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The White House says another major economic trip is underway
this weekend, as President Trump is heading to Asia tonight.
The multi day trip includes a high stake sit down
with Chinese President Chijing Ping in South Korea. China and
the US have been involved in a trade standoff since
Trump took office for the second time. Trump will start

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the trip in Malaysia, which is hosting a regional summit.
Then he'll go to Japan, where he'll meet with the
new Prime Minister. Trump is also scheduled to meet with
the Indian Prime Minister in South Korea. Major US tech
companies are donating to President Trump's extravagant new White House ballroom.
The East wing of the White House is being demolished

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to make way for the new ninety thousand square foot ballroom.
Trump says the three hundred million dollars being spent to
construct the ballroom all comes from donor nations. CNN says
the ballroom donors include tech giants Apple, Meta, Google, and Microsoft,
and defense contractors such as Pallenteer and Luckheed Martin. A

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Las Vegas casino that has remained closed since the beginning
of the COVID nineteen outbreak, is now set to be demolished.
Rob Dawson has this story.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
Boy Gaming tells News through Las Vegas it's making plans
to sell the site where the East Side Cannery sits
and demolish the building. Boyd says there's not sufficient market
demand to reopen the facility. It has been directing customers
to the nearby Samstown. Eastside Canery opened in two thousand
and eight and was bought by Boyd in twenty sixteen.
It sits on the corner of Boulder Highway and Harman Avenue,

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and the company says it plans to sell the site
for residential use. I'm Rob Dawson and New York Attorney
General Letitia James is pleading not guilty to mortgage fraud charges.
A federal grand jury in Virginia indicted the Democrat earlier
this month. James has said the charge are quote baseless
and that Trump's only goal is political retribution. I'm Jim Forbes.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is endorsing Democratic Socialists Zoran
Mandani for New York City Mayor. He made the announcement
ahead of early voting starting Saturday. Jeffries acknowledged quote areas
of principal disagreement, but added Mamdani has quote explicitly committed
to being a mayor for all New Yorkers.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
The New York congressman had faced questions for months about
whether he would endorse Mandanni. Polls show Mamdanni leading former
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sleewah.
A Long Island man is charged with stalking and then
murdering his wife using cyanide. Sarah Lee Kessler has this story.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Nasa County police say fifty three year old Asif Qureshi
was angry at his estranged wife, Elina, who served him
with divorce papers at his queen's apartment. Now he's accused
of asphyxiating the forty six year old mother of three
with a cyanide like compound. That's why the burns in
and around her. Faith Police Captain Stephen Fitzpatrick says the

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deadly attack took place last week at the Herricks Point home,
with the former couple had raised their family. Qureshi I
pleaded not guilty to second degree murder Friday and is
being held without bail. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Protests were held in the Minneapolis area Friday outside an
event hosted by Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome. Nome held
a press conference to discuss ice operations in the Twin cities.
This comes after the Justice Apartment sued both cities last
month over what it said where the sanctuary city policies.
Dozens of protesters could be seen gathered outside the Bishop

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Henry Whipple Federal Building where nomes event was held. And
the viral Labooboo character will be among the new editions
at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade this year. PopMart, the
Chinese toy company, says Labuo Boo, will be featured on
its Friendship in Pop City float, along with many other
characters like Skulpanda and Peach Riot. I'm Jim Forbes