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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 says he wants the death penalty for any murders
in Washington, d C. While touting the National Guard intervention
in DC, Trump said, if anybody murders someone in the
nation's capital, they get capital punishment. He then called it
a very strong preventive measure. Trump made the comments during

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his seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term. President Trump
is commenting on the engagement of Taylor Swift and Travis
Kelcey well.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
I wish him a light alone.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
He was asked about it at the White House and
the laughter in the room came from his cabinet. Trump
has been a sharp critic of Swift after she endorsed
Kamala Harris for President. Trump added Kelsey as a great
player and Swift is a terrific person. The Department of
Justice is asking US Supreme Court to allow the Trump
administration to withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid. On Tuesday,
the DOJ found an emergency appeal requesting that the court

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pause a federal judge's order that would us the Trump
administration to continue making payments. The administration wants the High
Court to intervene before the deadline set by the order
September the thirtieth. The AID has already been approved by Congress,
and the dojregues only Congress as the authority to challenge
the administration's efforts to withhold it. Health in Human Services
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior is set to announce causes

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of autism by September. Brian Shoke reports.

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Kennedy has previously vowed to find the cause of growing
rates of autism, calling it an epidemic that dwarfs the
covid epidemic. The HHS secretary discussed his intentions to reveal
the causes of autism during a cabinet meeting held by
President Trump on Tuesday. Kennedy has long claimed that environmental
factors or vaccines are likely culprits behind the rising rate

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of autism diagnoses. I'm Brian Shook.

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And SpaceX is celebrating a successful test flight of starship
the massive uncrewed rocket loannch from Star based Texas Tuesday
night and splashed down in the Indian Ocean just over
an hour later. The latest time came after three straight setbacks.
NASA plants the use Starship on trips to the Moon
and Mars. I'm Mark Mayfield. A man is facing charges
after burning an American flag near the White House. Michael

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Casner reports.

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He was arrested by US Park Police on Monday night
in Lafayette Square, across from the White House. A video
posted online showed the man saying that he was a
combat veteran who was burning the flag in protest of
an executive order from President Trump. President signed an order
on Monday ordering a crackdown on flag burning. The man
was reportedly charged with a law that bans lighting fires

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in a public park. The Supreme Court has twice affirmed
that burning the American flag as a form of political
protest is protected by the First Amendment. I'm Michael Cassner.

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Indiana Republican lawmakers met with President Trump at the White
House on Tuesday, as the Trump administration pushes for the
state to undertake a redistricting effort. Dozens of Indiana Republicans
met with officials, including Trump and Vice President Advance Indiana
may become the next day to redraw congressional maps to
favor more Republicans ahead of the twenty twenty six mid
term elections. The Indiana General Assembly is controlled by the GOP.

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More gen Zers in America are becoming less inclined to
describe themselves as thriving. Tami Truchio as details.

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The annual Voices of gen Z surveyed participants between the
ages of thirteen and twenty eight and found that forty
five percent of them described themselves as thriving, marking a
drop from the forty nine percent who considered themselves thriving
in twenty twenty four and the forty seven percent who
said the same in the twenty twenty three study. Researchers
believe that DAB is likely fueled by adult members of
gen Z, as only thirty nine percent of them see

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themselves in a good place. I'm Tammy Trheo.

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And Bruce Willis's wife since her husband's brain is failing him.
Emma Heming Willis tells ABC News the Diehard Stars language
is going as he battles dementia. She says Bruce is
still very mobile and in great health overall. The seven
year old Willis was diagnosed in twenty twenty three with
fronto temporal dementia or FTD. Heming Willis says the two
have learned to adapt and that they communicate with Bruce

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in a different way. A Mark Mayfield