U.S. House Republicans vote to authorize impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden

STORY: U.S. House Republicans vote to authorize impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:50 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill 2. various of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday voted to authorize impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, in a 221-212 vote along party lines. "The impeachment power resides solely with the House of Representatives," Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, a hardliner within the Republican Party, told reporters. "If a majority of the House now says we're in an official impeachment inquiry as part of our constitutional duty to do oversight, that carries weight. That's going to help us get these witnesses in," said the Ohio Republican, one of the leaders of the impeachment push. Republicans hope that the impeachment inquiry vote would give them better legal standing to hold the president's son Hunte

Australian central bank makes first-ever fourth consecutive rate rise

STORY: Australian central bank makes first-ever fourth consecutive rate rise DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bank of Australia 2. various of Sydney 3. SOUNDBITE (English): SARAH HUNTER, Partner and senior economist at KPMG Australia 4. various of supermarkets and gas stations in Sydney STORYLINE: Australia's central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), has once again lifted interest rates by 0.5 percentage points, marking the first time the bank has lifted rates for four consecutive months. On Tuesday RBA Governor Philip Lowe said the rise in interest rates was due to the "high priority" to return inflation to the 2-3 percent range. "The path to achieve this balance is a narrow one and clouded in uncertainty, not least because of global developments," said Lowe. "The Board is committed to doing what is necessary to ensure that inflation in Australia returns to target over time." SOUNDBITE (English): SARAH HUNTE