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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour at just four minutes. President Trump
suffered a legal setback in his tariff wars. A federal
appeals court ruled Friday that Trump overstepped his presidential authority
when he used emergency powers to issue tariffs on US
trading partners. The court ruled only Congress has that authority.

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Despite this, the tariffs will be allowed to stay in
place as the case proceeds. Trump criticized the decision on
truth Socials, saying a highly partisan appeals court incorrectly said
that our tariffs should be removed. President Trump's plans for
immigration enforcement in Chicago will face a wall of Windy
City machine political resistance. We take these threats seriously, and

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we find ourselves in a position where we must take immediate,
drastic action to protect our people from federal overreach. Chicago
Mayor Brandon Johnson, dubbed by The Wall Street Journal late
last year America's worst mayor, signed an executive order today
that provides guidelines for local law enforce horsem and other
agencies in what he called the midst of escalating threats

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from the federal government, and added the executive order launches
the Protecting Chicago initiative. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said
while police will not assist in the arrest of illegal immigrants,
they won't get in the way of federal agents either.
The mother of the Minneapolis church shooter has hired a
criminal defense attorney. Minneapolis police say they have been talking
with Robin Westman's family members and there has been a

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conversation with the suspect's mother, Mary Grace Westman. Records show
that she lives in Florida, and her lawyer said he
had no comment at this time. The New York Post
reports that a led shooter, Robin Westman, blamed his mother
for his decision to quote kill so many people at
a Catholic school after she warned him that he would
regret transitioning to female. In Westman's manifesto, he discouraged people

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from letting their kids change gender. Cowboys fans are mourning
the loss of a legend. The Dallas Cowboys posted on
social media today that former middle linebacker Leroy Jordan passed away.
A five time Pro Bowl selection, Jordan was the first
Cowboy to be inducted into the Ring of Honor. He
was eighty four. I'm rob Martyr. A new study says
GLP one drugs like ozempic are helping save the planet.

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Researchers reported these drugs create a shift to lower greenhouse
gas emissions when used to help heart failure patients lose weight.
The study found that hard patients saved around zero point
two five kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions per person annually
when taking golp one drugs because they were less likely
to need hospitalization. According to the study, considering the millions

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of patients eligible for these therapies, it adds up to
over two billion kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent saved. This
Labor Day weekend gas prices are expected to be the
lowest since twenty twenty. Scott Carr has more.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
A new analysis from gas Buddy says drivers should see
prices averaging around three dollars fifteen cents a gallon at
the pumps, marking the cheapest summer for gas prices since
the pandemic, and the company's head of petroleum says he's
optimistic that a seasonal cooling off in prices is coming,
despite that gas prices in nearly half of all states
have risen over the last month due to localized refinery outages.

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I'm Scott Carr.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
For many across the country, Labor Day weekend means time
on the lake, barbecue, or a simple getaway. For tens
of thousands in the heart of Atlanta, it's Dragon Con
twenty twenty five. Katie Gray covers the action.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
It is ten times better than any convention out there.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Says one attendee, Morgan Armstrong with his wife Nikki. For
those who have heard of the con but not experienced it,
they say.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Every time we come, I always feel like I.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
Give you myself. Dragon Con twenty twenty five Now through Monday,
September First, I'm Katie Gray.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
The FDA is announcing another recall of frozen shrimp due
to possible radioactive contamination. The latest recall involved six ounce
packages of Aquastar Corp. Cocktail shrimp sold at Walmart stores
and more than a dozen states between July thirty first
and August sixteenth. Health officials issued the recall citing potential
contamination with a radioactive isotope, and it marks the third

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shrimp call this month. I'm Rob Martyr