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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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The Department of Justice is asking the US Supreme Court
to allow the Trump administration to withhold billions of dollars
in foreign aid. Mark Mayfield reports.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
On Tuesday, the DOJ found an emergency appeal requesting the
court pause a federal judges order that would force the
Trump administration to continue making payments. The administration wants the
High Court to intervene before the deadline set by the
order September thirtieth. The aid has already been approved by Congress,
and the DOJ argues that only Congress has the authority
to challenge the administration's efforts to withhold it.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
A Mark Mayfield, the president says he wants the death
penalty for any murders that happened in Washington, d C.
While touting the National Guard intervention in DC, Trump said
if anybody murders someone in the nation's capital, they should
get the capital punishment. Trump made the comments during his
seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term. Open AI is
being sued by a couple in California who accused chat

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GPT of helping their teenage son commit suicide. The lawsuit,
filed Tuesday, claims the chat bought helped sixteen year old
Adam Raine explore suicide methods and then helped him write
the first draft of his suicide note. The forty page
lawsuit names open AI and its CEO Sam Altmans defendants
and accuses them of wrongful death, design defects and failure

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to warn about the risks associated with chat GPT. Taylor
Swift and Travis Kelsey are engaged. The superstar singer songwriter
made the announcement in a post on Instagram. The caption reads,

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your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.
The couple started dating in twenty twenty three. Travis's father,
Ed Kelsey, told Cleveland news station WEWS the pair was
actually engaged nearly two weeks ago at a garden in
Lee's Summit, Missouri. Swift is preparing to release her twelfth
studio album, while Kel's he's getting ready to play his
twelfth season with the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm Tammy TRHEO.

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National Guard troops are already in Washington, d C. And
President Trump say Chicago is likely the next target, along
with California cities like Oakland. Ryan Shook reports.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
Donald Trump is just downright wrong about Oakland, like he's
wrong about all the other cities that he trashed.

Speaker 4 (02:23):
On Monday, President Trump signed orders to address crime in
Democratic led cities like Oakland. Last week, he proposed sending
troops to San Francisco to improve safety. California is already
involved in a lawsuit to see if the President acted
illegally by sending troops to Los Angeles for law enforcement.
I'm Brian Shuk.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
States could lose federal funding if they don't enforce English
language tests for truck drivers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced
the crackdown on Tuesday. The move comes after an Indian
immigrant truck driver was charged with killing three people in
a crash in Florida after making an illegal U turn.
Duffy targeted California, Washington State, and New Mexico during his

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announcement that driver had been granted commercial driver's licenses in
California and Washington State. Consumer confidence dipped in August that
story from Matt Mattinson.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
The Conference Boards consumer confidence index fell by more than
a point from the July reading as consumers became less
optimistic about the economy. The monthly survey noted concerns about
tariffs and higher prices including food and groceries, rose again
in August. Purchasing plans for homes remained stable, while discretionary
spending for dining out, entertainment, and vacations were all down.

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I'm at Mattinson.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
Cracker Barrel is doing a one to eighty in ditching
its new logo. Cracker Barrel unveiled its new text only
logo last week, dropping the restaurant's iconic image of an
older man leading against a barrel. The response was negative,
and late Tuesday, the company said in a statement the
new logo is going away and the old timer will remain.
The company took a financial hit following the release of

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the new logo, with the stock dropping seven percent at
the close of trading on August twenty first. I'm Tammy
Trujillo