Tuesday, February 27, 2024
The 7
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🗓️ 27 February 2024
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Tuesday briefing: Michigan primaries; Sweden and NATO; Ruth Gottesman and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Voters head to the polls in Michigan today. Some Republican leaders are |
| 0:06.7 | voicing their support for IVF and a medical school in the Bronx is going |
| 0:11.2 | tuition-free. That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Hannah Jewel. |
| 0:17.0 | It's Tuesday, February 27th. |
| 0:18.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. Number one, Michigan's presidential primaries are today. |
| 0:29.0 | Both political parties are holding their contests to decide on their candidate. |
| 0:32.0 | But on the Republican side, it's a little complicated. are holding their contests to decide on their candidate. |
| 0:32.8 | But on the Republican side it's a little complicated. |
| 0:35.8 | Some Michigan delegates will be allocated by today's primary, and the rest will be doled out Saturday |
| 0:40.1 | at a convention. |
| 0:41.7 | But the key thing to know is that Donald Trump will be looking |
| 0:44.1 | to extend his sweep of the Republican primaries. Former UN Ambassador |
| 0:48.3 | Nicky Haley has yet to win one, but she said she's staying in the race to offer |
| 0:52.4 | an alternative for voters who don't like Trump or Biden. |
| 0:55.0 | That's even after losing in her home state of South Carolina last weekend. |
| 1:00.0 | And on the Democratic side, President Biden doesn't have a significant |
| 1:03.7 | challenger, but he will face a test of his support among union workers, and he's |
| 1:08.2 | also facing a push from Arab-American groups for Democrats to vote for |
| 1:11.7 | uncommitted instead of the president. |
| 1:13.4 | That's to protest his support for Israel's war in Gaza. |
| 1:16.7 | Later this week, both Trump and Biden have plans to visit the southern border. |
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