5.14.25 Washington Wednesday, World Tour, and struggling with a prescription drug addiction

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On Washington Wednesday, an update on the Republican budget plan; on World Tour, news from Nigeria, Turkey, and Afghanistan; and a battle to overcome a prescription drug addiction. Plus, an animal shelter sets a record, Janie B. Cheaney on a good name, and the Wednesday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Ambassadors Impact Network. Helping entrepreneurs with a purpose find the support they need to thrive with faith-aligned financing options. More at ambassadorsimpact.comAnd from Pensacola Christian College. Academic excellence, biblical worldview, affordable cost. go.pcci.edu/world

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0:00.0	Good morning. Congress is working on President Trump's budget priorities. Can they fit them all into one big, beautiful bill?
0:13.3	That's ahead on Washington Wednesday. Also today, world tour. And opioids are not the only troubling drugs spreading across the country. Those who try to get
0:23.1	clean face an uphill battle. And basically ended up in a catatonic state. Like so bad I couldn't even
0:29.6	roll over to take drink of water. And world commentator Janie B. Cheney says there's a big
0:34.3	difference between a good name and a commodity.
0:47.0	It's Wednesday, May 14th.
0:51.1	This is the world and everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:52.2	I'm Merna Brown.
0:54.0	And I'm Lindsay Mast. Good morning. Up next, Kent Covington,
0:58.0	with today's news. President Trump, seated next to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,
1:04.6	signed multiple new agreements Tuesday in Riyadh on the first stop of his week-long Middle East
1:09.9	tour. Today we reaffirm this important bond, and we take the next steps to make our relationship
1:16.4	closer, stronger, and more powerful than ever before.
1:20.4	Among those agreements, a $600 billion economic deal with Saudi Arabia.
1:25.3	They also signed what the White House calls the largest defense sales
1:28.6	agreement in history in which the White House will provide nearly $142 billion worth of weapons
1:34.0	to the Saudis. Trump also touted efforts to repair relations between the U.S. and Syria for the
1:39.6	first time in more than a decade. I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance
1:47.3	at greatness.
1:48.8	He added that Secretary of State, Marker Rubio will be meeting with the new Syrian foreign
1:52.4	minister in Turkey later this week.
1:55.5	Meantime in Ukraine.
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