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Impeachment Process Vote, Biden and Israel, AL Nitrogen Gas Execution

2023/12/13
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The House is voting on formalizing an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, despite a lack of direct evidence of wrongdoing. Republicans allege that Biden's son, Hunter, sold influence, but the White House denies any illegal activity. The inquiry's success depends on whether Republicans can maintain party unity and overcome potential defections.
  • House Republicans to vote on formalizing impeachment inquiry of President Biden
  • Lack of direct evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden
  • Allegations of influence peddling by Hunter Biden
  • Inquiry seen as a way for Republicans to secure a win and potentially impugn Biden

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The Republican-controlled House is set to vote on formalizing its impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. Biden makes some of his most critical comments to date about Israel's response to the October 7 Hamas attack. And Alabama plans to execute a prisoner in January using nitrogen hypoxia, a process so novel and untested that state officials required the man's spiritual adviser to sign a waiver that said he could be exposed to the deadly gas.*Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? **Subscribe *)to the Up First newsletter. *Today's episode of Up First was edited by Kelsey Snell, Roberta Rampton, Noah Caldwell and Olivia Hampton.It was produced by Kaity Kline, David West and Lindsay Totty. We get engineering support from Gilly Moon. And our technical director is Zac Coleman. *Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)