Israel-Rafah Latest, Stormy Daniels Testifies, TikTok Sues U.S.

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🗓️ 8 May 2024

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The Biden administration is weighing how hard to push back on Israel's conduct of its war against Hamas. Stormy Daniels testifies in Donald Trump's New York trial about an affair that the then-presidential candidate is accused of covering up in 2016. And TikTok wants a federal court to throw out Congress's new "sell-or-be-banned" law.

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0:00.0	President Biden's administration's administration faces a deadline today.
0:06.0	It's a deadline to release a legal review of Israel's conduct in its war in Gaza.
0:11.0	And it arrives as a senior administration official
0:13.8	says the US paused a shipment of bombs to Israel.
0:16.7	I'm Stephen Skeep with Leilah Fadle,
0:18.5	and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.5	Starry Daniels testifies about an effect. News.
0:23.0	Stormy Daniels testifies about an affair that then presidential candidate Donald
0:27.0	Trump is accused of covering up in 2016.
0:30.0	How does her testimony affect Trump's trial on charges of falsifying business records.
0:34.7	And Tik-Tok wants a federal court to throw out Congress's new celery ban law.
0:39.7	It mirrors the great firewall China set up 20 years ago banning US sites like Google Search and
0:44.5	Facebook. We thought it was wrong then and I don't think we should adopt the
0:48.6	same strategy. Stay with us, we'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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