Fox Settles With Dominion, Abortion Pill Case At SCOTUS, Pentagon Data Leaker Hearing

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🗓️ 19 April 2023

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Fox News averted a major trial by settling a defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on access to mifepristone, which is the most commonly used abortion pill. And Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top-secret documents, will appear in federal court in Boston.

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0:00.0	A trial averted as Fox News and Dominion reach a nearly $800 million settlement.
0:07.4	The truth matters.
0:09.4	Lies have consequences.
0:12.2	Find out what the settlement means for Fox News.
0:14.0	I'm Michelle Martin with A. Martinez and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.0	Access to abortion pills is before the Supreme Court again.
0:24.4	Anti-abortion groups have urged the court to impose restrictions on Mifra Pristone, the
0:28.2	most commonly used pill.
0:29.8	This comes just days after the Biden administration requests it to halt restrictions on the pill,
0:34.3	which way does the court lean?
0:35.6	And the National Guards have been accused of leaking top secret intelligences back in court
0:39.4	today for one of the worst intelligence breaches in a decade will as actions change the way
0:44.2	classified information is handled.
0:45.8	Stay with us.
0:46.8	We've got all the news you need to start your day.
0:59.2	$787,500,000.
1:03.2	That's how much Fox News is paying a voting technology company as part of a legal settlement.
1:09.5	The company, Dominion Voting Systems, had sued Fox for defamation over lies the network
1:14.3	broadcast following the 2020 presidential election.
1:17.3	Here's Dominion lawyer Stephen Shacklford after the deal was announced.
1:21.2	Money is accountability and we got that today from Fox.
1:25.0	The MPR media correspondent David Fulkenflick has been covering the case.
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