Hanna Battah shares President Trump’s response to the bipartisan controversy surrounding Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother. Plus, pre-dawn raids across Southern California in what prosecutors call a multibillion-dollar health care fraud scheme. And LeBron James responds after President Trump called for an apology over the national anthem. Those stories and more headlines you need to know today.

00:34: TRUMP VIVEK AD: The president is standing by the campaign ad that many in his own party want taken down.
01:36: TRUMP DEPOSITION?: A federal judge has ordered the president to sit for a deposition in his own lawsuit against the BBC.
02:13: COREY LEWANDOWSKI INVESTIGATION: ABC News has confirmed federal prosecutors are scrutinizing Trump’s first campaign manager, alleging he profited from the job.
02:52: $2B HEALTHCARE FRAUD: Federal agents raided homes across Southern California before dawn. Fifteen people have been charged.
03:27: MS BABY SHOOTING VID: Authorities have released body-camera video from the officer who shot and killed a 1-year-old who was sitting on his mother’s lap.
04:09: A.I. STOCKS: The Nasdaq had its worst day since June, falling more than two-and-a-half percent as investors pulled back on artificial intelligence stocks.
04:29: REPORTER FLOOD RESCUE: An Australian reporter jumped into action after witnessing a car become trapped in floodwaters.
04:50: LEBRON ANTHEM OUTRAGE: President Trump called James “a total disgrace” after video showed the basketball star stretching during the national anthem.
05:51: PUPPY MATERNITY: One woman is demanding eight weeks of paid maternity leave to care for her new puppy.
06:19: ‘THE STARRY NIGHT’: New evidence suggests the famous painting was likely inspired by a July 1889 sky, rather than one from June of that year.

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