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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour. In just four minutes, Project Freedom
is being paused that the direction of President Trump in
the hopes of making progress and diplomatic talks with Iran.
In the operation, the US Navy had been escorting ships
through the Strait of Hormones. Trump said their request a
pause it came from Pakistan and other countries to see

(00:23):
if an agreement with Iran can be reached. Secretary of
State Marco Rubio says his upcoming meeting with Pope Leo
is not meant the smooth things over between the pontiff
and the President. While filling in for a press Secretary
of Caroline Levitt while she's on maternity leave, Rubio insisted
his upcoming trip was planned before the recent back and
forth between Leo and President Trump.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Now, look, there's a lot to talk about with the Battican.
I'll give you one example. The Pope just returned from
a trip to Africa, where the church is growing very vibrantly,
and we have shared concerns about religious freedom, religious freedom
in different parts of the world. We'd love to talk
to them about that.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
Rubio says he plans to talk to the Pope about
getting humanitarian aid to que with through the church and
other topics. Hope. Leo has been critical of the US
military operations in Iran, leading Trump to claim that Leo
thinks it's just fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
Tax Day was three weeks ago, and statistically, you have
already spent your return pre ten to six plains.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
According to the IRS filing season statistics, the average IRS
tax return this year was about thirty four hundred dollars
experience sas thirty seven percent of US use that refund
for debt reduction, twenty two percent put it in savings,
and a surprising twist, only eight percent used that money
for fun stuff like vacations and dinners. Out that money

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didn't sit long. More than half of US spent it
within two weeks.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
I'm pre Tennis and NBA playoff action continues as the
top seats in each conference earned game one victories in
the semifinal round on Tuesday. In the East, Cade Cunninghams
twenty three points help propel the Epistons past the Canvo
Leers one eleven to one oh one. From Detroit. Out west,
the Thunder picked up a one to eight ninety win
over the Lakers. A pair of game twos are on
this slipt for Wednesday, when the seventy six ers visit

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the Knicks and the Timberwolves tangle with the Spurs A
Mark Mayfield. Secretary of Street Marco Rubio says Iran's blocking
into the Strait of Hormuz is desperate, with White House
Press Secretary of Caroline Levitt on maternity to leave. Rubio
stepped in Tuesday and told reporters the US will not
letter on hold the global economy hostage.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Frankly, the way to put it. These are innocent bystanders.
These are countries and ships and so forth that have
nothing to do with any of this and nonetheless are
being caught in the middle of it.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Rubio confirmed the Navy has already escorted to US flag
ships through the Strait. He said US actions in the
Strait are also aimed at saving lives, with people trapped
to board vessels and running out of food. President Trump
may not have been on the ballot, but his presence
was felt in Indiana on Tuesday. Interests in Indiana's races
grew after Trump endorsed seven GOP primary challengers to Republican

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state senators who voted against a redistricting plan last year.
Five of the seven lawmakers facing trumpet backed challengers lost
their primaries on Tuesday, and in Ohio, votors finalized their
November matchups and closely watched contests, including the race for
the governor's office, with the Trump backed Vivid Ramaswami winning
the Republican primary for Ohio governor. Former President Barack Obama

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has given his first interview at the new Obama Presidential Center,
speaking to Late Show hosts Stephen Colbert. In an interview
that there on Tuesday night, Obama weighed in on suggestions
that Colberic consider a run for president after show ends
later this month. I think that you could perform significantly
better than some folks that we've.

Speaker 3 (03:33):
Seen, all right, Yeah, I have had great confidence in that.
That's the very night.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
The nineteen acre Obama Presidential Center museum campus is set
to open next month on Chicago's South Side. Tickets go
on sale today, and most Americans believe prices will be
higher than they currently are in a year from now.
A new survey from the Economist you gov found that
fifty nine percent of respondents said they believe prices are
set to be higher than they currently are in twelve months,
while fifteen percent set prices are set to be about

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