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A gambling scandal returns to court this morning. I'm Dave Anthony. FOX NEWS Linking the NBA and the.
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Mafia this morning here at Brooklyn federal court, 31 of those who are charged arriving for a status conference.
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Fox's Eric Sean's outside that court. Among those charged with setting up rigged poker games, Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups, who's been suspended and just pleaded not guilty and former NBA player and coach Damon Jones.
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Prosecutors say Billups and Jones, William well, they were the famous names that the mobsters used as bait to lure wealthy gamblers into those fixed games. The games using high tech like an X ray card table and a card counting machine to fleece unsuspecting players out of $7 million.
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That's Fox's Eric Shonegan Jones and suspended Miami Heat player Terry Rogier also charged in a separate illegal sports betting case. President Trump talked to China's leader again today, still trying to work out a trade deal amid negotiations that have included high tariffs imposed on Chinese imports. The two leaders also talked about China' threats to retake control of Taiwan and Russia's war in Ukraine. Earlier this morning, the president posted on Truth Social something good just may be happening trying to end that war. After Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported big progress in talks with Ukraine and Geneva on a US Peace plan. NATO leader Mark Rutte tells Fox the.
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Plan had to be worked through and some elements had to be changed. But there was also good stuff in the plan. And I think this is exactly what's happening. And this is also to the president's instructions to make this happen, to end the meat grinder.
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The White House is pushing back on a Reuters report that DOGE has been disbanded eight months ahead schedule after the controversial Elon Musk led Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have saved taxpayers more than $200 billion.
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Scott Kapoor, director of the Office of Personnel Management, hitting back with this tweet saying in part, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well. Deregulation, eliminating fraud, waste and abuse, reshaping the federal workforce, making efficiency a first class citizen.
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Fox Business Network Staron Botello on Wall street, the Dows up more than 200 points. The NASDAQ more than 400. America's list, it's will Kane Country.