Friday, April 7, 2023

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

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Friday briefing: A dramatic night in Tennessee; rules for trans athletes; Clarence Thomas’s trips; IRS upgrades; and more

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0:00.0	The IRS plans to target the richest taxpayers and if it feels like you're in a
0:07.6	fever dream it's probably because you've seen the new Barbie trailer. I'm Jeff
0:12.0	Pierre and this is the 7th from the Washington Post. It's
0:15.2	Friday, April 7th. Let's get you caught up with today's 7 stories. First up, violence has flared up in Israel and Gaza.
0:27.0	Rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon yesterday.
0:32.8	Israel retaliated with air strikes there and on the Gaza Strip.
0:36.4	That's a Palestinian territory.
0:38.4	No one has claimed responsibility for the rockets,
0:41.6	but the attack came after Israeli police raided. for the
0:43.0	responsibility for the rockets
0:45.0	raided the Al-Axa Mosque in Jerusalem twice.
0:47.0	The mosque is a contested holy site.
0:50.0	At least 40 Palestinians were injured.
0:52.0	The latest exchange of rocket fire is among the most At least 40 Palestinians were injured.
0:52.5	The latest exchange of rocket fire is among the most serious flare-ups of violence in the region
0:57.8	since the month-long war of 2006.
1:01.1	The Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan is overlapping with the Jewish Passover this year, which officials
1:06.0	had warned could cause tension to escalate.
1:11.4	Number two, Tennessee lawmakers expelled two Democrats from the State House yesterday.
1:17.2	The Democratic lawmakers had joined protests pushing for more gun control after the shooting
1:22.2	at a Nashville school last week.
1:24.5	Republicans tried to remove a third Democrat but didn't have enough votes.
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