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Jan 2022
38m 40s

Biden Faces Challenges Home And Abroad

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Rising inflation, a Covid surge, tensions in Eastern Europe: President Biden is facing challenges nearly everywhere he turns. As voters grow frustrated with higher prices and the ongoing pandemic, Biden tries to balance acknowledging the frustration with insisting his administration has made significant progress.

Plus, Democrats return to the negotiating table as they try to figure out which parts of Biden's agenda they can pass.

And 49 years since the Supreme Court legalized most abortions, advocates on both sides prepare for the possibility of a post-Roe country.

On today’s panel: NPR’s Asma Khalid, Astead Herndon of the New York Times, CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, Politico’s Rachael Bade and Susan Glasser of the New Yorker.

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