The spending bill is also kind of a border security bill
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🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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The House is set to vote on a $1.2 trillion spending package Friday ahead of a partial government shutdown deadline. The proposed appropriations bill includes a significant bump in border security funding, including cash intended to more or less double the number of Border Patrol agents. We’ll also break down the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Apple and hear how the need for insurance is influencing major life decisions.
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| 0:28.8 | and for David Brancaccio. |
| 0:30.0 | Immigration in a moment, first, there are 2.2 billion active iPhones in the world. |
| 0:35.7 | And the U.S. Department of Justice plus 16 Attorneys General are suing the company that makes them. |
| 0:40.4 | Apple, accusing it of exploiting an illegal monopoly, Marketplace's |
| 0:43.7 | Lily Jamali has the latest. |
| 0:45.3 | Apple's so-called Wald Garden has helped make it a three trillion dollar company, |
| 0:50.4 | but this web of gadgets, chiefly the iPhone and all the services that come with it, also makes |
| 0:56.2 | the Apple ecosystem hard to quit. |
| 0:58.7 | That's the allegation brought by federal prosecutors on Thursday. |
| 1:01.9 | They say Apple keeps users hooked on the iPhone |
| 1:04.0 | by undermining apps, products, and services that would make users less |
| 1:08.0 | reliant on the device. The effect of this alleged monopoly, |
| 1:12.0 | higher costs for consumers and developers, among others. |
| 1:15.8 | Apple said in a statement that the Department of Justice lawsuit, if successful, would hinder |
| 1:20.4 | its ability to create the kind of technology people expect from it in which the |
| 1:24.8 | company's many offerings intersect. |
| 1:27.6 | Apple said it will vigorously defend against the suit. |
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