Wednesday, December 21st, 2022

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🗓️ 21 December 2022

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit President Biden and congressional leaders in Washington. House committee approves release of Trump's taxes. The Taliban has banned women from attending universities in Afghanistan.

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0:00.0	For the first time since Russia's war started, Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelensky is leaving
0:06.9	the country.
0:07.9	He's headed DC for a high-profile visit.
0:10.3	What's the significance of this trip 300 days into the war?
0:13.7	I mean, Martinez, that's Lila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.6	Democrats have long sought Donald Trump's tax returns.
0:24.0	Now they'll finally get their chance.
0:25.8	A House committee has voted along party lines to release the records.
0:29.2	Republicans say the release overturns privacy protections.
0:33.0	What will the public learn?
0:34.3	And the Taliban has banned women from attending universities in Afghanistan.
0:38.6	One educator vows to stand with her students.
0:41.8	All the kids, they call me and I can't stand.
0:45.8	I'm a day's day for them.
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