The Limit Does Exist
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
As the clock ticks closer to the June 1st default deadline, top aides to President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are working toward an agreement by Sunday. Meanwhile, Democrats are already looking into other last-ditch efforts – including a petition to force a debt ceiling vote in Congress, and even urging the president to invoke the 14th Amendment.
On Wednesday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments over the abortion pill mifepristone. The three judges on the historically conservative panel will decide whether to allow the drug to remain on the market, in a case that will likely be appealed back up to the Supreme Court
And in headlines: Pennsylvania Democrats will keep their narrow majority in the state House, the Supreme Court refused to block Illinois’ ban on assault weapons, and the publishing giant Penguin Random House has sued a Florida school district for banning books about race and queer identity.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, May 18th. |
| 0:03.6 | I'm Priyanka Arabindi. |
| 0:04.8 | And I'm wanting to tell everyone this is what a day. |
| 0:07.0 | We're now that the finale has aired and Tom and Raquel have officially called it quits, |
| 0:11.6 | the scandal has reached the end of the road. |
| 0:13.9 | What a moment in pop culture, truly Bravo to Bravo. |
| 0:18.6 | That's my best work personally. |
| 0:20.9 | I mean, we'll always have the memories, not to mention the three-part reunion, so more to come, y'all. |
| 0:30.9 | On today's show, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say they were chased down by the |
| 0:35.1 | proper Aatsi in New York City. |
| 0:36.8 | Plus, a major publisher has sued a Florida school district for banning books about race and queer |
| 0:41.9 | identity. |
| 0:42.5 | But first, the week is winding down fast, but apparently everybody has it in their mind that a deal |
| 0:47.5 | about the debt limit is going to get done by Sunday as President Biden is in Japan, |
| 0:51.6 | and Kevin McCarthy is still committed to causing global economic calamity all in the name of flexing. |
| 0:57.7 | We've gone from a stare-down that started in January to now overnight negotiations |
| 1:03.0 | as senior White House Aids and Hill staffers hash out the details for an agreement to avoid |
| 1:07.9 | the fault on U.S. debt and spending cuts that Republicans also desperately want. |
| 1:12.8 | I gotta say, everyone seems to be way more optimistic than I am about this, |
| 1:17.5 | but that confidence is critical for markets and allies as President Biden is at the G7 summit. |
| 1:23.6 | Take a listen to what Biden said yesterday before he took off. |
| 1:26.4 | I'm confident that we'll get the agreement on the budget that America will not default. |
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