The News Roundup For May 12, 2023
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🗓️ 13 May 2023
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Summary
Republican Congressman from New York George Santos turned himself in this week to authorities over charges of stealing money from his campaign, lying to donors, and lying to Congress.
Former President Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll by a New York jury this week.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces broke through advancing Russian forces near the city of Bakhmut. The Pentagon announced another $1.2 billion in aid for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's forces.
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. |
| 0:03.9 | 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. |
| 0:24.6 | You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Todd Zwillick from Vice News. |
| 0:28.0 | And once again, we dive into the week's biggest headlines for the news roundup. |
| 0:31.7 | Politics and policy right now is a problem of division between the parties, of course, |
| 0:37.5 | but also within the parties. For Democrats, how best to tackle immigration has again |
| 0:42.8 | revealed some deep ideological splits within the party. Some want to extend restrictions at the border. |
| 0:48.2 | Others are glad to be rid of a Trump-era policy. And in the Senate, Republicans are disavowing |
| 0:54.1 | former President Donald Trump's call for the GOP to drive the federal government to default |
| 0:59.3 | on its debts. But what about House Republicans? That's where it gets really dangerous. |
| 1:04.5 | Joining us for the domestic segment of the news roundup is Anita Kumar. |
| 1:07.6 | Anita is Senior Managing Editor at Politico. Anita, welcome back. |
| 1:11.7 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:12.8 | Yumi Shal Sindor is here, Washington correspondent for NBC News. Yumi, |
| 1:17.0 | she's great to see you. |
| 1:18.4 | Great to be here. |
| 1:19.5 | And Mario Parker, he's White House and politics team leader at Bloomberg. Mario, welcome back. |
| 1:24.8 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:25.6 | I really appreciate it. |
| 1:26.7 | Great to have you too. Well, gang, let's start with news about the Southern border. |
| 1:30.5 | The country is definitely bracing for a huge surge in migrant crossings now that title 42 |
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