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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bion News this hour, I'm Terry McCready. The Trump administration
is suing election officials in North Carolina over thousands of
voter registrations. Abortions in Missouri are on hold once again,
and twenty three rebels and the Democratic Republic of Congo
are accused of committing war crimes. But first, here's BION
News now.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Like Democrat Maryland Congressman Glynn Ivy says El Salvador blocked
his visit with a deported man, Kilmar Abrigo Garcia, the.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Fact that they didn't let us. In fact, they told
us at the gate that we had to go back
to sam Salvador to get a permit, which is ridiculous.
I'm a member of Caigris, I should have the opportunity
to visit with my constituent.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Ivy claims officials knew about the trip but denied access
last minute, calling on them to cut the crap and
allow transparency. The Trump administration is stepping up its fight
with Harvard, ordering all federal agencies to cut ties with
the Ivy League University. A letter from the US General
Services Administration has directed agencies to review and potentially cancel
their contracts and Southwest Airlines is ending its two bags

(00:59):
fly free policy, aiming to boost revenue, despite calling it
a key perk months ago. The airline also plans to
phase out open seating by twenty twenty six. Get Bin
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iHeartRadio app Back to Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
A Justice Department lawsuit filed against election officials in North Carolina.
So the litigation targets registration records, possibly many thousands of
registered voters in the state.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
We want them to have voter IDs so that people
have a voice, because right now the people don't have
a voice because you don't know who's voting.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
According to the lawsuit, the North Carolina State Board of
Elections allegedly violated the Help America Vote Act. The suit
says the board failed to collect and record voters driver's
license numbers or social security information. The Trump administration is
asking for a court order that would require election officials
to contact those registered voters in North Carolina who lack

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the information in their records. The lawsuit says it applies
to many people in the state. It goes on to
reference an earlier administrative complete the board that estimated that
the tally was really more like two hundred thousand.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Many people have asked me what my position is on
abortion and abortion rights, especially since I was proudly the
person responsible for the ending of Row v. Wade.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Planned Parenthood says Abortions are now on hold in Missouri
after the state's top court ordered new rulings in the
prolonged legal challenge over a ban that was struck down
by voters several months ago. The court ruling that a
district judge applied the wrong standard back in December and February.
This apparently allowed abortions in the state to restart, even

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though virtually all procedures were halted under a ban that
took effect after the U. S. Supreme Court overturned ROV.
Wade in twenty twenty two. In a two page ruling,
the court ordered the judge to begin a reevaluation, but
she maintained allowing abortions to resume. Largely stemmed from advocates
in the case who were likely to prevail, The Supreme

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Court said it should first consider possible harms from allowing
abortions to continue. Amnesty International says M twenty three rebels
fighting in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are committing
possible war crimes. A report out this week accusing Rwanda
backed militants of killing, torturing, and plotting the forcible disappearance
of civilian detainees in rebel controlled areas. The Human Rights

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Group says the abuses violate international humanitarian law. The conflict
in the Eastern Congo spiked in January when the M
twenty three fighters swiftly began advancing before seizing territory in
the region, including the city of Goma in North Kivu
Province and Mukavu on the southwestern side of Lake Kivu.
Sudan is closing in on a public health crisis as

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cholera and other deadly diseases spread. The International Rescue Committee
says in just one week, Sudan's Health ministry recorded over
one hundred deaths due to a cholera outbreak. Local doctors
say drone attacks have caused power outages at water purification stations,
forcing people to use contaminated water. Doctors Without Borders is

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warning of reports of thousands of suspected caller cases in
Khartoum since last month. Stay informed, stay connected and subscribe
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I'm Terry McCready for the Black Information Network.