The News Roundup For April 14, 2023
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🗓️ 15 April 2023
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
A young, racist gun enthusiast is reportedly responsible for one of the worst intelligence leaks in Pentagon history. The man worked at a military base and posted classified material about Ukraine's efforts in its fight against Russia to a Discord server.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is spending his time these days meeting with global leaders. So far he's met with French President Emmanuel Macron. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva landed on Wednesday for his visit.
Two people are dead and some 20 people are missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Tunisia this week. The U.N. reports that 441 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean so far in 2023.
We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Jen. Just a quick heads up before we start the show. |
| 0:03.9 | The news is rapidly developing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:09.5 | For the very latest news tune into your public radio station and follow updates at npr.org. |
| 0:23.6 | You're listening to The One A Podcast. I'm Jen White. |
| 0:26.6 | It's the news round up, so let's get into this week's biggest domestic news. |
| 0:30.8 | Chaos and confusion around abortion medication continues to dominate the headlines. |
| 0:36.1 | Late last night, Florida's governor signed legislation that bans most abortions after six weeks |
| 0:41.3 | that move will weigh on his likely 2024 presidential bid. We also catch up on news from Kentucky |
| 0:47.0 | and Tennessee and why NPR is parting ways with Twitter. Joining us this week, |
| 0:52.1 | Ali Vitale Ali is NBC's Capitol Hill correspondent and author of Electable. |
| 0:57.5 | Why America hasn't put a woman in the White House yet? Welcome, Ali. |
| 1:01.6 | Hey, thanks for letting me be here. Also with us, Benji Sarlan. He's Washington Bureau Chief |
| 1:06.5 | for Simifora. Welcome back, Benji. Thanks for having me. And Wendy Benjaminson, deputy managing editor |
| 1:12.0 | at Bloomberg News. Wendy, welcome back. Great to be back. So we start in a back and forth legal fight |
| 1:18.8 | over the food and drug administration's approval of Mifapris Stone 23 years ago. |
| 1:23.6 | That's a pill widely used in abortion and miscarriage care. Now last week, Matthew |
| 1:28.1 | Kismaric, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction that revoked |
| 1:33.2 | the drug's FDA approval, effectively making it a legal nationwide. Then on Wednesday, |
| 1:38.2 | an appeals court temporarily paused part of his ruling, but not all of it. |
| 1:43.2 | And by Thursday, the Justice Department announced it would seek help from the Supreme Court |
| 1:47.6 | to maintain current access to Mifapris Stone while the case is being heard. |
| 1:52.5 | The new restrictions on the drug are expected to take effect today. |
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