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NPR News: 05-08-2024 7PM EDT

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🗓️ 8 May 2024

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What does it mean to be black in America?

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And NPR's Black Stories, Black Truths,

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a collection of stories as varied, nuanced, and dynamic as the Black experience, you'll hear it means everything.

0:15.0

Search NPR, Black Stories, Black Truths, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:20.0

Live from NPR. broadcasts. very large pin in Marjorie Taylor Green's attempt to remove the Speaker of the House.

0:35.6

Democrats were critical in Mike Johnson keeping his gavel, though as NPR's Barbara Spun explains,

0:40.2

most of Green's fellow Republicans also voted against her.

0:43.0

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green

0:45.0

first threatened to oust Speaker Mike Johnson back in March

0:48.0

over his reliance on Democrats' support on key legislation.

0:51.0

Many Republican members aren't entirely happy with the

0:54.4

speaker, but some like South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson said having

0:58.7

yet another contentious speaker fight would be bad for the party.

1:01.8

Well you have here some of the Main Street members who are who are the adults.

1:06.0

And we're going to do what adults do.

1:08.0

We are going to ignore the tantrums and instead work to actually govern this country.

1:14.0

Top House Democrats had already said they'd support the speaker if Green triggered the vote,

1:19.0

essentially guaranteeing that her endeavor would only be symbolic.

1:22.0

Barbara Sprun and PR News, Washington. that her endeavor would only be symbolic.

1:22.8

Barbara's friend and PR News, Washington.

1:25.0

The U.S. is confirming it has paused a shipment of more than 3,000 U.S. bombs to

1:29.6

Israel in the past week.

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