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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, President Trump
is pressing the pause button on Project Freedom, the operation
in which the US Navy escorts ships through the Strait
of for Moose. The President says it's at the request
of Pakistan and other countries to see if a final
agreement can be reached with Iran. Earlier today, Secretary of

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State Marco Rubio said, Iran as the agent of every
band actor in that region. If you go through that
Middle East and you identify every problem Hamas has below
to some extent, the Husis, obviously and others behind every
one of these groups is Tehran. So apart from the
nuclear weapons, apart from all these other things, these guys
are behind all the bad actors. Rubio says the US
will not let around hold a global economy hostage by

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blocking this trade of for Moose. Vivid Ramaswami is expected
to win the Republican primary for Ohio's governor, NBC News
projecting he'll defeat businessman Casey Putsch. Meanwhile, polls have closed
in several Indians NA primaries connected with state senators who
turned away President Trump's effort to redraw the congressional map
in that state. So far, two Trump backed candidates are

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projected to win their races, while another is projected to lose.
The suspected gunman in the White House Correspondence Association dinner
shooting is being indicted on four charges. Cole Thomas Allen
is facing charges for attempting to assassinate President Trump, assaulting
an officer or employee of the United States with a
deadly weapon, and two other firearms related charges. Elon Musk

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will pay one point five million dollars to settle his
sec lawsuit. The lawsuit accuses him of failing to properly
disclose stock he was amassing in Twitter in a violation
of securities laws. According to an sec legal filing, Musk
consented to the settlement without admitting or denying the allegations,

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and it quote permanently restrains and enjoins end quote Musk's
trust from violating the Securities Exchange Act of nineteen thirty four.
I'm Jim Roop. Election officials in Fulton County, Georgia are
asking a federal judge to block the Justice Department from
obtaining information on thousands of twenty twenty election workers. The

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request comes in response to a grand jury subpoena issued
by the DOJ last month seeking the names, addresses, phone numbers,
and other personal information of permanent election staff and volunteer
poll workers. Election officials argue the DOJ subpoena was done
to target, harass, and punish the president's perceived political opponents.
The board further argues that the information cannot yield any

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evidence that could result in a criminal prosecution because the
statute of limitations for the twenty twenty election related crimes
already expired. New Mexico meantime, wants Meta and its social
media platforms declared a public nuisance.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
The state also wants the company to pay three point
seven billion dollars while making their products safer for children
matter for its need to cut access to its social
media platforms in New Mexico. Meta in New Mexico or
in the second stage of their trial this week. A
jury recently issued a three hundred and seventy five million
dollar reward to the state after finding the company misled
consumers about the safety of its platforms and its protections

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for children against predators. This phase of the trial is
focusing on what actions the parent company of Facebook, Instagram,
and WhatsApp, must take to address those issues. I'm Tammy Trhio.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
New research is showing travel can help with anti aging
so long as it's not stressful or an unsafe trip.
And Edith Cowan University study shows traveling helps the body
with balance, resilience repair, and lowers stress because of the
help from being in an unfamiliar surrounding with relaxing experiences.
The study points out that traveling often results in more

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time on your feet as opposed to sitting still. However,
research is caution this could backfire if travelers run into diseases, accidents, injuries,
unsafe food or water, pushing the body in the opposite direction.
I'm Jim Rope.