GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

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Congress has a midnight deadline to fund the federal government. Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump instructed Republicans to kill a bipartisan plan. Then the House rejected Trump's preferred alternative. Russia's army has lost thousands of soldiers trying to capture a strategic Ukrainian town, and in Syria, the rebel group that toppled former dictator Bashar al-Assad is now is now tasked with building a new government that includes everyone in a divided country.

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0:00.0	Congress has the deadline of tonight to fund the federal government.
0:06.0	Elon Musk and President-elect Trump instructed Republicans to kill a bipartisan plan.
0:10.9	Then the House rejected Trump's preferred alternative.
0:13.7	What now?
0:14.4	I'm Michelle Martin, that's Stevenski, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.5	Russia's army has lost thousands of soldiers trying to capture a single Ukrainian town.
0:26.4	Ukraine's army has defended against superior numbers and swarms of drones.
0:30.6	We will listen as one of those drones is shot down.
0:33.5	Also, a rebel group toppled Syria's government with surprising ease.
0:37.8	Now it's their job to build a new government that includes everyone in a divided country.
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