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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: May 8th, 2020

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Politics, Daily News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

After months of wrangling following the Russia probe, prosecutors will not go ahead with the case against Michael Flynn based on the former national security adviser's false statements to the FBI. And U.S. employers shed a record number of jobs in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since the Great Depression.

This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, justice correspondent Ryan Lucas, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:27.4

Alright, here's the show.

0:29.2

Hi, this is Madison. I'm a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, and I just submitted my last paper of college.

0:36.6

Even though my graduation will be virtual, I can't wait to celebrate my family and hopefully my friends to once everything gets back to normal.

0:44.2

This podcast was recorded at 1.24pm on Friday, May 8th.

0:49.4

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be done with my undergraduate degree.

0:54.7

Here's the show.

0:55.8

Yay.

0:59.5

I remember that feeling. That was a good view.

1:01.0

That's awesome. Congrats.

1:02.6

Though I'm sure it'll feel so strange though right now, right?

1:05.0

I can't even imagine what it feels like in this moment.

1:07.9

Hey there. It's the NPR politics podcast.

1:10.0

I must mahaled. I cover the presidential campaign.

1:12.3

I'm Ryan Lucas. I cover the Justice Department.

1:14.2

And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.

1:17.4

Michael Flynn lasted just 22 days as President Trump's first national security adviser,

1:23.1

but the fallout from his tenure has stretched well into the fourth year of President Trump's administration.

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