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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
The GOP led House Oversight Committee is issuing a new
subpoena for documents from the estate of the late sex
criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The committee is moving ahead with its
probe of the disgrace financier with a request for his will,
any documents resembling a client list, any black books containing
Epstein's contacts, flight logs, and an alleged book of birthday

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letters from Epstein's friends. Majority of voters say transparency related
to Epstein's case is important to how they view President Trump.
Chris Caraggio with details.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
According to a recently released Harvard Capps Harris Poles, sixty
five percent of respondents find a transparency around the late
sex offender's case to be an important factor in their
opinion of Trump, and over forty percent of people were
unsatisfied with his handling of the case's investigation. Twenty two
percent of response say the case does not weigh in
on their view, while thirteen percent said they were unsure.

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Findings come as both Democrats and Republicans pushed for more
information regarding the case of Chris Crosso.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
The Defense Department is being ordered by President Trump to
establish special National Guard units specifically trained to deal with
public order issues. Monday's executive order comes as Trump continues
to talk up the possibility of using the military to
enforce law and order in American cities, namely Chicago and Baltimore,

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and he's already done so in Washington, d C. In LA.
While talking about his crackdown on crime, President Trump said,
he's not a dictator, and they said, we don't need them.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
Freedom. Freedom.

Speaker 4 (01:42):
He's a dictator. He's a dictator.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
A lot of people are saying, maybe we like a dictator.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
I don't like a dictator. I'm not a dictator. I'm
a man with.

Speaker 5 (01:50):
Great common sense and miss smartperson.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
And WNBA star Caitlin Clark is a Nike signature athlete.
The company announced the expanded partnership, revealing a new logo
of interlocking seas for the Indiana Fever player. I'm Michael Cassner.
President Trump says he's going to impose substantial tariffs on
countries that do not remove digital taxes. William Denslow reports

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that in a post on True Social yesterday, Trump also
said he'll restrict chip exports to those nations.

Speaker 4 (02:21):
The U has the ability to find major tech players
if deemed to not be in compliance with regulations such
as the Digital Markets Act. Meta and Apper among those
accused of such violations, with the US saying that these
rules amount to censorship.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Countries and imposed digital taxes argue that companies like Amazon
operate within their borders, taking huge profits from citizens while
paying nothing to the government. Friday marks the twentieth anniversary
of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Louisiana. More from Rory O'Neill.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Two decades later, Hurricane Katrina remains one of the most
devastating natural designs in American history, killing over eighteen hundred people.
Most of those debts were in New Orleans, particularly in
low lying areas like the Lower ninth ward after the
city's levy system collapsed. All told, Katrina caused an estimated
one hundred and twenty five billion dollars in damage in

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two thousand and five dollars. The government's poor response led
to a shake up at FEMA, an agencies still under
scrutiny today.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
President Trump met Monday with South Korea's president for the
first time. President Lee j myung told Trump he wanted
to hear his plans to bring peace to the Korean peninsula.
As Kate Fisher reports, Trump insisted big progress towards peace
can be made with the help of North Koreas Kim
Jong Un.

Speaker 5 (03:41):
Prospects of a hostile meeting evaporated after President Lee heaped
praise on the US President, beseeching him to continue to
help with Korean peace efforts. Mister Trump said he would
meet Kim Jong un again in the quote appropriate future.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
Kim Jonglean and I had a very good relationship, as
you remember and still do. I'm Michael Kassner.