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m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the Persian Gulf situation as it stands tonight, the fire season ramping up across the country, and a couple of stories that broke overseas. Let's go. The…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the Middle East tonight — Iran, Israel, the waters between them — plus what's shaping up to be an extreme fire season here at home. Let's start with the…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. The Middle East is the lead tonight—the ceasefire holding, but both sides keeping pressure on. Tehran's warning the U.S. directly now. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're following developments out of the Middle East tonight, and also circling back on a workplace-discrimination case that's drawn some skepticism from inside the federal…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the EEOC's case against the New York Times, updates from Indonesia and Gaza, and a few moves in courts overseas. Let's go. The Equal Employment Opportunity…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the EEOC's case against the Times, an update on those missing climbers in Indonesia, and what the new federal wildland fire chief is saying as the season…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the EEOC's case against the Times, developments in the Pacific after that volcano, and several moving situations overseas. Let's go. The Equal Employment…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking press freedom in West Africa, a mayor's fate in Japan, and a federal employment lawsuit that's drawn some sharp analysis. Let's go. Niger's military…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking press freedom in West Africa, a municipal leadership question in Japan, and some international sport. Let's go. Niger's military government has suspended…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking press freedom in West Africa, a mayor's removal in Japan, and some questions about how the U.S. is responding to a disease outbreak. Let's go. Niger's…
Listen + read script →m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We've got media restrictions in West Africa, a mayor losing his seat in Japan, and a look back at how soccer changed in America. Let's start. Niger's military government…
Listen + read script →We're looking at Moscow's Victory Day parade, a media crackdown in Niger, and some economic desperation playing out in an online game. Let's start. The Russian military held its annual Victory Day parade in Red Square…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking developments in Moscow, a shift in Hungary's government, and a story about how Venezuelans are surviving economic collapse through a video game. Let's go.…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking developments in Eastern Europe, a Gulf security roundup, and some unusual economics out of Venezuela. Let's start. Moscow held its Victory Day parade this…
Listen + read script →m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We've got economic survival stories leading today — people finding ways to make money in places where the formal economy has broken down, and some hard questions about…
Listen + read script →m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking the NBA playoffs, a shifting military picture in the Middle East, and some harder looks at flood prevention in Texas. Let's go. The Spurs took the series…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We've got playoff basketball moving, a new wrinkle on the Iran question, and Putin making his annual case on Ukraine. The Spurs took game three of their semifinal against…
Listen + read script →m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We've got movement on the Justice Department front, some international political tests, and sports out of the playoffs. Let's get to it. Start with what the news cycle will…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We've got the ceasefire language under pressure again, playoff basketball moving, and a Pulitzer Prize announcement that matters for newsrooms watching how local reporting…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're leading with border policy, then Hungary's transition, sports, and a couple of domestic stories on credit and real estate. Let's go. The Border Patrol has shelved…
Listen + read script →We've got movement on the border wall front — that Big Bend story — plus Hungary's new prime minister getting sworn in today, and some friction between the White House and the media apparatus. Let's start. The Border…
Listen + read script →border policy shifts in Texas, a leadership transition in Hungary, and word of a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. Let's start. The Border Patrol has scrapped plans to build a wall through Big Bend National Park in Texas…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We've got updates on the border and Hungary tonight, plus movement in the Middle East. Let's go. The Border Patrol commissioner said today that plans to build a wall…
Listen + read script →the Persian Gulf again, Britain's electoral reckoning, and a reversal on the Texas border. Let's go. The Pentagon released video today of U.S. strikes on two Iranian oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The footage…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good evening. We're tracking developments out of the Middle East tonight, election fallout in the U.K., a federal investigation into school district practices, and more. Let's get…
Listen + read script →developments out of the Middle East, results from British elections reshaping the political landscape there, and a shift in how the US approaches border security in Texas. We start with an update on military action in…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good evening. We're tracking developments in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greece is examining a naval drone that washed ashore in the Ionian Sea. Greek media report the device…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be with you. We're tracking developments out of Greece on that mystery drone, continuing coverage of a free-speech case involving the defense secretary, and we've got…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be here. We're following five stories this hour, starting with an update out of the Mediterranean. Greek authorities are continuing their investigation into an unmanned…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be here. We've got developments overseas, a court fight at home over military discipline, and a major healthcare tech deal to get to in the next few minutes. Let's start in…
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