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With the government expected to reopen, a hearing on congressional stock trading could occur as early as next week.

Daily Wire reporter Breka Stoll has more on the story.

Actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have signed landmark deals allowing use of their voices through AI.

That may sound like Michael Caine, but it wasn't.

It was replicated using AI.

The AI studio, Eleven Labs, reached an agreement with the two actors to allow their voices to be licensed and used in audiobooks, articles, and voiceover.

McConaughey is also an investor in the company.

And the number one country song in America is now Walk My Walk by Breaking Rust.

But there's a catch.

Breaking Rust isn't real.

He's an AI-generated artist performing an AI-generated song.

Despite not being made by a human, the song is now number one on Billboard's country digital song sales chart, a music industry first in the age of artificial intelligence.

Those are your drive home updates this evening.

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And in case you missed it earlier today, we covered some major stories, including the House racing to end the government shutdown, the FDA removing black box warnings for hormone replacement therapy drugs, and the role of media bias in shaping America's views on the shutdown.

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We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.

With the shutdown nearing an end, President Trump wasted no time in addressing one of its key pain points, air travel.

The president wrote on Truth Social this morning that air traffic controllers must get back to work or else have their pay, quote, substantially docked.

The president also praised the controllers who continued working throughout the shutdown, calling them great patriots and pledging to recommend a $10,000 bonus for, quote, distinguished service to our country.