Israel May Delay Rafah Operation, Social Media SCOTUS Case, Another Shutdown Looms
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🗓️ 26 February 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Israel's Prime Minister sets conditions to pause fighting in Gaza. |
| 0:07.0 | Benjamin Netanyahu says he doesn't want to call off a new ground offensive and is only willing to delay it. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Steve Insky with Michelle Martin, |
| 0:14.6 | and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.1 | The battle over free speech on social media |
| 0:22.4 | reaches the US Supreme Court. |
| 0:24.1 | These cases are going to define the future of the internet. |
| 0:28.9 | Will the justices let Florida and Texas force Facebook and other platforms to carry content they deem objectionable. |
| 0:36.4 | And Congress faces yet another government shutdown deadline this week. |
| 0:40.0 | Why is it so hard for lawmakers to fulfill their most basic responsibility |
| 0:43.9 | funding the government? |
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