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m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're starting with fresh polling on congressional age limits. An NPR, PBS News, and Marist poll finds that eight in ten Americans support putting age caps on members…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking an update on congressional age limits, new developments in Texas energy infrastructure, and a case raising questions about immigration enforcement.…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking the World Cup coming to North America next year. We've got an update on a case in Australia. And there's a real tension brewing in Texas between…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking the World Cup draw for twenty twenty-six, which will be hosted across Canada, Mexico, and the United States. FIFA released the full match schedule and…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking World Cup logistics this hour, an ongoing investigation in Australia, new social media policy in Greece, and a federal drug enforcement action in Los…
Listen + read script →continuing coverage of the 2026 World Cup tournament structure, which is now finalized. The tournament will be hosted across Canada, Mexico, and the United States for the first time with an expanded format—forty-eight…
Listen + read script →Hey Keli. Good morning to you. We're starting this hour with an update on the questioning of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Capitol Hill. Lutnick testified before House lawmakers about his documented ties to…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking four stories for you at the top of the hour, including a continuing look at questions around a Cabinet official's past statements, a federal court split…
Listen + read script →Good to be with you. We're starting tonight with new questions about Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. This is an update on a story we've been tracking. That's right.…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be here. We're tracking four stories tonight, starting with questions about Secretary Lutnick's past associations, an ongoing dispute over gun waiting periods, and…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be with you. We're tracking developments out of Washington and abroad tonight, including fresh questions about a cabinet official's past associations, and an update on that…
Listen + read script →developments across the nuclear landscape tonight, a hantavirus case at sea, and the politics of antisemitism in Britain as lawmakers there head into regional elections. We start with an update on US lawmakers pressing…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good evening. We're tracking developments out of the Middle East tonight, a health emergency on the high seas, and changes at one of America's largest universities. Let's get into…
Listen + read script →developments on Israel's nuclear posture, a disease outbreak aboard a research vessel, new restrictions on university research, and questions around food regulation and genetic screening. Let's start with the lead. U.S.…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be here. We're tracking an update on World Cup preparations in Texas, remembering a media pioneer, and looking at a shift in how some lawmakers want to handle a…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be here, Keli. We're watching World Cup preparations in Texas take shape a different way than expected, Ted Turner's legacy in the news today, and some developments overseas…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be here. We're tracking an update on World Cup preparations in Texas, where hotel bookings are falling short of what organizers expected. The Texas Tribune reports hoteliers…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good to be here, Keli. We start with an update on World Cup preparations in Texas. Less than forty days out from the tournament, and hoteliers in the Dallas and Houston areas are…
Listen + read script →Good to be here, Keli. We're tracking developments across hospitality, health policy, international conflict, and some reflection on media history today. Let's start with the World Cup. We've been following low hotel…
Listen + read script →Good to be with you, Keli. We're tracking several ongoing stories today, plus some new developments across health, tech, and international news. We'll start where we've been following for a few days now. US hotel…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking continued fallout from low hotel bookings ahead of the World Cup, new moves from HHS on medication oversight, and we're remembering Ted Turner this…
Listen + read script →an update on World Cup preparations in the United States. Hotel bookings remain soft ahead of the tournament, and a new report points to multiple factors cooling demand. Visa processing delays are one piece of it, but…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking six stories this hour, two of them updates on ongoing coverage. Let's start with schools and discipline in Arkansas, where a teacher's case is back in…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning, everyone. We're tracking developments across education, public health, politics, and global markets this hour. We start with an update out of Arkansas. A teacher at…
Listen + read script →m. central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking seven stories this hour, two of them updates on situations we've covered before. We'll start with an incident at a school in Arkansas. A teacher at…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking several developing situations this hour, starting with an update on a case out of Arkansas that raises questions about school discipline and use of…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking developments across the Ukraine front, a major milestone in European soccer, and some policy questions taking shape in Washington this morning. Let's…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking developments across several fronts as the week moves forward. We start in Ukraine, where the BBC reports an update on the situation in Oleshky, a…
Listen + read script →m. Central. I'm Keli, joined by Hast. Good morning. We're tracking developments in Ukraine, a major moment in European soccer, and new research on how crises affect vulnerable populations. Let's get into it. We start in…
Listen + read script →the latest on Ukraine's humanitarian crisis, a major development in Texas voting rights law, and what a federal court ruling could mean for representation on local boards across the state. Thanks, Keli. Good to be with…
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