Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire, Trump's Spending Cuts, A Conservative Activist's Plan

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🗓️ 26 November 2024

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A possible 60-day ceasefire is in the works between Israel and Lebanon. President-elect Trump is promising big cuts in government spending and he wants to use a little-known tool to make them. And, a look at what conservative activist Leonard Leo plans to focus on during the next Trump administration.

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0:00.0	officials say they're close to getting a temporary truce between Israel and Hasbalah.
0:07.9	They've been trading fire for over a year in the last two months Israeli attacks escalated,
0:12.7	decimating Hispola's leadership and parts of Lebanon.
0:15.5	I'm Leila Faldin. That's Rob Schmitz, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.0	Congress holds the power of the purse, but could the future president take that power?
0:26.8	Defer the crackdown on rampant waste in the federal government. We're going to bring back
0:31.1	presidential impoundment authority, which nobody knows what it is.
0:34.7	Or look at one way President-elect Trump could slash government spending.
0:38.3	And what a man central to the conservative legal movement plans to focus on during the next administration.
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