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WSJ What’s News

Republicans Pass Debt-Ceiling Bill Aiming to Spark Talks With Biden

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for April 26. House Republicans advance a bill to raise the debt ceiling. Plus, a U.K. watchdog has rejected Microsoft’s $75 billion deal for videogame maker Activision Blizzard, complicating its prospects. Reporter Kim Mackrael has more. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.6

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0:08.1

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0:10.6

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0:13.3

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0:16.3

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0:20.8

House Republicans advance a bill to raise the debt ceiling

0:23.8

ahead of talks with President Biden.

0:25.9

Plus, a UK watchdog rejects Microsoft's $75 billion deal

0:30.3

for video game maker Activision Blizzard

0:32.8

and the latest sign of global regulators' tougher approach

0:35.6

to market dominating tech companies.

0:37.8

Some lawyers are ready to say, you know, this is not only reflective

0:41.8

of a tougher stance than a lot of regulators are taking,

0:45.3

but also a sign of what's to come that there will be

0:48.8

very tough scrutiny of deals that involve large tech companies

0:53.6

and the behavior of those companies.

0:56.0

And Walt Disney is suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

0:59.8

It's Wednesday, April 26th.

1:01.8

I'm Ann Marie for Tolly for the Wall Street Journal.

1:04.3

This is the PM edition of What's News,

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