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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour at just four minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
The government has partially shut down after Congress failed to
approve a new spending bill. President Trump spoke Tuesday ahead
of the shutdown, as you know.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
This country, no country can afford to pay for illegal immigration,
health care for everybody that comes into the country, and
that's what they're insisting, and obviously have an obligation to
not accept that that would affect everybody.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Democrats and Republicans each have their own spending bills that
failed to get passed on the Senate floor on Tuesday.
Tens of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed as
a result. The government last shut down during President Trump's
first term in twenty eighteen. That shutdown lasted thirty five days.
This marks the twenty first shutdown since nineteen seventy six.
Of those, thirteen happened under Republican presidents, while the last

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under a Democrat was in twenty thirteen with Barack Obama.
Authorities had to evacuate a building at Utah State University
Tuesday ahead of a Turning Point USA event. Please detonated
a suspicious package found on campus just hours before Turning
Point was set to hold its first event in Utah
since the nonprofits founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed
at Utah Valley University earlier this month. The US Postal

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Service is issuing a new Forever stamp honoring former President
Jimmy Carter.

Speaker 4 (01:19):
Jim Roop reports mister Carter died last year at the
age of one hundred. The Forever stamp features a nineteen
eighty two painting of Carter by artist Herbert Abrams. The
stamp comes out on the one hundred first anniversary of
his birth. The Postal Service calls the former president a
fitting honoree, adding that Jimmy Carter truly personified the best
in America. I'm Jim Roop.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Major League baseball's postseasons under way. The Detroit Tigers took
Game one over the Cleveland Guardians and their American League
Wildcard Series Tuesday afternoon. Later, the Chicago Cubs beat the
San Diego Padres in their first game of the National
League Wildcard Series at Wrigley Field. The Boston Red Sox
then beat the New York Yankees, and finally the Los
Angeles as Dodgers took down the Cincinnati Reds. All eight

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teams are back in action Wednesday. I'm Tammy Trihello. President
Trump says he and the military are reawakening the warrior spirit.
Mark Mayfield has details the.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Address top military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, Tuesday morning. Trump
said the military will become stronger and faster over the
next few years. He followed Defense Secretary Pete Henseth's remarks
in his speech to the leaders. Henseth spoke out against
DEI and politics infiltrating the military. Said the message he's
hoping to convey is we must do better. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
A direct to consumer drug buying website called Trump Rx
has been unveiled by the President. He made the announcement
from the Oval Office Tuesday, saying Americans have been paying
the highest drug prices for years. With trump Rx, Americans
will be able to purchase certain drugs at a discounted
price negotiated by the government. The President also announced a
deal with Pfizer two lower drug prices. Trump's been pushing

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drug companies to bring down prices in the US. A
new COVID nineteen variant is spiking in nine states. D
Tales on that story from Sarah le Kessler.

Speaker 5 (03:02):
The CDC says cases involving the XFG variant, also known
as stratus, are up in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Vermont, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
South Dakota, and North Dakota. COVID nineteen Researchers at New
York Stonybrook Universities say most cases are mild and people
who are vaccinated, but say people who are unvaccinated can

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experience brain fog, nausea, chest tightness, and scratchy throat in
addition to the usual fatigue, fever, and dry cough associated
with COVID. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
The WNBA Finals are set. The Las Vegas Aces beat
the Indiana Fever one oh seven ninety eight in overtime
to advance to the third WNBA Finals in the past
four years. Asia Wilson led the way for the Aces
with thirty five points, while Jackie Young contributed thirty two points,
becoming the first duo to score thirty plus points each
in a WNBA playoff game. The Aces now take on

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the Phoenix Mercury and the WNBA Finals, which start Friday
in Las Vegas. I'm Tammy Trhio