Monday, September 18, 2023

The News Roundup – Domestic and International (The 1A) 2023-09-15

Domestic

Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed the House of Representatives to open an impeachment inquiry over the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s family this week. And on Thursday Biden’s son Hunter was indicted on three gun charges.

Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville is continuing to hold up the Senate process for military nominations over a Pentagon policy that ensures service peoples’ access to abortion.

American auto workers are on strike. Thousands of UAW members followed through on their promise to walk off the job if companies don’t reach an agreement by 11:59 p.m. Thursday evening.
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International

The death toll in Libya is expected to climb as high as 20,000 after floods ripped through the eastern part of the country this week after Tropical Storm Daniel. An accurate count of the dead will be hard to tally given the chaotic political situation in the country

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his full support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine when the two met this week. It’s believed that Putin is seeking arms from his country’s neighbors to the far southeast.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is walking a diplomatic tightrope with China. A researcher in parliament has been arrested over suspicions that he was spying for Xi Jinping’s government.
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