The News Roundup For April 26, 2024

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

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The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a case concerning presidential immunity. Former President Donald Trump is claiming he should be shielded from prosecution over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

President Biden signed a bill this week that included a provision that would ban the popular social media app TikTok in the U.S. unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells the company.

Congress passed bipartisan legislation to provide military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

Meanwhile, Russia is not backing down in its invasion of Ukraine. Despite the siege of over two years.

And Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in hot water after calling Muslims "infiltrators" during a campaign rally this week.

We cover all this and more during this week's News Roundup.

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0:16.0	Hey it's Todd I'm your host for this edition of the news roundup just a quick
0:21.1	heads up before we start the show. The news is rapidly changing and
0:24.7	things might be different by the time you hear this episode. So stay up to date with all the
0:29.0	latest by listening to your local NPR member station and by visiting NPR.org. Thanks for listening.
0:35.3	Enjoy the show.
0:38.3	You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Todd Zwillick and it's time for the news
0:48.4	round up so let's get into it.
0:50.3	Mr Chief Justice and may it please the court.
0:53.4	Without presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know it.
0:59.2	The stakes are always high these days, but this week, could they have been any higher. I'm trying to
1:05.2	understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into the seat of
1:11.1	criminal activity in this country.
1:13.0	Lots of other big stories from other courthouses for us to talk about
1:17.4	and a big bipartisan push for foreign aid in Congress
1:20.4	that's isolated Trump's strongest backers and elated Ukrainians.
1:26.1	To explore those stories and a whole lot more, let's welcome our distinguished panel of journalists
1:29.9	all in the studio with me.
1:32.1	Right now, Alex Thompson is National Political Correspondent for all in the studio with me right now.
1:32.5	Alex Thompson is national political correspondent for Axios.
1:35.4	Great to see you, Alex.
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