Pentagon Leaks, Supreme Court Restores Abortion Pill Access, Recession Worries

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

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President Biden directs the intelligence and military communities to tighten the security of sensitive information. The Supreme Court temporarily blocks a lower court ruling limiting access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Inflation has eased and grocery prices are down, but recession worries still loom.

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0:00.0	President Biden says he directed the military and intelligence communities to limit access
0:06.9	to sensitive information.
0:08.3	But how did a 21-year-old cyber-IT guy breach the controls already in place?
0:13.9	We'll explain it all.
0:14.9	I'm Aisha Roscoe.
0:15.9	I'm Miles Parks.
0:16.9	And this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.4	Women across the country will still be able to get the abortion pill Mifopristone.
0:25.3	Yesterday the Supreme Court suspended a Texas judges ruling to limit access to the drug.
0:30.7	How is the latest court challenge to abortion access playing out in our politics?
0:35.0	And a sigh of relief the price of groceries is going down.
0:38.5	Even eggs.
0:39.5	But don't get too excited.
0:41.3	Those recession worries are still pretty real.
0:43.9	What does that mean for you?
0:45.4	Stay with us.
0:46.4	We've got the news you need to start your weekend.
0:56.3	President Biden says he's told the military and intelligence community to tighten the security of sensitive information.
1:04.3	That's after a massive leak of secure documents.
1:07.3	On Friday, 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Tashera appeared before a federal judge in Boston.
1:14.3	He's facing charges for leaking highly classified information that included details about Russian moves in Ukraine and the strength of the Ukrainian Army.
1:23.3	Joining us now to talk about this is NPR's Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman.
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