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This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour In just four.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Minutes, President Trump is pressing pause on Project Freedom in
order to allow for more diplomatic efforts to play out
with Iran. Just hours after being announced. The brief operation
saw the US Navy escorting ships through the Strait of Hormos.
Trump said the request to pause it came from Pakistan
(00:27):
and other countries to see if an agreement with Iran
can be reached. Six of seven GOP incumbents in the
Indiana Legislature lost in their respective primaries. More from Alice Barr.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
In Washington, President Trump's influence was put to the task
that President targeted seven state senators who blocked his redistricting
push in the state, throwing his support behind their primary challengers.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Meanwhile, in Ohio, Trump backed Vivik Ramaswami won the Republican
primary in the state's governor's race. He will face them
krat Amy Acton, who did not have any primary challengers.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says other parts of the
world are suffering more at the pump than the US.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Or from Mark Mayfield, while addressing the reporters at the
White House Tuesday, Rubio said, well, the US doesn't rely
on foreign imports for gas. We are vulnerable to global prices.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Make I mean, look, it's obviously being driven by global events.
That that was true during the Russia of Ukraine War
as well, where you saw that come up. It's wanted. Look,
we don't benefit from the Straits as much as other countries.
I don't know you've seen what the gas prices are
like in other parts of the world that are really
suffering big time.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
He acknowledged that rising gas prices are not welcome news
for Americans. Rubio warned if ron had a nuclear weapon,
may could force gas prices to spike as high as
nine bucks a gallon if they wanted. I'm Marknefield.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Opponents of California's proposed billionaire tax say they've collected enough
signatures to qualify two countermeasures for the November ballot. They
believe the proposed countermeasures would block or at least weaken
controversial tax initiative. Before the opening, bell stock futures on
the rise. I'm Michael Kassner. Material dumped at a Washington,
(02:11):
DC golf course after the demolition of the East wing
of the White House reportedly contains toxic elements. Tammy trehio
a details the.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
National Park Service requested and analysis of the debris after
it began arriving at the East Potomac Golf Links in October.
The engineering firm hired for the analysis reportedly found lead, chromium, pesticides,
and other chemicals in the debris at levels at exceeded
laboratory reporting limits. The Trump administrations being sued by preservationists
and other groups trying to stop any future redevelopment of
(02:42):
the East Potomac course. I'm Tammy treho The.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Topic of aliens popped up in former President Obama's first
interview at the new Obama Presidential Center. In the interview
that aired Tuesday night, Obama sat down with late show
host Stephen Colbert, who'll be ending his CBS show later
this month. Colbert brought up a recent comment Obama made
about aliens being real, but that he hadn't seen them.
Speaker 6 (03:07):
For those of you who still think that, you know,
we've got little green men underground somewhere. Yeah. One of
the things you learn as president, yes, is government is
terrible at keeping secrets.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
The former president dispelled the notion of grand conspiracy theory
surrounding aliens and UFO saying a secret that big would
be impossible to keep hidden from the world. The Rolling
Stones are gearing up to drop a new album this summer.
(03:44):
The legendary rock band announced Foreign Tongues, will release on
July tenth. Will feature fourteen songs, including collaborations with Paul
McCartney and Robert Smith of The Cure. The album will
also include a special contribution of the late Charlie Watts,
taken from the last recording sessions that he made before
(04:05):
his twenty twenty one death by Michael Cassner.
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