Democrat In-Fighting; Conservative Media on Trump; Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Speaks

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🗓️ 15 March 2025

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The partisan, Republican stopgap budget was narrowly passed by the Senate with the help of a few Democrats. Some Congressional Democrats view that vote as a betrayal. Plus, we look at how the conservative news media, often favorable of President Trump, is covering the economic consequences of his policies. Plus, we hear from Noor Abdalla, wife of Palestinian student and activist Mahmoud Khalil, who is now facing deportation over his role in campus protests.

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0:00.0	No government shutdown. For now. One key Democratic vote from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
0:09.7	helped the Republican bill advance. And some of his fellow Democrats view that as wrong.
0:15.7	I'm Ayesha Roscoe. I'm Scott Simon, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.3	The Republican spending bill narrowly passed the Senate last night with help from a few Democratic lawmakers.
0:29.8	That move led to infighting in a party already in turmoil. We'll have more of that.
0:34.5	Plus, conservative media usually puts a positive spin on President Trump's
0:38.5	policies, but how are they covering the economic fallout? And we'll hear from the wife of a
0:43.8	Palestinian graduate student and activist who faces deportation. Stay with us. We have the news you
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1:18.0	Another spending cycle, another barely avoided government shutdown after the Senate
1:22.7	just managed to pass a partisan stopgap spending bill.
1:27.0	But that was only possible with help from a few
1:30.1	Democratic lawmakers, which has riled up their congressional colleagues. And peer congressional correspondent
1:36.2	Barbara Sprint joins us. Barbara, thanks for being with us. Hey, thanks for having me. This was an abrupt shift
1:42.6	from the minority leader, Chuck Schumer. What happened?
1:45.6	That's right. Schumer had said Republicans didn't get input from Democrats when drafting this bill,
1:51.1	and so they wouldn't get the Democratic votes they'd need to advance it. Instead, he wanted to pass a
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