{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/6aec01b2e9f2c3f69b2d353d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 English News | Trump Loses Congress as Markets Face Two Years of Uncertainty","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/2ce44a50-215f-4db3-b578-664eea58c678.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode: Democrats win control of both chambers of Congress, creating uncertainty for markets, inflation, growth and government borrowing costs. Also: Ukraine raises the death toll from a Russian strike on an aid centre to 40, while more than 30 people may remain trapped under rubble.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s English focus: said that = used to report information from someone else. Vocabulary: Shelter (a place that protects people from danger), Rubble (the broken pieces of a damaged building), Hamper (to make something more difficult).</p>\n\n<p>Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: <a href=\"https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-11-05\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-11-05</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}