West Bank Violence, Debt Ceiling Debate Divides Americans, Biden's New Asylum Policy

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🗓️ 23 February 2023

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Israeli military forces conducting a raid in the occupied West Bank killed at least 11 Palestinians. Over a hundred more were injured during a gun battle lasting hours. What do voters think of the debt ceiling? House Republicans say they won't pay the country's bills unless they gain unspecified concessions over future spending. A new NPR poll asks what voters make of it. And immigration advocates are threatening to sue the Biden administration over its proposed new asylum restrictions. How is the administration defending its new policy?

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0:00.0	The Israeli military forces conducted a raid that killed at least 11 Palestinians.
0:08.4	Over 100 more were injured during a gun battle lasting hours.
0:11.6	We'll hear why Israel claims the raid was necessary.
0:14.6	I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.3	What do voters think of the debt ceiling?
0:23.3	The debate seems designed to confuse.
0:25.6	House Republicans say they will not pay the country's bills unless they gain unspecified
0:30.7	concessions over future spending.
0:33.0	And NPR poll asks what voters make of this.
0:35.4	An immigration advocates are threatening to sue the Biden administration over its proposed
0:39.1	new asylum restrictions.
0:40.6	This is very nearly a carbon copy of the Trump asylum win.
0:45.0	How's the administration defending its new policies?
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