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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, the Senate has voted to end
the government shut down. On this vote, the eyes are sixty,
the nays are forty. The bill as amended is passed.
The Chamber voted tonight to pass the funding bill, which
now goes to the House. The measure would fund the
government through January. It passed on a sixty to forty vote.
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The House is not expected, though, to take up the
bill until Wednesday at the earliest. A bid to overturn
the right to same sex marriages has been shot down
by the Supreme Court. That justices declined to take up
the appeal from former Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis to
overturn the twenty fifteen landmark decision. The bid had been
seen as a long shot by analysts. Convicted Jeffrey Epstein
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co conspirator Galaine Maxwell is planning to ask President Trump
to commute her sentence. That's according to documents obtained by
the Democrats the House Judiciary Committee and a letter sent
to Trump today. Democrat Congressman Jamie Raskin urged the president
to reject Maxwell's request. Raskin also alleges Maxwell's receiving special
treatment in prison, saying that Trump administration should not be
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providing her with a room service or puppies to play with.
Maxwell's already had an appeal of her conviction rejected by
the US Supreme Court. Twenty five states are scoring a
win today after suing the Trump administration for its abrupt
reversal of Snap benefits. Sarah le Kesler reports New Jersey's
top lawyer, Matthew Platkin, plus twenty two other state attorneys
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general and three governors challenged the USDA's demand over the
weekend that the states undo their issuance so full Snap benefits.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
The coalition asking Massachusetts court for temporary restraining order Monday.
They got it, blocking the FEDS from clawing back the money.
This after New Jersey and the other states began issuing
full payments. Platkin says New Jersey and the others won't
stand idly by as the Trump administration attempts to rip
food away from the forty two million Americans who rely
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on Snap.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
I'm Jim Roope. A new study, it Isn't there always one,
suggests now that coffee may help protect against an irregular heartbeat.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
More than ten million Americans live with a heart disorder
known as APHIB that could lead to heart failure and
blood clots. The research results of a four year clinical
trial presented at the American Heart Association conference showed drinking
just one cup of coffee per day appeared to have
a protective effect on APHIB recurrence.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
On Monica Nelson, two top BBC executives are stepping down
following a backlash over an editing of a speech made
by President Trump on January sixth, twenty twenty one. Former
British Culture Secretary John Whittingdale says fundamental change is needed
at the British public service broadcaster because this will happen again,
as has been shown over the recent months. President Trump
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is welcoming the resignations of BBC Director General Tim Davey,
a chief executive of News Deborah Tourness. This latest controversy
occurred after the Telegraph newspaper published elked internal memo claiming
parts of Trump's speech were edited together to make it
appear he explicitly encouraged the storming of the Capitol. President Trump, meantime,
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reportedly would like his name on something new for him.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
His name is festooned across casinos, buildings, and golf courses,
but no stadiums. President Trump is apparently interested in having
the Washington Commander's new stadium named after him. ESPN reports
White House officials endorsed the idea, publicly calling Trump's stadium
a fitting tribute to his role in the project. This
follows congressional approval that transferred control of the RFK site
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to DC leadership. The new venue is slated to open
in twenty thirty as part of a nearly four billion
dollar redevelopment plan between the team and the district. I'm
Rob Martier.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
The famous Rockefeller Christmas Tree has made it to Rockefeller Center.
The seventy five foot Norway Spruce will be lit up
on December third during Your Ceremony airing on NBC and Peacock.
I'm Jim Roupe.