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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use this hour. In just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Late, conservative activist Charlie Kirk is honored at the White
House with the Presidential Medal of Freeway. We're entering his
name forever into the eternal roster of true American Heroes.
He's a true American hero, an amazing person. Today would
have been Kirk's thirty second birthday. President Trump is standing
firmly behind the President of Argentina. Mister Trump welcomed Tabier

(00:31):
Mulay to the White House and told reporters Melay is
mega all the way make Argentina gretty, and it worked.
I actually sent him some hats for his early part
of the campaign, and then he called me wanted a
lot more. The meeting comes as Argentina deals with financial
distress and upcoming elections that could thwart me Lay's plans
for economic reforms. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson indicated the US

(00:53):
could aid Argentina and provide stability to its markets. President
Trump warns the US will get involved if does not
disarm mister Trump, saying today Hamas promised they would. They
know I'm not playing games. They don't to some, we
will disarm them, and it'll happen quickly and perhaps violently.
Hamas laying down their weapons is the next phase of

(01:14):
mister Trump's Middle East peace plan. However, reports say Hamas
has not yet agreed to disarm. Investors believed Jerome Powell
is suggesting another interest rate cut soon. Speaking at a
conference in Philadelphia, the Fed chare warned key economic reports
are being delayed because of the ongoing government shutdown, but
adds us economic growth may exceed expectations.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Data available prior to the shutdown, however, show that growth
and economic activity maybe on a somewhat firmer trajectory than expected.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
But he also says the labor market remains weak, leading
many investors to speculate there could be another interest rate
cut at the end of this month. I hear's some
good news. Life expectancy has rebounded to its pre pandemic levels.
A Lancet reports data shows in twenty twenty three, life
expectancy seventy six point three years for women seventy one
and a half years for men. I'm Jim Roup. The

(02:07):
Labor Department is warning that the Trump administration's mass deportation
efforts could result in higher food prices. According to an
interim rule from the Department, growers could be deprived of
the relatively cheaper labor supply on which they've become economically reliant.
The Trumpet administration, however, is reportedly committed to reforming temporary
worker visa programs to remedy that most Americans believe taxing

(02:29):
the rich is the best way to reduce federal debt.
A new Gallup poll shows sixty three percent of respondents
favor increasing income tax rates for upper income Americans. When
looking along party lines, eighty six percent of Democrats are
in favor of increasing taxes on the rich, while sixty
two percent of Independence and thirty eight percent of Republicans
said the same. The collapse of the Earth's coral reefs

(02:52):
is pushing the world across its first climate tipping point.
Michael Kassner explains.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
The second Global Tipping Points Report out this weeks as
warm water coral reefs are passing their tipping point. Nearly
one billion people and nearly a quarter of all marine
life depends on the coral reefs. According to the report,
widespread coral dieback is taking place, and reefs as we
know them will all be gone unless global warming is reversed.

(03:19):
With the climate. These points of no return are specific
moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain
effects have become irreversible. I'm Michael Kassner.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
Instagram is overhauling how teenagers experience their app. Matt Mattinson
has more.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
The social media app announced a series of changes on
Tuesday aimed at making teens is experience similar to viewing
PG thirteen movies by limiting sexualized content or other similar material.
The changes apply only to teen specific accounts. Other apps
like YouTube have also rolled out similar methods to restrict
access to certain content.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
A recent Pew Research poll shows forty eight percent of
teens say social media is harmful to their age group.
That's up from thirty two percent three years ago. I'm
Jim Roop