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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
By order of Texas Governor Greg Abbotts, civil arrest warrants
have been issued for lawmakers who left the Lone Star
state to deny the Chamber of quorum. On Monday, more
than fifty Democrats fled to Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts
to prevent Republicans from advancing redistricting maps aimed at adding
up to five GOP seats ahead of the twenty twenty

(00:30):
six midterms. Democratic State rep Band Attorney Jolanda Jones in
New York.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Subpoenas from Texas don't work in New York, so he
gonna come get us.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
How Subpoenas in Texas don't work in Chicago.

Speaker 4 (00:42):
He's gonna come get.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Us how so let me be clear.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
He's putting up smoke and mirrors. House members who stayed
in Texas convened the ongoing special session but couldn't conduct
any business without the required two thirds quorum. Israel seems
to be on track with a plan to take full
control of the Gaza Strip. Local media reports a source
in Prime Minister Benjamin Netnya, whose office saying the decision

(01:07):
has been made and that the Palestinian militant group Hamas
will not release the remaining hostages taken in twenty twenty
three unless the area comes under full Israeli occupation. RAF
Sanchez is following the latest developments in the region and.

Speaker 4 (01:22):
Maybe the NETNYA, who's trying to pile pressure on Hamas
by threatening to go for this full occupation of the strip.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
The country's security cabinet is meeting today to discuss the
next steps in the war, which started after a deadly
Hamas attack on Israel. Russia says it no longer considers
itself bound by the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty it
signed with the US in nineteen eighty seven. Daria Bondarchuk reports.

Speaker 5 (01:48):
In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted the US
was moving to deploy intermediate range missiles in Europe and Asia.
The agreement has formally ended in twenty nineteen, with the
US pulling out, accusing Mosco violent the banct using missiles
wood bend ranges in fighting against Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
On'm Michael Kassner. Changes are coming for social security beneficiaries
who receive paper checks. Matt Mattinson explains.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
The Social Security Administration announced that starting on September thirtieth,
it would no longer issue paper checks. Now, beneficiaries must
opt to have their benefit payments delivered electronically by direct deposit, or,
if they don't have a bank account, receive their benefit
payments on a prepaid debit card known as direct Express.
An agency spokesperson said the administration is proactively contacting beneficiaries

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to alert them about the change, and note that if
a beneficiary has no other means to receive payments, they'll
continue to send paper checks.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Today, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order
related to the twenty twenty eight Olympics. More from Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 4 (02:50):
The White House says the order will create a task
force overseeing the Olympics in Los Angeles. Reuter's reports the
task force will handle security, transportation, and visa prosing. Casey Wasserman,
the chair and President of the LA Olympics, has released
a statement thanking the Trump administration for its support. Mayor
Karen Bess and Governor Kevin Newsom have not yet commented

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on the proposed task force. I'm Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Tourists from certain countries could soon have to pay up
to fifteen thousand dollars bond for a visa to enter
the United States. Chris Carragio with more.

Speaker 3 (03:24):
That's according to multiple reports citing a notice sent to
State Department employees today. Under the program, visa applicants from
countries with high overstay rates would be required to pay
a five thousand, ten thousand, or fifteen thousand dollars bond.
Travelers will get their money back if they leave the
US within their visa's given time span. A twelve month

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pilot program is expected to launch in two weeks.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
I'm Chris Kragio.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
The Gates Foundation is pledging to spend two and a
half billion dollars on women's health by twenty thirty. Founder
Bill Gates says the money will focus on conditions like
preclampsia and menopause, healthcare concerns that he says have been
long neglected. I'm Michael Kastner.