The News Roundup for January 19, 2024

The News Roundup for January 19, 2024

By NPR

The Biden Administration asks the Supreme Court to intervene in Texas where National Guardsmen are preventing federal agents from accessing a swathe of land that's a popular crossing spot for migrants.

A stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded passed.

Meanwhile, Pakistan carried out deadly strikes against targets inside Iran, retaliating for attacks by Iran earlier this week that followed similar attacks in Iraq and Syria.

Israeli officials disagree over the way forward in Gaza.

And Lai Ching-te, Taiwan's vice president, and the candidate put forward by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, won the presidential election in Taiwan.

We discuss all this and more during the News Roundup.

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