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Why Isn't Anyone Talking About Republicans’ Historic Shift on Abortion?

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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P.M. Edition for July 17. Republicans are moving away from abortion politics. WSJ’s Luke Vargas reports from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on what is behind the shift. And Democratic leaders push to delay President Biden’s nomination as more lawmakers call on him to step aside. Plus, WSJ’s Arian Campo-Flores explains why aging migrants in the U.S. are paying taxes but not receiving retirement benefits. Sabrina Siddiqui hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A top Democrat says President Biden should step aside while party leaders push to

0:26.8

delay his nomination. And in the days before this week's convention, Republicans

0:31.6

made a historic shift on an issue that's long

0:34.2

been core to their platform, abortion. So why isn't anyone talking about it?

0:38.3

Plus, many migrants who pay taxes are hitting retirement age without benefits.

0:44.0

For those who are undocumented, it can sometimes look pretty grim.

0:48.4

For one thing, they've often worked in pretty low-paying jobs, and so it's much harder for them to accumulate any

0:56.1

savings. What that leaves many of them is a situation in which they basically

1:01.8

have to continue working until their bodies give out.

1:04.5

It's Wednesday, June 17th. I'm Sabrina Siddiqui for the Wall Street Journal.

1:08.5

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

1:15.0

The calls for President Biden to step aside are growing.

1:18.6

Congressman Adam Schiff, a prominent antagonist of Donald Trump, said Biden should end his re-election

1:23.7

campaign to make way for another candidate. Schiff, the 19th House Democrat to

1:28.2

say so, said he has serious concerns about whether Biden can win in November.

1:34.0

Schiff, who is currently running for Senate in California, is one of the most high-profile

1:38.0

Democrats to make such a call since Biden's debate performance last month kicked off a sense of panic within the

1:43.5

party over his capabilities and age. Democratic leaders are also increasingly

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