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Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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CIA offering buyouts to its entire workforce: report

  • News source: FOX News
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The Central Intelligence Agency, in what officials reportedly claimed was an effort to bring the agency in line with Trump’s agenda, offered buyouts to its entire staff on Tuesday.

WHITE HOUSE EXPECTING ‘SPIKE’ IN FEDERAL RESIGNATIONS AS AT LEAST 20K TAKE BUYOUTS

The Wall Street Journal reported that the agency is the first to tell its employees they can quit and get eight months of pay and benefits.

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Last month, the Trump administration offered about 2 million federal employees buyouts to be paid through...
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Democratic lawmakers slam Elon Musk's access to Treasury Department: 'We are at war'

  • News source: FOX News
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Democratic congressional lawmakers on Tuesday gathered to passionately voice opposition to Elon Musk's access to a Treasury Department office responsible for disbursing payments, days after they were told to punch back against the Trump administration.

The House lawmakers have come out against Musk after he was granted access to a Treasury department called the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which disburses trillions in payments each year, including Social Security checks and federal salaries, through DOGE, which is tasked with reducing federal...
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Despite tariff pause, US national anthem booed in Toronto NBA game

  • News source: The Associated Press
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A few fans booed the American national anthem before the Toronto Raptors hosted the New York Knicks on Tuesday night, a sign that some Canadians were still upset despite President Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on tariff threats against Mexico and Canada.

The boos were neither as loud nor as prolonged as they were before Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

However, as they did Sunday, Raptors fans cheered loudly for the singing of “O Canada,” showing special enthusiasm for the line “True North strong and free!”

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Democrats threaten to obstruct Trump's agenda over Musk's DOGE efforts

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Democratic lawmakers protested Elon Musk’s sweeping influence over the government with protests, proposed legislation and other attempts to obstruct Trump's agenda.
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Pam Bondi confirmed as attorney general in 54-46 vote

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Pam Bondi as attorney general, installing a key ally of President Trump's to take the helm of the Justice Department.

Bondi's nomination for attorney general was approved by the upper chamber 54 to 46, with one Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, joining all Republicans in voting to confirm her. She will take over as the nation's top law enforcement officer as Mr. Trump has pledged to end what he calls the weaponization of the Justice Department and threatened to target his critics.

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Trump-nominated former NFL player clears Senate hurdle, paving way for confirmation

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Scott Turner, a former NFL player and Texas state lawmaker, advanced past a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday night, teeing up a final confirmation vote to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) later this week.

The nomination cleared the procedural vote by a margin of 55-45, with two Democrats joining Republicans.

President Donald Trump announced Turner as his choice to be HUD secretary soon after his November election last year.

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Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general

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The Senate voted late Tuesday to confirm Pam Bondi, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, voting 54-46 to install the longtime prosecutor and former Florida attorney general to head the U.S. Department of Justice.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., bucked his party to make the vote bipartisan. He was the only Democrat to join Republicans in support of the nominee.

Bondi's confirmation comes as both the Justice Department and FBI have been under scrutiny by Democrats in Congress who have raised concerns over Trump's recent decision to...
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USAID missions overseas ordered to shut down, staff being recalled: report

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Overseas missions for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have reportedly been told to shut down and that staffers were being recalled to the United States by Friday.

CBS News reported that Peter Marocco, the director of foreign assistance at the State Department who was tapped by State Department Secretary Marco Rubio to run USAID, told the agency's leadership that those who do not comply will be evacuated by the military.

Fox News Digital has reached out to USAID and the State Department.

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'Level it': Trump says US will 'take over' Gaza Strip, rebuild it to stabilize Middle East

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The U.S. will "take over the Gaza Strip," level it and rebuild the area, President Donald Trump said during a press conference Tuesday evening after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

"The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too," Trump said Tuesday evening in a joint press conference with Netanyahu. "We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexplored bombs and other weapons on the site."

"Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level...
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Billionaire and spiritual leader the Aga Khan dies

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The philanthropist and spiritual leader died "peacefully" at the age of 88 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Google drops pledge on AI use for weapons

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The tech giant has updated the principles governing its development of artificial intelligence.
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Ghana wants more for its cashews, but it's a tough nut to crack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The African nation exports its cashews in raw form, but processing them would be more lucrative.
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India looks on nervously as Trump wields tariff threat

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Delhi hopes tariff cuts have put it ahead of the game - but will that satisfy Trump, or is trade action still on the table?
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Could US criminals be sent to El Salvador's mega-jail?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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El Salvador has offered to take in criminals deported from the US and house them in its mega-jail.
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Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general

  • News source: Alana Durkin Richer and Stephen Groves | The
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The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president.

The vote fell almost entirely along party lines, with only Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, joining with all Republicans to pass her confirmation 54-46.

Bondi, a former Florida attorney general and corporate lobbyist, is expected to oversee a radical reshaping of the department...
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