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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
President Trump is expected to convene a national security meeting
today after signaling he'll make a decision about potential US
intervention in the Iran Israel conflict within the next two weeks.
Peter Alexander reports officials are still open to a diplomatic solution.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Today, European diplomats are expected to meet with Iranian officials
in Geneva, just twenty four hours after Secretary of State
Marco Rubio and the present's Middle East Envoy Steve Whitkoff
met with the UK's Foreign Secretary discussing how Iran must
make a deal to avoid a deepening conflict.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
There's been growing speculation over whether Trump will authorize the
use of US bunker busting bombs to take out Iranian
nuclear facilities. More than two hundred million Americans are feeling
extreme heat and humidity thanks to a heat dome. Correspondent
Mitch McCann a.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
Heat dome mccuse when a large area of high precia
tramps haughty beneafit, leading to unusually high temperaches. This week
in the extreme hete is expected to be the most
intense in Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
Nebraska, Colorado, South Dakota, and Iowa could see new temperature
records Today, a federal appeals court is ruling in favor
of the Trump administration regarding the deployment of the California
National Guard. Tammy Treheo reports the.

Speaker 4 (01:25):
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals says the President is within
his rights to deploy troops amid protests in southern California
over immigration raids. The ruling by the three judge paddle
allows nearly four thousand National Guard troops to remain deployed
in Los Angeles. Governor Newsom sued the President over his
decision to deploy the California Guard. Last week, a federal
judge agreed with Newsom and ruled that Trump's actions were illegal.

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I'm Tammy Triheo.

Speaker 3 (01:48):
The NBA Finals are going to a Game seven. The
Indiana Pacers took down the Oklahoma City Thunder one eight
to ninety one, and a winner go home. Game six
in Indianapolis Sundays will be the first Game seven in
the NBA Finals since twenty sixteen. I'm Michael Kassner. The
state Department says foreign citizens who apply for student visas

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will have their social media accounts screen for hostility toward
the US. Tony Waterman with More.

Speaker 5 (02:18):
Under the new guidelines, anyone seeking an FM or J
visa will have to make their social media profiles public
or face rejection. The State Department says it's on the
lookout for hostile comments towards the citizens, culture, government institutions,
or founding principles of the United States. It did not
explain how hostility would be determined. There are more than

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one point one million foreign students studying in the US,
and the increased scrutiny comes amid President Trump's efforts to
rein in elite universities, which he believes are incubators of liberalism.
Tony Waterman, Washington.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
The FDA has approved a powerful drug shown to nearly
a eliminate the spread of HIV in clinical trials. Sarah
Lee Kessler with More.

Speaker 6 (03:05):
It's a twice yearly injectable from Gilead Sciences called Yestugo.
Despite the decline in new diagnoses, one point one million
Americans are living with HIV. The Yestugo shot was first
approved in twenty twenty two. To be used with other
meds to treat HIV strains that are highly drug resistant.
It's the first in a new class of drugs that

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prevents HIV from replicating itself inside immune cells. Gilead's chairman
Daniel o' day belise it could end the HIV epidemic
once and for all. I'm Sarah le Kessler.

Speaker 3 (03:39):
The Pope continues to prove just how big a White
Sox fan he is. Pope Leo the fourteenth was spotted
taking part in a White Sox chant earlier this week
as he rode through Vatican City in the popemobile. The
Chicago native is a confirmed fan of the Southsiders. The
Archdiocese of Chicago health the Celebration forum this past weekend

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at rate Field, the home of the White Sox. A
Michael Cassner