Congress Averts Shutdown, Trump To Appear In Court, Climate Solutions Week

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🗓️ 2 October 2023

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Summary

Lawmakers narrowly avoided a government shutdown by passing a short-term spending measure over the weekend. But to do that the Republican speaker of the house Kevin McCarthy had to work with Democrats. Did he put his job on the line? Former President Donald Trump will appear in court in New York on Monday. This trial, one of many, is a civil trial. He and his company are accused of of fraud. Plus the affects of this planet's warming climate can feel impossible to reverse.

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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Dana Farrington, Krishnadev Calamur, Neela Banerjee and HJ Mai. It was produced by Mansee Khurana, David West and Chad Campbell. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott And our technical director is Zac Coleman.

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0:00.0	We're trying to decide on what's the better couple name for Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift's is it Traylor?
0:07.7	No, it's terrible.
0:09.2	Davis.
0:10.3	These are both very bad.
0:11.6	Well, I mean, it's their names.
0:13.6	There's not much we can do.
0:14.7	Traylor?
0:15.6	No.
0:16.8	So, Davis?
0:17.8	Davis?
0:18.4	Can we use our last names?
0:20.4	No, Swift C, Swift C.
0:22.8	Swift C.
0:27.0	Lawmakers narrowly avoided a government shutdown by passing a short-term spending measure over the weekend.
0:32.0	But to do that, the Republican speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, had to work with Democrats.
0:36.3	Did he put his job on the line?
0:37.6	How are you, Artenas?
0:38.5	That's Layla Faddle.
0:39.6	This is a verse from NPR News.
0:45.5	Former President Donald Trump will appear in court today in New York.
0:48.2	The trial, one of many, is a civil trial.
0:50.9	He and his company are accused of fraud.
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