Uvalde shooting, NRA meeting, fighting in Ukraine’s Donbas region : NPR
LEILA FADEL, HOST: The most basic fact of the mass shooting in Texas is the timeline. What happened? How long? In what order? STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And days later, we do not have a definite timeline. Texas authorities have given contradictory accounts. There’s no consistent explanation for why the attacker remained in the school for […]
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Biden’s Asia trip, Australia election, APEC Trade Ministers’ Meeting
Welcome to Your Week in Asia. U.S. President Joe Biden is set to visit South Korea and Japan later this week. He will also meet Quad leaders in Tokyo to consolidate ties with regional allies during his first trip to Asia as president. Australia will hold a federal election on Saturday, with the incumbent Liberal-National […]
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Netflix suspends trans employee who criticized Chappelle special, crashed business meeting
Netflix suspended three employees, including a transgender staffer who spoke out against comedian Dave Chappelle’s recent Netflix special, for reportedly crashing a business meeting they were not permitted to attend. Netflix suspended the three employees and has launched an investigation into them for allegedly attending a quarterly business review meeting that invited only directors and […]
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Melania Trump Refused Scalise White House Meeting After He Was Shot: Book
Stephanie Grisham says Melania Trump refused a meeting with Steve Scalise after he was shot. Grisham wrote Trump refused the White House meeting because she’d already seen him at the hospital. “No, I already said hello,” the first lady said, as quoted in Grisham’s new book. Loading Something is loading. A new book says Melania […]
Read MoreHouse Democrat Calls Leaking Colleague a ‘Schmuck’ and ‘Coward’ As Caucus Bans Phones at Biden Meeting
Rep. Jared Huffman called one of his colleagues a “schmuck” and a “coward” following leaks to the press. Democrats are trying to find an agreement on an infrastructure bill as members leak to the press. Biden is meeting with House Democrats at 3:30pm, and members will have to leave their phones in cubbies outside. Loading […]
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