Roundup: Shutdown Threat, Tariffs & Ukraine

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Congressional Democrats are at odds as to whether or not to support Republican-led efforts to keep the government funded ahead of a Friday deadline. We look at the divisions.

Then, the White House expressed support for a ceasefire in Ukraine & pushed for more tariffs on imported goods, and a certain pop star gets a pop-up.

This episode: White House correspondents Asma Khalid and Franco Ordoñez, and congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales.

The podcast is produced by Bria Suggs & Kelli Wessinger and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:23.3	Mountains of Morocco en route to Marrakesh. This podcast was recorded at 12.10 p.m. Eastern Time on
0:31.1	Friday, March 14th, Pi Day. Things may have changed by the time you hear this. Enjoy the show.
0:41.5	Thanks, Anne.
0:42.5	Take me there.
0:43.4	I feel like I might know Anne's voice, but...
0:46.2	Oh, wow.
0:46.8	Is it someone you know who submitted a timestamp?
0:49.8	I don't know.
0:50.3	I mean, I don't know that's happening.
0:51.6	I'm just saying she has a recognizable voice.
0:53.1	We need to conduct an investigation.
0:54.6	Investigate. Investigate.
0:56.5	Hey there. It's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House.
1:00.6	I'm Frank O'Donias. I also cover for you all. And it has certainly been a long,
1:12.6	busy week here in Washington. Years. We're in our 80s now. So we're going to begin the show with the
1:18.5	latest from Capitol Hill and the fight to keep the government open ahead of a midnight deadline.
1:24.6	And Claudia, I want to begin the conversation with you because Republicans need votes
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