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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 an who's spending bill. President Trump spoke Tuesday ahead
of the shutdown, as you know.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
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 (00:30):
Democrats and Republicans each had their own spending bills that
failed to pass on the Senate floor on Tuesday. The
government last shut down during President Trump's first term in
twenty eighteen. The shutdown lasted thirty five days. Tens of
thousands of federal workers are on furlough due to the shutdown.
Starting today, Federal employees whose jobs don't protect life or
property are being told not to come to work. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid,

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and the Postal Service will continue operating. Air traffic controllers,
TSA agents, ice officers, prison staff, and active duty military
members are expected to continue working without pay. They'll receive
backpay when the shutdown ends. Turning Point USA held its
first event in Utah. Since the assassination of its founder,
Charlie Kirk on a college campus, security was high for

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Tuesday's event at Utah State University. Kirk was shot while
delivering remarks at a similar event on the campus of
Utah Valley University. His accused killer could face the death
penalty if he's found guilty. A competitive swimmers in the
hospital with minor wounds after being bitten by a shark.
The man in his fifties was swimming from Catalina Island
to the southern California mainland when he was attacked Tuesday morning.

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The shark bit him in the leg and on the foot.
A boat crew was shadowing the swimmer and was able
to pull him to safety and summon first responders. Nicole
Kidman is filing for divorce from Keith. Urban Court Ruckers
show Kidman filed the papers in Nashville, where the couple
had been living. She cited irreconcilable differences for the split.
TMZ was first to report the break up on Monday.

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The two married in two thousand and six and have
two children. I'm Tammy TRHEO. A judge is ruling against
a Trump administration policy targeting international students engaged in pro
Palestinian advocacy. Chris Karragio reports the.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
Boston judge sided with groups representing university faculty and found
that the administration was in violation of the Constitution's First
Amendment by chilling free speech on college campuses. A lawsuit
was first filed in March challenging the administration's actions after
immigration authorities arrested recent Columbia University graduate Macmood Khalil. The
judge's decision only assessed whether the administration had adopted an

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unlawful policy, but a remedy will be determined at a
later phase of the case.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
I'm Chris Caragio, a director whokins. A direct to consumer
drug buying website called trump Rx is being 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, people will be able to purchase certain
drugs at a discounted price and go shaded by the government.
The President also announced to deal with Pfizer two lower

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drug prices. Trump has been pushing drug companies to bring
down prices in the US. A new COVID nineteen variant
is spiking in nine states. That story from Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 4 (03:14):
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 (03:48):
The WNBA finals are set. The Las Vegas Aces beat
the Indiana Fever one O seven ninety eight in overtime
to advounce to their third WNBA finals in the past
four years. The Aces will now take on the Phoenix
Mercury for the title starting Friday in Las Vegas. I'm
Tammy Truchio.