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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, former Vice President Dick Cheney has died.
He was eighty four. The former Wyoming congressman's long career
in public service included stints as White House Chief of
Staff and Defense Secretary Plaine Alexander reports. As Vice President,
Cheney was influential in the nation's response to the nine

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to eleven attacks.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Cheney led the push for an invasion to depose the
Dam Hussein, but no weapons of mass destruction were found.
Iraq descended into Civil war. US troops became targets things.
Many Americans came to see the Iraq War as a mistake,
but Dick Cheney never did.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Former President Bush says the death of Vice President Cheney
as a loss to the nation. In his statement this morning,
Bush said he will always remember Cheney for being a decent,
honorable man. The former president said history will look upon
him as one of the finest public servants of his generation.
Voters will be headed to the polls in New York
City to elect a new mayor today. Democratic Socialists or

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and Mamdani is the clear front runner in several polls
over former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

Speaker 4 (01:15):
And when I say I'm a democratic socialist, I explain
it in the words of doctor Kingon from decades ago,
who said the call it democracy or call it democratic socialism.
There must be a better distribution of wealth for all
of God's children in this country.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
President Trump has said federal funding for the city is
at risk if Mom Donnie, who he calls a communist,
is elected. Trump through his support behind Cuomo. Overnight, current
New York City Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of the
race and through his support, behind Cuomo to be his successor.
The federal government shutdown is now tied for the longest

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shutdown in US history. The Senate is set to vote
for a fourteenth time to end the impass and Senate
Majority leader John Thune says he's optimistic that lawmakers will
find a solution this week. Stocks are dropping on rising
fears about AI stock valuations. I'm Michael Kassner. A majority
of Americans think political violence is going to get worse

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and that it's likely a political candidate will be assassinated
in the next few years. Tammy Tricheo reports.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
A new poll from Politico and Public First found fifty
five percent hold that view almost equally along party lines, gender, age,
and education level. What's more, some twenty four percent believe
that political violence is justified in some cases, a belief
held more often by younger people. I'm Tammy Tricheo.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Technology is causing the death of another form of payment.
More from bre Tennis on why the check is no
longer in the mail.

Speaker 5 (02:45):
Target says only three percent of their transactions are with checks,
so they banned them. So did all the old Navy, Lululemon,
Whole Foods, and a long list of other companies. The
Federal Reserve says it's good for business because credit or
debit cards have less fraud. They're also faster at the checkout.
It's the over fifty age group that still writes jacks,
and it's hard to give up like having cash in

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your wallet, something the younger generation also doesn't grasp. I'm
Bree Tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
People Magazine's twenty twenty five Sexiest Man Alive is Wicked
and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey. The announcement was made Monday
night on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon how does
it feel if they love you?

Speaker 4 (03:25):
Come on, how does it feel to be on the
cover of People's Sexiest Man Alive?

Speaker 2 (03:32):
I mean, it's an owner of a lifetime.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Alien and I want to say, Jimmy, thank you so
much for turning it down so that I could be here.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, that's exactly right. The thirty seven year old British
actor is the first openly gay man ever to hold
the title of People's Sexiest Man. Way Moore plans to
expand its robotaxi service to three more cities. The company
says it will launch its service on the streets of Detroit,
Las Vegas, and San Diego, likely in early twenty twenty six.

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Waymo plans to expand and in even more cities next year,
including Seattle, Miami in London. I'm Michael Cassner.