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Protections For Undocumented Spouses, Extreme Heat Designation, Putin in North Korea

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4.552.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

President Biden is set to announce a plan to protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation. A coalition of environmental, labor and health professionals are petitioning the Federal Emergency Management Agency to treat extreme heat as a "major disaster." And Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a rare trip to North Korea for a two-day state visit.

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The Biden administration is about to announce a plan that would protect hundreds of

0:06.3

thousands of people in the US from being deported.

0:09.1

This is not some sort of blanket amnesty.

0:12.8

So who will qualify for the new program?

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0:16.7

and this is up first from NPR News.

0:19.2

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to North Korea his first trip to the country in 24 years.

0:26.2

It's a rare state visit with the country's leader Kim Jong-un is the closer relationship

0:31.4

as Russia continues its war in Ukraine, a cause for concern.

0:34.8

And as temperatures rise across the US, there's a push to declare extreme heat a major disaster.

0:41.7

Most of the people that are hurt

0:44.0

are essentially invisible to decision makers.

0:47.0

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