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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Protests outside the White House over military action against Venezuela.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
I wake up and say, did Trump bomb Venezuela last night?

Speaker 4 (00:17):
And every day that it.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
Doesn't happen, I think we have another day to fight
this administration.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Demonstrators chanted 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.
Trump is spending the weekend at the White House, where
he was scheduled to take part in the Kennedy Center
Honors medal presentations. The Supreme Court will decide whether or

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not President Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship is constitutional.
The High Court granted an appeal in the case Friday.
Trump signed an executive order that aimed to end birthright
citizenship on his first day back in office. Supreme Court
will hear arguments next year. A decision is expected at
the end of June. Nearly nineteen million people across the
West and Midwest are under winter weather alerts as heavy

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snow and strong winds sweep across the regions. Snow is
falling over parts of the northern plains and rockies from
Montana to the Dakotas today. A wintery mix will spread
into Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin this evening. Americans are piling
up credit card debt at a slower rate than last year.
Here's Lisa Carton.

Speaker 4 (01:26):
Wallet hubbs as US shoppers added sixteen billion dollars so far,
which brings the total credit card debt to over one trillion. Still,
the additional amount of credit card debt is twenty seven
percent less than what was added last year. The average
credit card debt per household tops eleven thousand dollars heading
into the holidays. I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Texas Tech has secured the Big Twelve championship after taking
down BYU thirty four to seven. Meanwhile, college football's championship
weekend continues for other major conferences. Tonight, Indiana and Ohio
State play for the Big Ten title. The Hoosiers and
Buckeyes were the only two undefeated teams in college football.
I'm Rob Bartier.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
House majority leader Steve Scalie is going over plans for
the GOP agenda, and in twenty twenty five, Tammy Trujillo reports.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
Scalie appeared on Clay and Buck to talk about his
hopes for things on the House floor for the rest
of the year.

Speaker 5 (02:21):
So we're going to ultimately bring this to the floor soon.
I don't know exactly when. In the next pray 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 healthcare costs.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
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 4 (02:49):
The California Secretary of State's websites are the latest victims
of a nationwide cyber attack. Daniel Martindale has the story.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
On Thursday of the state of California's official elections and
business registration websites 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
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

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eight government agencies in eighteen states in recent weeks.

Speaker 4 (03:23):
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 6 (03:31):
The President making those comments Friday during the FIFO 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 4 (03:54):
Outside the US, soccer is called football, and the term
American football identifies the other sport is wrapping up in
preparation for the twenty twenty six World Cup. I'm Lisa Carton.