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Senate Returns, Impeachment of Texas AG, Antiterrorism Case in Canada

2023/9/5
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新闻播报员: 德州总检察长肯·帕克森面临弹劾审判，指控其滥用职权，为个人利益服务。审判将关注帕克森与奥斯汀房地产开发商的关系以及他的竞选活动。 黛尔·沃尔斯: 国会面临政府资金短缺的挑战，可能导致政府停摆。此外，还需处理灾难援助和对乌克兰的援助等议题。参议院共和党领袖麦康奈尔的健康状况也引发关注，其近期在公开场合出现言语障碍。 塞雷娜·马丁内斯·贝尔特隆: 肯·帕克森面临20项指控，包括妨碍司法公正、共谋、滥用职权和贿赂等。指控主要围绕着他与一位奥斯汀房地产开发商的关系以及他的竞选活动，以及其利用职权保护政治捐款人免受联邦调查。帕克森的辩护团队将试图利用“前任任期原则”驳回大部分指控。 杰尼娜·马萨: 加拿大一起谋杀案将对该国的反恐法律进行考验。被告安东尼奥·瓦尔曼被控杀害一个穆斯林家庭三代人，这起案件引发了对加拿大伊斯兰恐惧症和仇恨犯罪的讨论，并引发了关于反恐法律适用性的讨论。

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Congress faces a looming deadline to avoid a government shutdown while grappling with disaster aid and funding for Ukraine. Disagreements over spending levels and partisan demands threaten to derail progress.
  • Government funding runs out on September 30th.
  • House and Senate disagree on spending bills.
  • Disagreement over disaster aid and funding for Ukraine.

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The Senate reconvenes in Washington with a long to-do list. The suspended attorney general of Texas faces an impeachment trial in Austin. And a murder case in Canada is expected to test the country's antiterrorism laws.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 Krishnadev Calamur, Liz Baker, Ally Schweitzer and Peter Granitz. It was produced by Shelby Hawkins, Chad Campbell and Ziad Buchh. We get engineering support from Carleigh Strange. And our technical director is Josephine Nyounai.*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)