Nikki Haley Resigns As U.N. Ambassador; Kavanaugh Debuts On The Supreme Court

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🗓️ 9 October 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Nikki Haley is resigning as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and will leave the Trump administration at the end of the year. Plus, the Supreme Court welcomes its newest justice as Brett Kavanaugh takes the bench for his first arguments since a contentious Senate voted narrowly to confirm him. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hello NPR listeners, this is Sean Brennan about to lead one of the paste groups in the Chicago Marathon.
0:05.5	This podcast was recorded at 114 p.m. on Tuesday, October 9th.
0:11.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:13.0	Okay, here's the show.
0:18.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:21.0	US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, is resigning.
0:25.0	She's done an incredible job.
0:27.0	She's a fantastic person, very importantly, but she also is somebody that gets it.
0:34.0	And Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh notched his first day on the high court.
0:38.0	I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.
0:40.0	I'm Ayasarasco, I also cover the White House.
0:43.0	And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
0:46.0	Ayasya, there is some sound behind you.
0:49.0	Can you please tell us about your current location?
0:51.0	I am at Andrew's Air Force Base.
0:54.0	I will be taking off with the president pretty soon to go to Iowa for a campaign rally.
1:00.0	So that's where I'm at right now.
1:02.0	That's where there's some ambience sound.
1:05.0	Ambience.
1:07.0	Ambience.
1:08.0	Okay, let's go with this Nikki Haley news, which kind of came out of nowhere.
1:13.0	Did anyone see this coming?
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