1A - The News Roundup For April 19, 2024

The News Roundup For April 19, 2024

04/20/24 • 86 min

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As Donald Trump's trials continue over the course of the spring, Joe Biden is taking advantage of his rival's absence from the campaign trail.
A Boeing whistleblower made headlines this week, telling the Senate that the aircraft manufacturer is "putting out defective airplanes."
Meanwhile, Israel, with the help of the U.S., more or less successfully defended itself from a missile and drone attack launched by Iran after the former killed Iranian officials in an attack on an embassy in Syria.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, The BBC has now confirmed that more than 50,000 Russian troops have died in the conflict.
We cover the week's biggest headlines.
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The Connections Between American Guns And The Migrant Crisis

According to the Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, at least 70 percent of firearms found in crime scenes in Mexico can be traced back to the neighbors to the north.
Some 250,000 people crossed the southern border into the U.S. in December of last year. The majority of those were people from Mexico.
And survey data pulled by Reuters from the Kino Border Initiative, a large migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, shows that violence, not economic factors, is forcing many families to leave Mexico.
We discuss what work is being done to stop the flow of guns into Mexico.
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'If You Can Keep It': The Candidates And Climate Change

Here in the U.S., we can't have a people, a country, and a democracy – without, well: the Earth.
Yes, the very large globe that we're sitting on right now. Many of you may be celebrating that today for Earth Day.
Throughout this election season, we've asked you what's sending you to the ballot box. So far, your responses suggest that climate- is your third most dominant concern after "Trump" and "Democracy."
For this installment of our weekly politics series, 'If You Can Keep It', we look at how each presumptive nominee for the 2024 presidential election is talking about climate and energy policy.
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