The Latest: 08/25/2025 04:58pm ET

All the latest national and international news. Topics also include finance, weather and entertainment.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. President
Trump is suggesting his administration should wait to be asked
for help from cities when it comes to crime. Speaking
today in the Oval Office, he said opponents would take
credit for a reduction in crime if his administration sends
National Guard troops to cities before being asked. The president

(00:25):
also said he doesn't like dictators and he's not a dictator,
after saying a lot of people are saying, maybe we'd
like a dictator. Kilmar Brego Garcia's deportation to Uganda is
being halted by a federal judge of Brego Garcia's lawyers
filed a challenge of Trump administration's efforts to deport him
for a second time after he was detained by Ice again.
The judge's order prevents Abrego Garcia from being deported before

(00:47):
August twenty eighth, with her adding that she's inclined to
extend this day until she's made a ruling in the case.
A hearing has been scheduled for Friday. A former Mexican
cartel kingpin is pleading guilty to US drug trafficking charges.
US attorney General Pambondi made that announcement today.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Drug king penn Ishmael Zambada Garcia, also known as El Mayo,
has confessed to a lifetime of crime.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Garcia, who led the Sinaloa cartel with El Chappo, appeared
in a Brooklyn courtroom to enter his plea and apologize
for flooding the US with cocaine and other illicit substances.
Zambada said through his Spanish language interpreter that he apologizes
for all of it and takes responsibility for his actions.
The seventy seven year old will be sentenced to a
mandatory life term in prison on January thirteenth. Parts of

(01:34):
the Southwest are under the thread of floods as heavy
rain is expected to hit the area this week. Forecasts
indicate a surge of monsoonal moisture will push westward after
a ridge of high pressure shifted toward these central planes
over the weekend. Thunderstorms may become more wide spread across
the Southwest due to increased moisture in the atmosphere, and
rainfall rates may approach one to one point five inches

(01:55):
per hour. And tonight's powerball jackpot will be the tenth
largest in the lottery's history, but he matched all six
numbers Saturday, so the jackpot has now jumped to an
estimated seven hundred and fifty million dollars. I'm Chris Grazio.
Taking a trip over the Labor Day weekend should be
a bit easier on your wallet this year. Katie Nastro
of Going Travel says there's good news for people who

(02:15):
plan to travel by car.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
We are anticipating that the lower gas prices we've seen
most of the summer are going to hold, which is
great because a lot of people do tend to opt
for eight long weekends road trip over Labor Day weekend.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
TRIPLEA expects the national average price for a gallon of
regular grade gas lean to be under last year three
dollars and thirty three cents, and says prices should remain
relatively low for the rest of the summer as long
as Gulf Coast refineries are not hit by hurricanes. It
also says the cost of a round trip airline ticket
has dropped about six percent from last year. Travelers will
find hotel rates down eleven percent from a year ago,

(02:50):
while car rental prices have dropped by about three percent.
Utility bills are going up across the country. Federal data
shows electricity costs are up by more than five percent
and natural gas is risen by nearly fourteen percent. The
son of former UFC champion Quintin Rampage Jackson, is accused
of violently assaulting a pro wrestler in California, San Fernando Valley.

(03:13):
Daniel Martindale has details.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
It happened on Saturday night during an event in Sun Valley.
Rajah Jackson, also a pro MMA fighter, is accused of
attacking wrestler Siko Stu, whose real name is Stuart Smith.
Video shows Jackson throwing Smith to the match, straddling him,
and punching him repeatedly in the face in sight of
the head, even as he lied motionless. Jackson was then
restrained by other wrestlers. The organizers of the event say

(03:37):
it happened during the scripted part of the show, but
the violence went way too far. In an expost, Rampage
Jackson says he does not condone his son's actions. I'm
Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
And Starbucks fans will be able to get their hands
on a pumpkin spice latte this week. The coffee Giant
says the drink will be available starting tomorrow. That's the
latest the popular fall drink has gone on sale since
twenty two. I'm Chris Caraccio.