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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, Texas lawmakers
have approved a new congressional map that gives the Republican
Party five more seats in Congress. The Texas Tribune says
it was a party line vote early this morning over
fierce Democratic opposition that accused Republicans of gerrymandering. President Trump

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had called for the new map to increase the Republican
majority in the House ahead of next year's mid term elections.
At least one top Democrat is voicing skepticism of the
Gallain Maxwell interview. Maxwell serving a twenty year sentence for
helping convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls. Transcripts
and audio of her recent interview with Department of Justice

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officials were released Friday. In it, she claimed she wasn't
aware of any Epstein client list and denied ever introducing
Epstein to underage girls. Ranking Democrat on the House Oversight
committe Congressman Robert Garcia, responds on x by saying Maxwell
was desperate for a pardon and that her claims are
insulting to the girls and young women. She victimized. Five

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people are confirmed dead after a tour bus crash in
western New York Friday. Jim Forbes has an update.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Police say the bus overturned on the eastbound side of
the New York State Thruway in the town of Pembrooke
after the driver lost control. A number of people was
ejected from the bus upon impact and others were trapped.
The bus was carrying fifty two passengers and was on
its way back to New York City from Niagara Falls.
Police said the driver was not impaired and is cooperating

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with the investigation. I'm Jim Forbes.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Vice president J. D. Vance is saying FBI raids targeting
former Trump National security advisor John Bolton were not conducted
because of Bolton's criticism of the President. Vance said Friday.
While classified records are part of the investigation, there was
a broad concern in his words about Bolton, who came
a strong critic against President Trump after he left the

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administration in twenty nineteen. I'm Scott Carr. President Trump is
saying the CEO at microchip giant Intel has agreed to
give the US government a ten percent stake in the company.
On his social media platform last night, Trump praised the
CEO Lip Bhutan, just two weeks after he called on
Lip Bhutan to resign over alleged ties to China. Intel

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has struggled to keep up in the artificial intelligence boom
against rivals like Nvidia and AMD. We get more from
Brian Schuk.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
The President said on Friday, he reached an agreement with
Intel CEO Lip Bhutan, giving the United States a company
stake worth ten billion dollars. Two weeks ago, Trump called
for tans immediate resignation following reports alleging a connection to China.
The model of this deal is something Trump hopes to
revisit with other companies. I'm Brian Shuk.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Officials in some Florida cities like Delray Beach, Key West,
and Miami Beach are ignoring orders from state transportation officials
to get rid of artwork from roadways that they say
contain political, social, or ideological messaging. The Republican Attorney General
in Florida, James uth Meyer, says punishment for some of
those elected city officials could go beyond just having the

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state remove rainbows from intersections and then billing those cities
for it.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
We don't want you know this virtue signaling this artwork,
you know in intersections across the state, our state legislature,
our leaders, they passed the law that says you can't
do this, you can't engage in all this graffiti.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
In particularugh Meyer admits the states going after municipalities over
LGBTQ dedicated.

Speaker 4 (03:43):
Artwork, and ultimately, if you know local officials disregard state law,
they are more serious penalties and in some case the
governor can remove them from office.

Speaker 1 (03:53):
While in Orlando, officials there say the state painted over
a rainbow crosswalk meant to honor the forty nine people
gunned down in an attack at the Pulse nightclub. I'm
Scott Carr