The News Roundup For September 15, 2023

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🗓️ 16 September 2023

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Summary

Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed the House of Representatives to open an impeachment inquiry over the business dealings of President Joe Biden's family this week. And on Thursday Biden's son Hunter was indicted on three gun charges.

American auto workers are on strike. Thousands of UAW members followed through on their promise to walk off the job if companies don't reach an agreement by 11:59 p.m. Thursday evening.

Meanwhile, in Libya, the death toll is expected to climb as high as 20,000 after floods ripped through the eastern part of the country this week after Tropical Storm Daniel.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his full support for Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine when the two met this week.

We cover these headlines and more with 1A Guest Host Todd Zwillich during the News Roundup.

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0:12.6	Feel comfortable about tomorrow.
0:14.6	Hey, it's Todd, your host for this edition of The News Roundup.
0:18.4	Just a quick heads up before we start the show.
0:20.4	The news is constantly changing and things might have changed by the time you hear this episode.
0:26.0	Stay up to date with the news by listening to your local NPR member station and by visiting
0:31.0	npr.org for all the latest.
0:33.6	Thanks for listening.
0:34.6	Enjoy the show.
0:43.6	You're listening to the 1A podcast I'm Todd Zwillick with Vice News,
0:47.8	and it's time for another edition of The News Roundup.
0:50.6	Let's get into it.
0:51.6	We start this week with a question asked by White House Press Secretary Kareen Jean-Pierre.
0:56.6	Can you imagine shutting down the government over a political stunt?
1:00.6	Well, I can imagine it, and we might be about to do just that on Tuesday.
1:05.6	Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy directed top congressional Republicans to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
1:12.6	That reversed his previous stance that any investigation like this would only be initiated with a full vote of the House.
1:20.6	That didn't happen.
1:21.6	We also have news on retirements, manhunts, and indictments here in America.
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