Issues in the News moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA senior diplomatic correspondent Cindy Saine and VOA senior national affairs correspondent Chris Simkins about reaction to the US Senate narrowly passing a $3.5 trillion budget resolution as well as a rare bipartisan vote of approval for a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, the fallout and resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo after an investigative report found he sexually harassed 11 women, the ongoing violence and human rights abuses in Afghanistan, the return to mask wearing and restrictions due to the COVID-19 delta variant and a new U.N. report on climate change calls for immediate and rapid action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Episodes
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February 07, 2025
The debate over US foreign aid
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February 01, 2025
Escalating crisis in Congo and collision in the skY
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January 24, 2025
Trump begins installing America first policies
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January 18, 2025
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban and the ERA debate
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January 17, 2025
President Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment law of the land
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January 10, 2025
Trump sentencing and the Earth records its hottest year ever