After months of delay, House lawmakers this weekend passed a package of bills to send foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Included in that package of legislation is also a bill that could end up banning TikTok. Hard-right Republicans are threatening to oust Speaker Mike Johnson over his decision to bring Ukraine aid up for a vote. At the same time, the legislation heads to the Senate for consideration later this week.
The Supreme Court hears a case today over one of the country’s most heartbreaking and increasingly intractable issues: homelessness. In Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, the justices will weigh whether penalizing people experiencing homelessness is “cruel and unusual” and, therefore, a violation of the Eight Amendment. Jeremiah Hayden, staff reporter for Street Roots in Portland, explains what’s at stake in the case.
And in headlines: We’ve got a roundup of climate news in honor of Earth Day, opening statements begin in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial, and workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee join the United Auto Workers union.
Show Notes:
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A Total Eclipse Of The...Sun!
How is Trump's Phony Media Company "Worth" $7 Billion?
Baltimore Mayor Says Key Bridge Cleanup Is Like "Jenga"
Outrage Intensifies After World Central Kitchen Strike
World Central Kitchen Pauses Work in Gaza After Fatal Israeli Strike
Florida Voters Will Decide Abortion Access In November
How Biden Can Move Voters on Immigration
The Pill That May Save Abortion Rights
Trans Athletes Fight For Rights
Baltimore Mourns Victims of the Bridge Collapse
Supreme Court Side-Eyes Anti-Abortion Doctors
Trump Trades In Lies, And On Nasdaq Starting Today
Texas Gives No Clarity On Exceptions to Anti-Abortion Law
Why Hip Hop Never Had a #MeToo Movement
Third Parties Could Threaten Biden’s Reelection
The Courts Temporarily Stop Texas From Arresting and Deporting Migrants
Netanyahu Insists on Rafah Offensive Despite Biden's Warning
Ohio Could Be Make Or Break For Senate Dems
The Damages Done To Georgia's Case Against Trump
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