News Roundup for March 25, 2022

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🗓️ 25 March 2022

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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded a week of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, facing aggressive questioning by GOP lawmakers regarding her past as a public defender and her sentencing in child porn cases. A confirmation vote could come as early as Monday.

President Joe Biden traveled to Brussels for emergency talks with NATO leaders. The White House announced plans for additional sanctions, and will open the U.S. to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces have kept Russian troops out of Kyiv this week. Hundreds of miles away in Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that more than 100,000 Ukrainians are trapped, facing a devastating attack by Russian forces.

The Taliban suddenly reversed its decision to open high schools for girls, just days after announcing plans to reopen all schools — including girls' high schools.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jen. Just a quick heads up before we start the show. The news is rapidly developing,
0:05.8	and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode, for the latest news tune into
0:10.4	your public radio station and follow updates at npr.org.
0:22.0	This is the One A Podcast. I'm Jen White, and you're listening to the news roundup.
0:26.4	The Supreme Court is in the news this week, and it's not all positive headlines. After 24 hours
0:32.3	of questioning over the span of two days, all that's left for Judge Katangi Brown Jackson is a
0:37.3	confirmation vote. And with Democratic Senator Joe Manchin now saying he will vote to confirm
0:42.7	the Republicans path to blocking her bid is narrower than ever. Plus, the new variant shows up in the
0:47.8	U.S. prompting fears of another surge, and a series of state-level bills target trans kids, abortion,
0:54.1	and more ahead of this year's midterms. There's a lot to get to, so let's jump in. I need
0:59.0	a Kumar as with us. She's the senior editor of Standards and Ethics at Politico. I need a welcome.
1:04.4	Great to be back with you. Shane Harris is also with us. He covers intelligence and national security
1:09.3	for the Washington Post. Shane always great to have you on. Thanks, Jen. And joining me in studio,
1:13.8	Cheryl Gastelberg, a Washington correspondent covering health policy for the New York Times.
1:18.0	Cheryl, it's great to see you. Thanks. It's so great to be here in studio.
1:21.3	So before we unpack the Supreme Court hearings from this week, a big scoop from the Washington
1:26.2	Post could cast a shadow over the court itself. Conservative activist Jenny Thomas, the wife of
1:31.6	Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly urged former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to overturn
1:37.2	the 2020 election. Thomas sent a barrage of text to Meadows in the weeks right after the election,
1:42.8	pushing him to, quote, release the Kraken and save us from the left. Now Shane,
1:48.2	the Supreme Court's favorability has dropped 15 percentage points over the last three years.
1:52.7	You now have a justice whose wife was pushing the Trump administration to overturn an election
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