Thursday, April 20, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 20 April 2023
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Thursday briefing: Supreme Court abortion pill case; Dadeville shooting arrests; Oklahoma tornadoes; Yemen stampede; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Access to an abortion pill has been extended through tomorrow and if you've used |
| 0:07.4 | Facebook in the past 16 years you may be entitled to compensation. Seriously. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:16.5 | It's Thursday, April 20th. |
| 0:18.6 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:23.0 | First up, the Supreme Court extended access to a key abortion pill through tomorrow. |
| 0:28.5 | The court is deciding whether Miffer Pristone should remain available nationwide. It's one of two pills used in the |
| 0:34.2 | most common abortion method in the US. This is happening because a judge in |
| 0:38.3 | Texas earlier this month suspended FDA approval of Miffa Pristone. |
| 0:42.9 | The justices were expected to issue a ruling yesterday, |
| 0:45.7 | but they moved their deadline to the end of the week. |
| 0:48.5 | The delay suggests that members of the court may not agree on how to handle the case. |
| 0:53.0 | Number two, House Republicans introduced their plan to tackle the debt ceiling. |
| 1:03.7 | The debt ceiling limits how much the U.S. can borrow to pay its bills. |
| 1:07.6 | If Congress doesn't raise or suspend the limit, |
| 1:10.6 | the government could risk a default as early as June. |
| 1:14.3 | That would cause an economic catastrophe. |
| 1:16.8 | The House proposal would raise the debt ceiling, cut federal spending by $130 billion, |
| 1:22.0 | block student debt cancellation, and add new work requirements for |
| 1:25.5 | welfare, among other things. The House could vote on the plan as soon as next |
| 1:29.4 | week, but it's already doomed in the Senate which is controlled by Democrats |
| 1:33.5 | but the goal for Republicans is to put pressure on Democrats to negotiate a deal. Our third story today. Three suspects were arrested in Saturday's |
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