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Here are the headlines. You need to know this morning, the United Auto Workers Union chose to expand its strike against the big three automakers. 7000 workers at Ford and General Motors walked off the job at noon Eastern time. Here's what UAW President Sean had to say. Over the last week, the vice presidents and your national negotiators in my office have been working night and day to bargain a record contract that reflects the record profits we have produced for the big three. Sadly, despite our willingness to bargain Ford and GM have refused to make meaningful progress at the table. That's why at noon Eastern time today, we will expand our strike to these two companies said talks with all three automakers are ongoing and chose not to expand the strike against Atlantis due to progress made moments before his broadcast, the Uaw's stand up strike allows leadership to call for additional workers to walk off the job depending on how negotiations proceed with the additional walkouts. Today, 25,000 UAW members are currently on strike. Let's turn to the government shutdown where House Speaker Kevin mccarthy short term bill funding bill failed to pass in the house, the bill would have kept the government funded past Saturday. Now, the bill faced opposition from dissident conservatives with 198 in favor 232 against. This is a major blow to House Speaker mccarthy and makes the government shut down pretty much a given come this Sunday, another group of workers is on the verge of a strike. Kaiser Permanente, one of the country's largest health care providers could see more than 75,000 of its workers walk off the job as early as next Wednesday talks are scheduled to start Friday in advance of the contracts. On Saturday, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and more from across the nation could strike as they look for a new contract that includes pay raises and better benefits. Now, if that walkout does happen, it would be the biggest health care strike in US history. The Biden administration announced new steps in its bid to cancel student loan debt for millions of Americans. This comes after the Supreme Court struck down Biden's original policy back in June. The US Department of Education released the new agenda today. It's aimed at prioritizing borrowers who are struggling with financial hardship and those who started repayment. Decades ago. The Department of Education also shared a list of people who will serve on the student loan debt relief committee. Let's turn now to some sad news that came out earlier today, Senator Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90 Feinstein was the longest serving female senator in US history and the longest serving California senator. She was also the oldest member of the Senate first elected to office in 1992. She became known for advancing gun control measures and reviewing the CIA'S detention and interrogation program. As chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Feinstein previously announced this would be her final term. Former president, Donald Trump says he will not attempt to move his Georgia case to federal court. That's according to a court filing from Trump's legal team yesterday, if the elections interference case was moved to federal court, Trump could have argued he was immune from prosecution because his actions were taken in his role as president on September 8th. Trump's former Chief of staff, Mark Meadows request to move his case to Federal Court was denied. Meanwhile, President Trump was named on the witness list for a civil fraud trial set to begin Monday right here in New York. Trump's Children, Donald Jr Eric and Ivanka Trump are also named on witness lists. New York, Attorney General, Letitia James brought the $250 million lawsuit against Trump and his companies for allegedly committing fraud for years yesterday. A judge rejected Trump's request to delay the trial. A Nevada grand jury has indicted Dwayne Cath D Davis for the 1996 murder of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Earlier today Davis was arrested by police. This is the first arrest to be made in the case since Shakur's murder. According to the associated press, Davis was charged with murder with the use of a deadly weapon. Davis is the uncle of the suspected shooter and has long been linked to the case. In a 2019 memoir by Davis, he admits to being in the car that the gun was fired from along with his nephew who is now deceased. The arrest comes two months after authorities raided davis' wife's home in search of items related to Shakur's murder. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued online business review site. Yelp yesterday, Paxson claims the company violated Texas's deceptive trade practices act and what the Texas A G is calling quote inaccurate and misleading language on its crisis pregnancy center listings the Yelp notices state this is a crisis pregnancy center center, crisis pregnancy centers do not offer abortions or referrals, abortion providers. Well, Yelp preemptively filed its own lawsuit on Wednesday to protect its right to tell users that crisis pregnancy centers listed on the site do not provide abortions or abortion referrals. Yelp said it began putting notices on crisis pregnancy centers in August of 2022 when the company found the centers were leading people seeking an abortion to anti abortion counseling services. Today, the Biden administration announced the approval of up to three oil and gas lease sales over the next five years. The administration has faced calls from environmental activists seeking an end to offshore drilling in a fight against climate change. In response, the Secretary of Interior issued the statement, she said the proposed program which represents the smallest number of oil and gas lease sales in history sets a course for the department to support the growing offshore wind industry and protect against the potential for environmental damage and adverse impacts to coastal communities.