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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour. In just four minutes, Democratic and
GOP funding measures have been shot down in the Senate
as the government has entered a shutdown. Lawmakers held procedural
votes today and both bills both failed. Funding was cut
off just after midnight. House Speaker Mike Johnson took to

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social media to declare Democrats have officially voted to close
the government. Democratic leaders have came. Jeffreys and Chuck Schumer
released a joint statement claiming that after months of making
life harder and more expensive, Donald Trump and Republicans have
now shut down the federal government because they don't want
to protect the healthcare of the American people. Senator Ted
Cruz says he expects the government to stay this way

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for a while. I think in all likelihood to shut
down will run weeks. We're one day into it. Schumer
and the Democrats have no endgame. The Texas Republicans, says
all the three Democrats voted against the Republican bill. Republicans
need four more Democrats to cross the aisle. Cruz believes
that this will eventually happen, but it may take some time.
The last government shutdown happened during President Trump's first term

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in twenty eighteen, and it lasted thirty five days. A
federal troop deployment to Portland is expected to cost over
three million dollars. That's according to Oregon officials. State lawmakers
held a hearing yesterday on President Trump's order to have
troops patrolling the streets of Oregon's largest city. They expect
about two hundred soldiers to appear in Portland in the
coming days on a sixty day mission to protect federal

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facilities in the city. The US has begun to scale
down its military mission in Iraq. A Pentagon spokesman confirm
the US and coalition partners are pulling its forces from
Iraq to reflect the combined success in fighting ISIS. Washington
and Bagdad made an agreement last year to reduce the
military's presence to focus on fighting ISIS in Syria. The
coffee brand Maxwell House is making a change. A recent

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announcement says it'll be now known as Maxwell Apartment. The
reason stems from the fact that nearly a third of
Americans are currently renting versus is buying a home, according
to the US Census Bureau, and coffee prices are on
the rise. I'm Chris Kracio. The Vatican is recruiting Arnold
Schwarzenegger to add some muscle to its efforts to combat
climate change. Schwarzenegger will be one of a thousand thought

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leaders and activists who will gather for a Vatican sponsored
event this week in Rome. Schwarzenegger says he's proud to participate,
saying every single one of the one point four billion
Catholics can be a crusader for the environment and terminate pollution.
The movement was inspired by the late Pope Francis.

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Dolly Parton will not be attending the Governor's Awards in
Los Angeles next month. The singer songwriter was going to
be honored with the Gene Herschuld Humanitarian Award from the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The news comes
after the seventy nine year old postponed concerts scheduled for
December and Las Vegas. Parton cited health issues and said
her doctors advised her to undergo some procedures. Her Shalt

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Award is given to an individual for their contributions to
humanitarian causes. Delta Airlines and shapewear brand Spanks are joining
forces on a travelware collection Tammy Trahio with more.

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Delta's chief marketing officer says the joint partnership will create
clothes design for travelers who love to explore the world
in style. Delta is celebrating its one hundredth anniversary this year,
and the debut of the clothing line comes as the
company tries to market itself as a lifestyle brand, not
just an airline. Spanks turns twenty five this year. The
collections on sale now in the online Delta shop.

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McDonald's is bringing back its popular Monopoly sweepstakes game for
the first time in nearly a decade. The fast food
chain announced the game will return starting October sixth. Customers
will have the chance to win prizes that range from
free food to one million dollars. This time around, customers
will use the McDonald's app to collect pieces and redeem prices.
McDonald said fans had been clamoring for the return of

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My Monopoly, and it's a core memory for so many customers.
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