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President Trump says the US is the hottest country in
the world because we should have the lowest interest rates
of any country, because without us, there are no other countries. Really,
I mean, the whole thing falls apart. Trump spoke at
the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperations CEO summit in South Korea,
saying the US economy has improved dramatically since last year.
The President touted his administration's efforts to create American jobs,

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expand AI infrastructure, and bring down inflation. He also took
shots at Federal Reserve char Jerome Powell, calling him incompetent
and promising to appoint someone new when Powell's term ends.
The President's trip to Asia will also include a high
stake sit down with Chinese President g where he's expected
to push for a new trade deal with China. Hurricane
Melissa has moved back into the Caribbean after pubbling Jamaica.

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It was the most powerful hurricane on record to strike
the island, landing as a catastrophic Category five storm. King
wins of one hundred and eighty five miles an hour.
Melissa has since dropped back to a category three hurricane
and will shift across Cuba tonight and early in the morning.
A group of Democratic states in Washington, d C. Are
suing the Trump administration as millions are set to lose

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food assistance on Saturday. This is the federal government shut
down stretches to the four week mark. On Saturday, funding
will run out for food aid programs from more than
forty million Americans. Meanwhile, flight delays are continuing as air
traffic control towers deal with staffing issues. The Senate failed
to pass a short term spending meal for the thirteenth
time on Tuesday. America is getting skinnier, and weight loss

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drugs may be a contributing factor. According to a self
reported Gallop pole, for the first time in more than
fifteen years, obesity rates in the US have fallen from
almost forty percent in twenty twenty two to thirty seven
percent today. That's an estimated seven point six million fewer
obese adults. The same pole reports fifteen percent of women
and just under ten percent of men are on GLP

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one drugs like ozema. That's more than double the number
who said they used those drugs last year. I'm Tammy
Triheo Houser. Republicans are asking for the Justice Department to
launch an investigation into the use of an auto pen
by the Biden administration. Mark Mayfield reports.

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In a report released on Tuesday, the GOP led House
Oversight Committee said US spite pass presidents using auto pens.
Former President Biden was cognitively impaired and his staff took
advantage with a laisez faire approach. Suair James Comer asked
the Department of Health Support of Medicine to investigate Biden's doctor.
The report labeled any action as a void if there's

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no evidence that Biden himself took executive action. Report doesn't
name a singular incident that the autopen was used without
Biden's authorization.

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I'm Mark Mayfield.

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Children's brand Carter says it plans to cut jobs and
retail locations across the country. The Atlanta based company says
it will be closing one hundred and fifty stores in
the US over the next three years and eliminating some
three hundred jobs. Harter says new tariffs imposed by the
Trump administrationer greatly affecting the company's profitability. It cites the
pretax earning 's impact of the tariffs to be between

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two hundred and two hundred and fifty million dollars. PayPal
is teaming with open Ai. Matt Mattinson has the details.

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The fintech company announced Tuesday that it will allow users
to make purchases through chant Gypt starting next year, and
will also allow merchants to use the same platform. The
move makes PayPal the first digital wallet in chant Cept.
It also comes as open ai has been dipping its
toes into e commerce, with recent partnerships with Shopify, Etsy,
and Walmart.

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I'm at Mattinson, a health expert at the Cleveland Clinic,
warns too much phone scrolling can be bad for your health.
Doctor Adam Borlinda, a psychologist, says what's known as doom
scrolling can fuel stress, anxiety, and even disrupt sleep. He
says to avoid this, set screen time limits. He suggests
using an alarm to signal when your screen time is up.
Once that alarm goes off, he says, do something more

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positive for mental health, like going for a walk or
working out on a hobby. I'm Tammy Truhio