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0:00Lie from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump is fuming over the Supreme Court's decision to reject his order to stop mail-in ballots for the midterm elections. As NPR's Franco-Ordonia's reports, Trump says the ruling is a big loss for Republicans. President Trump accused the Supreme Court of being, quote,, bullied and cajoled by the radical left into making decisions that have set America back. The court wrote that the administration was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge. Trump has long claimed, without evidence that fraud is rampant in mail-voting. In a social media post, Trump took particular aim against justices who he appointed. Writing, these are not the people I interview to serve on the United States Supreme Court. They are merely a shell of their original selves. Two of the court's conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, they dissented from the court's ruling, Trump called them legends. Franco, Ordonia's, NPR News, the White House.

1:02Left-wing socialist Bernie Sanders and right-wing strategist Steve Bannon have formed an unusual alliance to campaign for insured human dominance over artificial intelligence. Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont and Bannon, President Trump's former advisor, are both set to appear at the pro-human assembly in Washington, DC today. Sanders tells NPR's morning edition, he thinks Congress has gotten a wake-up call in the last few weeks. I think we're supporting a matter of a couple of weeks ago, 80% of the American people said Congress has got to do more to regulate AR. So there'll be a lot of debate about where we go. The rally is drawing a broad spectrum of activists who reflect AI's influence on people from all walks of life. They include parents of children who died by suicide after interacting with AI chatbots. Work executives have collectively called for a slowdown in AI development. President Trump says the U.S. needs to forge ahead with AI and data centers. The Pentagon's inspector general says that the U.S. spent at least $33 billion on the

2:06war with Iran through the month of June. But NPR's A.B. Trawi tells us the report does not include all U.S. damage costs. The report to Congress by the Pentagon's watchdog does not include estimated costs of damage to bases across the Gulf, where U.S. troops have been attacked by Iran. But the inspector general's report says U.S. Central Command has reported Iranian strikes damaging and destroying hundreds of buildings and structures at U.S. bases across eight countries. And that dozens of U.S. aircraft were destroyed or damaged during the war. Iran's revolutionary guard says it attacked bases that U.S. forces were using during the past seven months of conflict. The report also assessed $184 million in damages from Iran's attacks on U.S. embassies and consulates in Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. A.B.Trawi and Pair News. Dubai From Washington, this is NPR News. FBI Director Cash Patel is defending the Bureau's decision to relax hiring restrictions.

3:08Today, lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Patel about new guidance issued in the spring that lifts a categorical hiring ban on applicants who previously engaged in prostitution or bestiality. Patel says the changes are intended to protect victims who were forced to engage in the barred conduct and did not want to make it an automatic disqualification from being considered by the FBI. There was a big winner during last night's Emmy Awards for the best in television. In Pair's Mandalita, El Barco says the horror comedy Widows Bay picked up 14 trophies. Matthew Reese was crowned best lead actor in a comedy for his role as the mayor of Widows Bay, the haunted New England island. It's filled with eccentric characters like his assistant Patricia, played by Kate O'Flynn and a grizzled fisherman, played by Stephen Root. They both won supporting actor awards. When Reese picked up his Emmy, he joked about the show's creator. This is purely because of the depraved and twisted mind of Katie Dippold.

4:12And her genius really does live in the recesses of her disturbed brain. Reese also made history by winning two lead actor Emmys at the same ceremony. The Welsh actor also won for playing a rich real estate magnet and prime murder suspect in the series The Beast in Me. Mandalita, El Barco, and PR News Los Angeles. The fed's holding another interest rate setting meeting, being held today and tomorrow. We're listening to NPR News.