The News Roundup For April 28, 2023
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🗓️ 29 April 2023
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Washington became the 10th state to ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15.
Meanwhile, supply shortages are impacting the citizens of Sudan as the fighting in its capital Khartoum continues, despite the agreement of a three-day truce. Thousands of people are fleeing as foreign governments are working to get visitors and diplomats out of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since his country was invaded by Russia. However, during the phone call, Chinese officials reportedly never spoke the words "Russia" or "war."
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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. |
| 0:24.1 | You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Jen White and it's time for the news round up. |
| 0:29.1 | This week, President Joe Biden made it official. |
| 0:32.0 | This is not a time to be complacent. |
| 0:38.7 | That's why I'm running for re-election. |
| 0:40.5 | He joined the seven others who have already declared their candidacy for President so far. |
| 0:45.6 | Also this week, the GOP led House past a debt-sealing bill, a symbolic and important |
| 0:50.4 | task of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's power. |
| 0:52.8 | We are the only party to take fiscal action in a sound mind that would lift the debt limit |
| 0:58.7 | so we wouldn't have economic damage. We've also put us back on a path to end the Washington wasteful |
| 1:05.8 | spending. Former Vice President Mike Pence testifies to a federal grand jury investigating Donald |
| 1:11.8 | Trump in the January 6th in Syracon and we mourn the loss of a giant singer, actor and activist |
| 1:18.5 | Harry Belafonte. We are angry, we're upset, we look around for some comfort and we don't find any. |
| 1:26.9 | Well, we have to look to ourselves because I think the last frontier of truth and hope in this country |
| 1:35.2 | are the people themselves. |
| 1:40.0 | With us on the round up, Wendy Benjaminson, Deputy Managing Editor at Bloomberg News, |
| 1:44.5 | Wendy, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me back. |
| 1:47.5 | And in studio Todd Swillick and Arthur Delaney, Todd is Deputy Bureau Chief for Vice News and host |
| 1:53.0 | of Breaking the Vote and Arthur is a senior reporter at HuffPost. Welcome to you both. |
| 1:57.6 | Good to be with you. Thank you. |
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