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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Today is day seventeen of the federal government shut down.
On Thursday, the Senate once again failed to pass a
spending measure that would have funded the government. Senate employees
are not getting another paycheck until the shutdown ends. Senators,
on the other hand, will still get paid because their
compensation is mandated by the constitution. Former Trump administration National

(00:31):
security advisor John Bolton has surrendered to federal authorities in Maryland.
Bolton was indicted yesterday on federal charges related to allegedly
mishandling classified documents. A vocal critic of Trump, Bolton says
the indictment is politically motivated. Other Trump critics recently indicted
by this administration include New York Attorney General Letitia James

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and former FBI Director James Comi. President Trump and Russian
President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Hungary soon
more from Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
The President announced the plans in a truth social post
following a call with the Russian leader on Thursday. Trump
said he had a very productive conversation with Putin. The
call took place a day before Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelenski
is set to meet with Trump at the White House.
The two leaders may discuss the possibility of Ukraine receiving
Tomahawk missiles as its war with Russia continues.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
I'm Mark Neefield, Louisiana's Republican governor says National Guard troops
will deploy to that state in just a matter of weeks.
More from Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
Governor Jeff Landry is asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseet for
one thousand troops to help provide relief to local law
enforcement in the fight against crime. Landry says he wants
to see troops in cities like New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Alexandria,
and Shreveport by mid November. Local leaders and some of
those cities have publicly resisted the troop deployments as overreached

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by the federal government. I'm Rory O'Neill.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
On Wall Street after the opening bell the dow Is Flat.
I'm Michael Casner. The University of Southern California and the
University of Pennsylvania have become the latest schools to reject
the deal proposed by the White House.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
Jim Roup with more the administration wants policy changes in
exchange for federal funding benefits. The deal would have required
the universities to limit international students and otherwise align with
the priorities of the Trump administration. In exchange, the schools
would have received priority for federal funding. Brown University and
MIT have also rejected the deal. I'm Jim Roop.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
The first debate ahead of next month's mayoral election in
New York City is over and things got testing fast
between front running Democratic nominee Zora and Mamdani and independent
Democratic former governor Andrew Cuomo. Andrew Whitman reports the.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
Early debate fireworks came on the subject of experience.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
Here's the thirty three year old mom, Donnie.

Speaker 5 (02:58):
And the definition of experience is not doing the same
thing again and again and hoping for a different results.
That's actually the definition of insane. Cuomo fired back.

Speaker 6 (03:05):
In other words, what the assembleingmen said is he has
no experience, and this is not a job for someone
who has no management experience.

Speaker 5 (03:12):
The former governor with another zinger up his sleeve on.

Speaker 6 (03:15):
His resume, It says he in turned for his mother.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
Then he talk challenges of the job.

Speaker 6 (03:19):
Any day, you've got to have a hurricane, and you
God forbid a nine to eleven. A health pandemic.

Speaker 5 (03:25):
Mom Donnie had a zinger of his own ready, And
if we have a health pandemic, then why would New
Yorkers turn back to the governor who sent seniors to
their death and nursing homes.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Nesley is planning to slash sixteen thousand jobs over the
next two years. Wendy Swanson with more It.

Speaker 7 (03:40):
Comes as a food giant wants to focus on products
with the highest returns. It's a goal of the new CEO,
who said the food and beverage giant has to change
faster to keep from losing market share. The cuts will
include twelve thousand white collar jobs and four thousand other
positions for what IT estimates will be a savings of
nearly a billion dollars.

Speaker 2 (04:01):
I'm Michael Kassner.