foreign furniture within the next fifty days. We get
(01:06):
details from Brian Shook.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
In a truth social post. On Friday, Trump said the
administration will investigate furniture imports. The tax rate on imported
furniture has not yet been decided. Trump has imposed tariffs
arranging from fifteen to twenty percent on most foreign products.
I'm Brian Shuk.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is firing the director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency. Multiple reports say Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kraus,
who became the twenty third director of the agency last year,
will no longer serve as the director of the Military
Intelligence Organization, and that deputy Director Christine Bourdin will now
take the role of acting director. Gas prices are expected
(01:47):
to remain low for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Triple
A says the national average for a gallon of regulars
should stay below last year's average of three dollars thirty
three cents and should remain relatively low. They expect for
the rest of the summer, as long as Gulf Coast
refineries are not hit by hurricanes. I'm Scott Carr. California
Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to temporarily change congressional districts in
(02:11):
that state is gaining support. A recent UC Berkeley poll
finds forty six percent of all registered voters in California
approve of the plan, thirty six percent disagree. Newsom's become
a key player in the Democratic Party's defense against Republican
redistricting efforts, especially in Texas. A newly passed congressional map
there could give Republicans five more House seats. In response,
(02:34):
Newsom's proposed temporary congressional maps in California through twenty thirty
the aim to add five new House seats for Democrats
to counter the expected Republican games in Texas.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
I have all the confidence in the world that we're
going to succeed. The more people are made aware of
what this is, the more likely they are to support it.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Governor Newsom's redistricting campaigns raised just over six million dollars
in just a week, with around two hundred thousand individual nations.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Well, we've an overwhelming sport, including former President Barack Obama.
She united the Democratic Party independence. I think Rawley recognize
what's at stake.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
The moves could significantly affect control of the US House
currently held by Republicans. Legendary jockey Ron Turcott has died
at the age of eighty four. Turcott, best known for
sweeping the nineteen seventy three Triple Crown with Secretariat. Though
his Hall of Fame career spanned eighteen years and more
than three thousand wins, Churcott's career ended in nineteen seventy
(03:31):
eight after falling from a horse at the start of
a race at Belmont Park. A Dawson's Creek Reunion is
coming to Broadway. Therefore, the producers of the show are
calling it a class reunion to raise money for a
cancer nonprofit and to support cast member James Vanderbeek, who's
battling colorectal cancer. Vanderbeek will be on stage at the
(03:53):
Richard Rodgers Theater September twenty second, along with Michelle Williams,
Katie Holmes, and other original cast members. The Broadway reunion
sold out in just twelve minutes. I'm Scott Carr.
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