The News Roundup For March 14, 2025

1A

NPR

News

4.4 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Congressional Democrats were split over whether to support the bill that would avert a government shutdown. In the end Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted for the bill.

A federal judge ordered several federal agencies to rehire tens of thousands of probationary employees who were fired.

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff discussed Washington's ceasefire proposal to end the war in Ukraine with Moscow officials. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was "in favor" and agreed in principle to the plan but has some conditions.

The government of Syria's Mohammad Al Sharaa announced a partnership with the Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S. backed Kurdish rebel group. The move could be key in Syria's rebuilding.

Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Here on Shortwave, we believe that science is for everyone and that every question is worth asking, no matter your age.
0:08.9	My name is Willie, and my question is Magic Rio.
0:16.1	Our podcast is for the Curious at Heart.
0:19.1	Come embrace your inner child when you listen now to Shorewave from NPR.
0:24.5	Hi, it's Taws Willick, your host for this episode of The News Roundup.
0:28.7	Just a quick heads up before we start the show.
0:31.3	The news is rapidly changing, and things may have changed by the time you hear this podcast.
0:36.6	Stay up to date with all the latest by listening to your local NPR member station and by visiting npr.org. Thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.
0:52.6	You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Todd Zillick, and it's time for another installment of the News Roundup.
0:59.0	We have so much to get to, but again, our focus will be on what matters and why it matters, and we have three great guests to help us do just that.
1:08.8	With us from Washington, D.C. is Anita Kumar, head of standards and practices at Politico.
1:14.0	Also, Margaret Talev is here. Margaret is Axio Senior contributor and director of Syracuse University's
1:19.9	Institute for Democracy, and Citizenship, and Arthur Delaney, senior reporter at HuffPost.
1:26.4	Well, when the week started, we were days from a government shutdown.
1:31.1	Would Republicans have the votes?
1:33.0	Would Democrats use their leverage to demand and end to Donald Trump's assault on federal
1:38.3	agencies?
1:39.3	Would a shutdown add another crisis to the already long list of crises?
1:45.0	Well, now the week has ended, and we have answers.
1:47.8	House Republicans did find the votes.
1:49.7	Federal workers already under attack, it appears, won't have to deal with a shutdown.
1:54.3	And Democrats, as we approach the end, it appears, did nothing.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.