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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Next week, Democrats in Congress will get the vote they
were promised on Affordable Care Act tax credits. That was
the issue that triggered the government shutdown, which ended only
after Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune promised Democrats would
get a vote on the issue. Since then, Republicans have
struggled to craft legislation that would get enough votes to
fix the core issue of rising costs. Democratic Senate Minority

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Leader Chuck Schumer will propose extending ACA subsidies for three years,
with a vote in the Senate expected on Thursday. The
man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and
Democratic headquarters before the Capitol riot may have been a
Trump supporter. US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Janeane Piro,
said Friday that Brian Cole Junior told investigators he was

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disappointed in the results of the twenty twenty election and
believed it was stolen. He had his initial core here
on Friday and did not enter a plea.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
What do we do?

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Crowds are protesting military action against Venezuela outside the White
House today to I.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Wake up and say did Trump bomb Venezuela last night?
And every day that it doesn't happen, I think we
have another day to fight this administration.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Demonstrators chanted slogans and carried signs demanding a halt to
the build up of US forces in the region. Today's
protests come amid growing political fallout over the legality of
President Trump's order to target alleged drug traffickers in Caribbean waters.
Federal health officials say a man died of rabies after
getting an organ transplant from someone who also died from

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the virus. According to the CDC and Idaho, man was
scratched by a skunk in twenty twenty four and later
died from a heart attack triggered by Raby's symptoms. Several
of his organs, including his left kidney, went to transplant patients.
A Michigan man received the donated kidney and five weeks
later becase and experiencing symptoms. He died a week later

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in the hospital. I'm Lisa Carton. House Majority Leader Steve
Scalisee is going over plans for the GOP agenda ending
twenty twenty five, Tammy Trujillo reports.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Scalisee appeared on Clay and Buck to talk about his
hopes for things on the House floor for the rest
of the year.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
And we're going to ultimately bring this to the floor soon.
I don't know exactly when. In the next part two weeks,
we're building consensus, and once we have that consensus, you're
going to see a series of bills this month in
December on the House floor to lower health care costs.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
He made it clear that healthcare affordability would be a
main talking point, saying Obamacare was not working for families.
Scalez said he wanted to give families options when it
comes to healthcare and premiums, making plans more flexible on households.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
The California Secretary of State's websites are the latest victims
of a nationwide cyber attack. Daniel Martindale has the story.
On Thursday of the state of California's official elections and
business registration website were compromised. Google users searching for information
related to the sites were directed to links and PDFs
with ads for pornography and cash apps. Users who open

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the links are then directed to pornographic sites. Both affected
websites are overseen by the Secretary of State's office. The
Los Angeles Times reports similar cyber attacks have hit thirty
eight government agencies in eighteen states in recent weeks. President
Trump thinks soccer should be called football in the US
and is suggesting the NFL should change its name. More
from Jim Roup.

Speaker 4 (03:29):
The President making those comments Friday during the FIFA World
Cup draw. He says, this is football, there's no question
about it, and now we have to come up with
another name for the NFL. The NFL got its name
in nineteen twenty two, changing from the American Professional Football
Association to the National Football League. A World Cup against
June eleventh. It'll be played in stadiums across the US, Canada,

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and Mexico.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
Outside the US, soccer is called football, and the term
American football identifies the other sport. FIFA is wrapping up
in preparation for the twenty twenty six World Cup. I'm
Lisa Carton.