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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bion News this hour, I'm Terry McCready coming up a
GOP committee advancing President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill that includes
cuts to Medicaid. As some black Democrats have been warning
about the spending cuts. The White House says Walmart should
eat the tariffs after the retail giant said price hikes
were on the way. The Obama's extending well wishes after
learning a former President Biden's cancer diagnosis. But first, here's

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bion News Now. I'm Bree Would with bion News now.
New Jersey Transit and at striking engineers have reached a
tentative deal ending and three day walkout over pay. Governor
Phil Murphy says trains will roll again Tuesday after safety checks.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
They have poured hour after countless hour into reaching an
agreement that it's both fair to NJ Transit's employees while
also being affordable.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
New Jersey Transit serves three hundred and fifty thousand riders daily.
Saint Louis faces along road to recovery after Friday's tornadoes
caused over a billion dollars in damage. Mayor Kara Spencer
says five thousand buildings were hit by the storm, which
packed wins of up to one hundred and fifty miles
per hour. Five people were killed and more than thirty injured,
and a record breaking number of Americans are expected to

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be hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend. Triple A
expects forty five million people to travel between May twenty
second and twenty six, the highest since two thousand and five.
GIBEEI in News Now on demand twenty four to seven
on the iHeartRadio app. Now Here's Terry MacCready.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Congress is advancing President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. The package
includes a major spending increase for immigration enforcement and the military.
It also slashes medicaid and snap benefits. Black House Minority
Leader Hawking Jefferies has been sounding the alarm over the
GOP proposal.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
And so it's my hope and expectation not just in
the next few days, but in the next few weeks,
in the next few months, as we engage in this
legislative struggle, that we can stay together in defense of
the American people.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
All right, So, Virginia's Black Democratic Representative Jennifer McClellan told
News Nation the buzz is primed to make tax cuts
permanent on the backs of millions of Americans. She also
warned that people would lose their health care and access
to food assistance programs. The budget advancing in a rare
weekend vote along party lines. Meanwhile, the White House is

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in talks with Walmart after the retail giant said higher
prices were on the way due to tariffs. On NBC's
Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said he's spoken
with Walmart's CEO.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Walmart is, in fact, they are going to, as you
describe it, eat some of the tariffs.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
On Saturday, President Trump posted Walmart should eat the tariffs.
Walmart's CFO said the retailer will try to work with
suppliers to keep prices down. The Obamas are adding their
names to the list of well wishers weighing in on
former President Biden's cancer diagnosis. We learned yesterday that the
eighty two year old former president is battling an aggressive

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form of prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones.
President Obama said he and the former First Lady were
thinking of the entire Biden family and praying for a
fast and full recovery. A mother from North Carolina is
in hot water after boarding a school bus and verbally
attacking students, including using a racial slur. Thirty five year

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old Samantha Danielle Spor is facing multiple charges including disorderly
conduct and communicating threats. The incident was captured on video,
sparking outrage and concerns about school safety. All right, let's
take a look at a deportation case in Tanzania. It's
a high profile one involving Kenyon lawyer and former Justice

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Minister Martha Karua. She says the action was a move
to stop her from attending the court case of opposition
leader to Du Lissu. Former Kenyon Chief Justice Willie Matunga
and other prominent rights activists also said they were stopped
and held at the airport. Lissou, who is the leader
of Tanzania's main opposition Chadima party, is due in court

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today after being charged with treason last month. Stay informed,
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Black Information Network.