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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
The government has partially shut down after Congress failed to
approve a new spending bill. Details from Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Democrats and Republicans had their own 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 and lasted thirty five days by Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Hurricane emeldas formed off the southeastern coast of the US.
The National Hurricane Center says it could become a category
to hurricane as it heads toward Bermuda later in the week.
Even though landfall isn't expected in the US, the impacts
of Amelda already being felt up and down the entire
East coast. A judge is ruling against a Trump administration
policy targeting international students engaged in pro Palestinian advocacy. The

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Boston judge sided with groups representing university faculty and found
the administration within violation of the Constitution's First Amendment by
chilling Freese speech on college campuses. President Trump says he
and the military are reawakening the warrior spirit. He addressed
top military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, Tuesday morning.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
This is a spirit that won and built this nation.
And from the cavalry that tame the Great Plains, to
the ferocious and yielding power of Patent Bradley, the Great
General Douglas macgoth and Vis Rull.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
Great men, Trump said, the military who will become stronger
and faster over the next few years. He followed Defense
Secretary Pete Heggsath's remarks in his speech to the leaders.
Haig Seth spoke out against DEI and politics infiltrating the
military and said the message he's hoping to convey his quote,
we must do better. There's a winner in Alaska's Fat
Bear Wheek competition. Thirty two Chunk took the crown after

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fans voted online for their favorite bear of the cat
Maine National Park and Preserve. The bears have been bulking
up for hibernation, feasting on salmon from the Brooks River.
Thirty two Chunk got more than ninety six thousand votes
to easily out distance runner up eight fifty six Chunk one,
despite having a broken jaw that he's thought to have
suffered in a fight with another bear. I'm Tammy Trihello.

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The Trump administration has restored roughly five hundred National Institutes
of Health grants to UCLA after they were suspended earlier
this year. Jim Roup has details.

Speaker 4 (02:16):
The restoration comes following a federal judge's order last week
to restore a half billion dollars in federal grant funding
frozen by the White House. In August, UCLA announced that
the Trump administration had suspended over five hundred and eighty
million dollars in grants over allegations of civil rights violations
related to antisemitism and affirmative action. DOJ attorney submitted a

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court mandated update on the status, saying all but nine
grants have been restored. I'm Jim Roup.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
The second of three ICE detainees shot in an attack
on the Dallas Field office has died. The civil rights
group Blue LAC announced that Miguel Garcia Hernandez was taken
off life support. A statement from the group quoted his
wife calling the death a senseless tragedy that has shattered
their family. She's pregnant with their fifth child. One other
detainee who was shot by the sniper, continues to recover
in the hospital. The shooter was apparently aiming for ice agents.

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He said in a note that he wanted to terrorize
law enforcement and interfere with their work. A new study
shows there's a lot of sexual health advice on TikTok
that's not accurate, Michael Kasner reports.

Speaker 5 (03:18):
Researchers presented findings at an American Academy of Pediatrics meeting recently.
They say more than twenty percent of sexual health related
TikTok post created by non medical people had inaccurate information.
Researchers also say three percent of videos done by medical
professionals were not accurate. Researcher Angelie Crillan says topics related

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to abortion had a much higher rate of inaccuracy. He's
calling for stricter oversight on videos. I'm Michael Kassner.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
McDonald's was bringing back its Monopoly sweepstakes game for the
first time in nearly a decade. The past food chain
announced the game will start August sixth. Customers will have
the chance to win prizes it range from free food
to one million dollars. Mcdonald'ss fans of clamoring for the
return of monopoly, and it's a core memory for so
many of them. I'm Tammy Truchio.