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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, President Trump is set to totally
cabinet meeting at the White House today. This says the
White House is doubling down on its use of lethal
force against alleged Venezuelan drug boats. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt
was asked about a Washington Post report that Secretary of
War Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of everyone aboard an
alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, leading to a second

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strike to eliminate two survivors.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
To the strikes in question. On September second, Secretary HeiG
Seth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. Admiral
Bradley worked well within his authority and the law directing
the engagement to ensure the boat was destroyed and the
threat to the United States of America was eliminated.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Levitt said, all aspects of the strike we're legal. Accused
killer Luigi Mangioni is back in New York for a
week of pre trial hearings into the murder of United
Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Sarah Lee Kessler reports.

Speaker 4 (00:59):
Magioni appeiod in court, handcuffed but clean shaven, wearing a
gray suit jacket over a red and white checkered shirt.
The twenty seven year old's lawyers are trying to get
certain evidence tossed linked to the Ivy League graduates arrest
last December. Manngioni's legal team claims police searched his backpack,
where a three D printed gun and so called manifesto

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was found, without a warrant and failed to read him
his miranda rights for seventeen minutes. Maggioni is accused of
assassinating Thompson outside of Manhattan Hotel last December because of
his grievances with the healthcare industry. I'm Sarah le Kessler.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Costco Holesale is suing the Trump administration over refunds on tariffs.
That story from Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
The retail giant asked the Court of International Trade to
consider all tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act unlawful. Costco was seeking a full refund of all
duties under the Act that were paid under Trump's Executive
Order on Reciprocal Tariffs. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
The powerball jackpot is rolling over again. There was no
grand prize winner on Monday night, so the estimated jackpot
will now be seven hundred and seventy five million on Wednesday.
I'm Tammy Treheo. Pinterest is backing a bill that would
require app stores to verify users' ages. Jim Roup has details.

Speaker 5 (02:13):
The company joins Meta x and Snapchat in endorsing the
App Store Accountability Act and urges Congress to pass the law.
The act which shift the responsibility of age varication to
app stores like those offered by Apple and Google. While
the two tech giants argue the app developers are better
equipped to handle age verification, Pinterest endorses the legislation as

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it is among a series of child online safety related
bills set to be considered by the House Energy and
Commerce Committee. I'm Jim Roop.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Civil rights attorney Fred Gray says he sees the country
moving backwards. On the seventieth anniversary of the Montgomery bus protests,
Rosa Park sparked the protest by refusing to move from
receipt on December first, nineteen fifty five. Gray represented Parks
and Martin Luther King Junior and tells the Montgomery Advisor
that problem so the African American community did not disappear

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in the twentieth century. Gray is ninety five as as
he still practices law every day, there's a chance the
Oxford English Dictionaries Word of the Year might upset you.
Michael Kassner reports.

Speaker 6 (03:17):
It has chosen rage bait as twenty twenty five's top word.
The term is defined as online content deliberately designed to
elicit anger or outrage. Its origins date back more than
two decades, when it was first used in online discussion forums.
Oxford said its experts notice the use of rage bait
has evolved to signal a deeper shift in how we

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talk about attention, engagement, and ethics online. I'm Michael Cassner.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Zootopia twos smashing records at the box office. That Disney
animated sequel earned one hundred and fifty six million dollars
over the Thanksgiving weekend in North America and a global
total of five hundred and fifty six million. It's the
biggest animated film opening ever and the highest animal made
a global opening for Disney. I'm Tammy Trheo