The News Roundup for January 20, 2023

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

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Conservatives who initially blocked McCarthy from the speaker's gavel have walked away with key committee assignment roles. President Biden travels to California to visit areas hit by extreme weather. And the tech layoffs continue, with Microsoft's announcement that 10,000 workers will be let go.

The world's elite meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The British foreign secretary encourages the US to step up its own weapons supply to Ukraine. And China deals with surging COVID-19 cases.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story.
0:10.8	I'm Celeste Headley in for Gen White and it's time for our weekly news roundup.
0:15.3	Well, it's official.
0:16.3	We've hit the debt ceiling.
0:17.6	The Treasury Department is using what it calls extraordinary measures to avoid a default.
0:22.4	But this tactic can only by lawmakers so much time before the US hits a point of no return.
0:28.2	Will that be?
0:29.2	And will lawmakers reach a deal before then?
0:31.9	Meanwhile, the House Committee assignments are out and there are some controversial figures
0:36.4	in some very key roles.
0:38.3	Plus, Tributes Flood in for a Music icon, David Crosby.
0:42.2	As one of the founding members of the birds and Crosby stills a Nash, he was a voice for
0:46.6	generations of Americans.
0:48.6	So let's jump in.
0:50.1	Anita Kumaris with us, the senior editor of Standards and Ethics at Politico.
0:54.3	Hi, Anita.
0:55.3	Hi, great to be back with you.
0:57.3	Good to have you, Ali Vitale, Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News.
1:01.0	Hello to you as well, Ali.
1:02.4	Hey, happy to be here.
1:04.4	And Mario Parker leads Blueberg's National Politics team, Mario.
1:08.2	Welcome back.
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