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Speaker 1: Good morning, It's Ben Ferguson. Nice to have you with us.

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Speaker 1: And here are the big stories we're covering today on

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Speaker 1: the forty seven Morning Update. You're fired key officials under

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Speaker 1: Plus Vice President jd Vance calling out the Catholic Church

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Speaker 1: And finally Donald Trump decides to say, guess what you

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Speaker 1: want to teach critical race theory, go ahead and do it,

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Speaker 4: Story number one.

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Speaker 1: Law Fair, It was one of the most important tools

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Speaker 1: The US Department of Justice, under the Acting Attorney General

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