House Vote on Debt Ceiling, Purdue Pharma Ruling, Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

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The House of Representatives is set to vote on the deal to suspend the nation's debt limit. A federal appeals court ruled that the Sackler family be sheltered from opioid lawsuits linked to their company Purdue Pharma and Oxycontin painkillers. And, a trial is underway in the case of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting which left eleven worshippers dead.

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0:00.0	The House of Representatives is set to vote on the debt ceiling bill.
0:05.4	It's advanced to the floor despite reservations from both sides of the aisle.
0:09.0	This bipartisan bill is not perfect.
0:11.5	So what's it going to take for the House to pass it?
0:13.4	I'm Layla Faldon, that's A. Martinez and this is Up First from NPR News.
0:19.8	A court ruling will shield Purdue Pharma's owners from lawsuits.
0:23.6	The Sackler family has long been at the center of the opioid crisis for the company's marketing
0:28.0	of the addictive painkillers.
0:29.6	The Sacklers get immunity, but what do victims get?
0:32.6	And the trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshipers and injuring six at a Pittsburgh
0:37.7	synagogue is now underway.
0:39.7	He's charged with 63 federal counts, including hate crime for the 2018 shooting.
0:44.7	Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
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