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The 7

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Wednesday briefing: Trump fraud; government shutdown uncertainty; Amazon lawsuit; writers strike; Brooks Robinson; and more


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0:00.0

The Hollywood Writer Strike is over.

0:05.0

We'll take a look at what's in their new contract.

0:09.0

We'll also break down a new lawsuit targeting Amazon. I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post.

0:16.2

Today is Wednesday September 27th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. At number one, a New York judge found that Donald Trump committed business fraud for

0:29.6

a decade.

0:30.8

The judge ruled yesterday that the former president and his company committed fraud by inflating his net worth.

0:37.0

The ruling means that Trump's company will no longer have the authority to do business in New York, where it has its headquarters.

0:45.0

Trump is facing a $250 million lawsuit which goes to trial in civil court next week.

0:51.4

This ruling will narrow the focus of that trial. Trump does not

0:55.0

face prison time in this case but he does in his four ongoing criminal cases.

0:59.4

Meanwhile Trump is still running for president.

1:02.8

He's the front runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination,

1:06.7

but he's skipping the second debate tonight.

1:09.2

That event airs at 9 PM Eastern on Fox and Univision.

1:13.2

The Senate moved forward on a deal to avert a government shutdown.

1:26.0

That's our second story this morning.

1:28.0

The deal came together last night.

1:30.0

It would fund the government for six weeks. Without additional funding, the government will shut down at 12.01 a.m. on Sunday.

1:38.0

The short-term funding bill includes additional money for domestic disaster relief and for Ukraine, which has been a sticking

1:44.9

point amongst some Republicans in the House.

1:47.5

It still needs to clear a final vote in the Senate.

1:50.6

Then it faces an uncertain future in the House so the path toward avoiding a

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