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News Wrap: Man charged with starting Pacific Palisades fire

Season 2025 Episode 281 | 6m 53s

In our news wrap Wednesday, officials charged a man with starting the fire that burned Pacific Palisades earlier this year, federal troops look poised to enter the city of Chicago as the rhetoric between President Trump and local officials heats up and the Supreme Court seemed open to reviving a Republican challenge that would allow political candidates to sue over their states' election laws.

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