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Following a brief period of martial law, the president of South Korea is being called upon to step down or face impeachment. Additionally, today’s French parliament vote could result in a no confidence vote for the administration. All of a sudden, the typical back-and-forth political sniping that takes place in the United States appears insignificant.
Our weekly roundup covers those and other political issues.
This week, we hear from Mark Jones, a political science fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Renee Cross, senior director of the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs.
Other stories we talk about include:
- President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter, just weeks before the younger Biden was to be sentenced on gun and tax convictions
- Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff Chad Chronister withdrawing from consideration to be the next head of the Drug Enforcement Administration
- President-elect Donald Trump nominating former federal prosecutor Kash Patel to be the next FBI Director
- Gov. Greg Abbott responding to comments from a Texas Children’s Hospital cardiologist over the governor’s executive order directing hospitals to ask patients if they’re U.S. citizens
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