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Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 10 a.m.

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. 

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Steve Okun, senior advisor, McLarty Associates, stands in for The Straits Times\' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh who is on leave, and he chats with Money FM 89.3\'s Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish.

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Highlights (click/tap above):

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01:04 US President Joe Biden instructed to release an additional US$350 milllion worth of weapons to Ukraine to repulse Russian invasion

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03:19 Impact on Russia: The European Union\'s sanctions and those of some other countries, such as cutting off bank communications

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05:48 Former US President Donald Trump\'s condemnation of Russia’s invasion despite initial praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin

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07:26 Implications of the US Supreme Court\'s hearing environmental regulation case on the Biden\'s administration fight against climate change

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08:38 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first black woman in the Supreme Court

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Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Fa\'izah Sani

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Edited by: Dan Koh

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