The News Roundup For April 8, 2022
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🗓️ 8 April 2022
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Lawmakers are headed to Europe. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is leading a bipartisan trip to the region, specifically to Poland and its border with Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the town of Bucha to witness the aftermath of gruesome acts perpetuated by Russian troops in the area. Ukrainian officials have concluded that enemy soldiers tortured captured Ukrainians in the area.
Pakistan is facing a constitutional crisis. Its courts are set to decide if the country's prime minister, Imran Khan, had the power to dissolve parliament as he was facing a vote of no confidence.
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. |
| 0:03.8 | The news is rapidly developing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:09.0 | For the latest news tune into your public radio station and follow updates at npr.org. |
| 0:22.1 | This is the One A Podcast. I'm Jen White and you're listening to the news roundup. |
| 0:26.5 | Judge Katanji Brown Jackson is now the first black woman to be confirmed to the US Supreme Court. |
| 0:33.2 | On this vote, the A's are 53, the A's are 47, and this nomination is confirmed. |
| 0:43.0 | Senate Democrats wound up wooing three Republicans to Jackson's side. |
| 0:47.2 | So when will she be sworn in and what difference will she be able to make on a court that's moved |
| 0:51.2 | squarely to the right? Plus, Ukraine gets another round of military aid. |
| 0:55.7 | More than 30 countries have joined us in delivering security assistance to Ukraine. |
| 1:00.3 | Aid that are Ukrainian partners are putting to very effective use as we see in the |
| 1:05.2 | criminal's retreat from Kiev and other Ukrainian cities and towns. |
| 1:09.2 | Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the additional cash infusion |
| 1:13.2 | after President Biden toward the war-torn suburb of Bucha. |
| 1:16.9 | And they say you can never go home again, but you can go back to the White House. |
| 1:21.2 | President Obama was there on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office |
| 1:25.0 | to promote an expansion of the Affordable Care Act. |
| 1:27.6 | There's a lot to unpack. So let's jump right in with us. Wendy Benjaminson, |
| 1:31.5 | the deputy managing editor of the Washington Bureau for Bloomberg News. Wendy, welcome. |
| 1:35.7 | Thanks for having me, Jen. |
| 1:37.2 | Also with us, Mary Harris, host of the Slate Daily News podcast, What Next. Mary, |
| 1:42.2 | thanks for being here. |
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