SCOTUS FTC Case, ACA Extension Vote, Zelensky In London
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🗓️ 8 December 2025
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Pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies are on track to expire at the end of the month, with Democrats pushing an extension and Republicans offering no unified plan.
And President Zelenskyy meets with European leaders in London as they push back on U.S. pressure for Ukraine to accept concessions in peace talks with Russia.
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| 0:00.0 | The Supreme Court hears a case that could significantly expand presidential power. |
| 0:06.7 | If the court sides with the Trump administration, it would mean presidents could fire heads of |
| 0:10.9 | independent agencies with a ruling like this destabilize the federal government. |
| 0:14.7 | I'm Layla Faldon. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.5 | Millions of people who rely on government subsidized health care could see their premiums skyrocket |
| 0:25.6 | at the end of the year if Congress does not act. |
| 0:28.6 | Senators will vote this week. |
| 0:30.3 | There is perhaps no single question that has greater stakes for affordability in America. |
| 0:35.8 | But can lawmakers strike a deal before the subsidies expire? |
| 0:39.0 | And Ukraine's president is in London today to meet with the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany. |
| 0:44.2 | Europe is pushing back against some concessions in President Trump's peace plan, but how much influence do they actually have? |
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