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Speaker 1 (00:01):
BIA News this hour, I'm Terry mccreety coming up. The
DOJ is suing to stop California for moving forward with
its newly drawn congressional map. A new military operation zeroing
in on narco terrorism in the Caribbean and Latin America.
A closer look at Sella, Washington's Democratic Socialist mayor elect.
But first, here's BIA News Now.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Fourteen people were charged in New Jersey and a modeling
to legal sports betting ring Attorney General Matthew plackin organized
crime families seemed to have a hard time breaking this
old habit, so we're going to break it for them,
Prosecutor say Lucici. Crime family member Joseph Little Joe Purna
funded the operation run by his son, who recruited college students.
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt granted last minute clemency to Black

(00:45):
death row In made Tremaine Wood, sparing him from execution.
Wood sentence was commuted to life without parole after doubts
about his role in a two thousand and two murder
and his own brother's confession and the late Lena Horns
former home in the Saint Alvins neahorhood of Queens, New
York is on the market for one point twenty two
million dollars. The jazz legend lived there for decades and

(01:06):
the property remains a piece of music and civil rights history.
Get Bin Needs Now on demand twenty four to seven
on the iHeartRadio app Back to Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
The US Department of Justice is suing to block California
from enacting its newly drawn congressional district map. The complaint
was filed in California Federal Court yesterday, targeting the map
drawn to benefit Democrats and approved by voters in the
majority Democratic state. Blackhouse Minority leader Hockeying Jeffreys blasting President
Trump and the GOP last month over their plans for

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next year.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
Donald Trump and Republicans have decided that they were going
to try to jerrymander congressional maps all across the country
as part of their effort to rig the midterm elections.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
The Trump administration is asking the court to ban the
use of the map because it accuses California of racial
gerrymandering and violation of the Constitution by using race as
a factor to favor Hispanic voters. Governor Gavin Newsom says
Trump sees the writing on the wall for the twenty
twenty six midterms.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
Why else would he call Greg Abbott saying he's entitled
to five seats? Why else is he trying to rig
the midterm elections before one single vote?

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Newsom says the mid decade redistricting was in response to
Texas approving new district lines to benefit Republicans. The California
Republican Party has filed a similar suit defend. Secretary Pete
Hegseth has announced a new military operation targeting narco terrorists.
In a post on X yesterday, Hegseth said the US

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Southern Command will lead Operation Southern Spear. Southern Command oversees
military operations in the Caribbean and Latin America. In the post,
Hegseth said, the Western Hemisphere is America's neighborhood and we
will protect it. This comes as the Trump administration continues
to target alleged drug votes in the region. Self described

(03:03):
democratic socialist Katie Wilson has won the race for mayor
of Seattle. Following her acceptance speech, she said, it's been
a tough race.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
It has been I think it's fair to say a
bruising nine months but now the fight is over and
it's time to come together.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
Wilson won the election by nearly two thousand votes. Incumbent
Black Mayor Bruce Harrold called to congratulate her. Wilson says
she's stepping into office with a strong mandate to tackle
the affordability crisis, meaningfully address homelessness, and build a city
for working people. It's back on display in Washington, d C.
A statue of President Trump and late sex offender Jeffrey

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Epstein holding hands. That is back. In September, the anonymous
group The Secret Handshake unveiled a twelve foot structure of
the Trump Epstein duo in a prancing position with a
cheeky reference to Friendship Month. The group said the National
Park Service dismantled and removed the statue without warning just
before it was scheduled to come down. The Department of
the Interior said it was not in compliance with the permit,

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and the statue was returned to the National Mall for
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