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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 could vote today on
the House passed measure to release all of the Jeffrey
Epstein files. A Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked for
the Senate to immediately take it up and pass it
after the House approved it, Majority Leader John Thune indicated
he's open to a vote tonight after the bill passed
the House by a vote of four hundred and twenty

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seven to one. Earlier today, Republican Clay Higgins of Louisiana
voted no, claiming the bill would harm innocent people swept
up in the investigation. President Trump recently said he'll sign
the measure if it passes the Senate. Texas Democrats are
cheering today's redistricting ruling, which prevents newly drawn congressional maps
to be used in next year's midterms. One of the

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district judges in El Paso actually is a Trump appointee.
That's Congressman Lloyd Doggett, but the victory may be short lived.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is vowing to appeal today's ruling
to the US Supreme Court. He says it's aroun us
and undermines the authority of the US Constitution assigned to
the Texas legislature. Wall Street his closing lower, his tech

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share slump. The major averages came off session lows but
still lost ground, partly on concerns AI related stocks may
be overvalued. Amazon, Microsoft, and Navidia all declined, along with
home Depot following an earnings miss. At the closing bell.
The DAL fell four hundred and ninety eight points, the
SSP five hundred lost fifty five points, and the NASDAK
dropped two hundred and seventy five points. Former Cleveland Browns

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quarterback Bernieksar is doing well following his liver transplant this week.
Cosar said he's amazed at where he is at this
point in his health journey.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
He be able to feel good and to seal like
I now compared the way I did even just a
few days ago. I just truly fill blast.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
The one time pro bowler was diagnosed with stage three
liver failure and early stage Parkinson's disease last year and
was placed on the liver transplant list shortly after. During
that time, Kosar moved close to university hospitals in Cleveland
to be ready for surgery at any time. I'm Chris Grangio.
The Trump administration is fighting back against California's No Secret

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Police and No Vigilantes acts. The White House says it
will not comply with the state's new laws banning federal
agents from wearing masks while on duty, and has filed
a lawsuit challenging laws. The lawsuit, filed Monday, claims California
is unfairly targeting the federal government and could endanger immigration agents.
The FBI is confirming that Cash Betel's girlfriend is being

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granted protective detail. Officials have reportedly tapped SWAT Team members
for Alexis Wilkins protection instead of the FBI detail typically provided.
The FBI said Wilkins is receiving a protective detail because
she has faced hundreds of credible death threats related to
her relationship with Director Patel, whom she has been dating
for three years. Door Dash says hackers got their hands

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on some phone numbers and physical addresses in its database.
The online food ordering and delivery company insists this type
of data is insensitive because it doesn't include things like
social security numbers. They say the crooks got in when
an employee fell for a social engineering attack. There's a
generation of people who are not showing any love to
the letter T. Breed tennis with more.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
There are twenty six letters in the alphabet, but one
is just not getting in off love. Linguists say the
letter T is being dropped from words like kitten, mountain
and interview coast to coast, and no one knows why,
but they have named it. It's called T glottalization and
it's a speech error that's happening mostly in the under
twenty five age range. A reminder from your friends at

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Sesame Street. I love the letters that from all to it,
and you should too.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
More than half of consumers say they won't make changes
to Thanksgiving this year to try to save money. That's
according to Butterball's annual Thanksgiving out Look. The survey found
eighty nine percent of consumers plan to celebrate the holiday
and eighty four percent will do so with the turkey.
Consumers express concern about inflation, but most said they wouldn't
compromise when it comes to Thanksgiving.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
I'm Chris Crojio