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Today's Top News Compilation - Wednesday, May 13, 2020

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Michael Jordan's son arrested on cocaine possession, resisting arrest charges

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Marcus Jordan was arrested shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday in Maitland, according to the arrest affidavit.
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WATCH: Princess Kate's message on World Cancer Day

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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In honor of World Cancer Day, the Princess of Wales shares a message of support for others facing the disease after opening up about her own journey.
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FBI agents file suit to keep DOJ from compiling list of those who investigated Jan. 6

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A group of FBI agents who helped investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has filed suit to block the DOJ from assembling lists of agents for potential disciplinary action.
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FBI agents sue Trump DOJ to block any public identification of employees who worked on Jan. 6 investigations

  • News source: FOX News
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A group of nine FBI agents filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the public identification of any FBI employees who worked on the Jan. 6 investigations into the U.S. Capitol riots, in an attempt to head off what they described as potentially retaliatory efforts against personnel involved in the probe.

The plaintiffs, who filed the lawsuit anonymously in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said that any effort to review or discriminate against FBI employees involved in the Jan. 6 investigations would be "unlawful and...
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Senate confirms Doug Collins to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs

  • News source: FOX News
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The Senate confirmed former Rep. Doug Collins to lead the Department of Veterans’ Affairs on Tuesday.

Collins scored one of the widest bipartisan votes of any Trump Cabinet nominee so far: 77 to 23. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was confirmed 99-0.

The Air Force Reserve chaplain served in Congress from 2013 to 2021, where he defended President Donald Trump during the 2019 impeachment inquiry.

Collins also passed through the Veterans’ Affairs Committee on a wide bipartisan vote – only Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, had voted against him.

Collins...
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DC Council expels Trayon White following federal bribery charge

  • News source: FOX News
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The D.C. City Council voted to expel councilmember Trayon White on Tuesday after he was accused last year by federal authorities of accepting $156,000 in bribes.

The 11 other members of the legislative body voted unanimously to remove White from his position. Prior to the vote, White was seen bowing his head in prayer outside of the meeting room.

Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, a Democrat, said the vote today was "not easy" and represents a "very challenging situation" for the ward that White represents, but ultimately, he said, it is the right...
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Trump eyes Abraham Accords expansion, Gaza rebuild with Netanyahu meeting on deck

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration is eyeing an expansion of the Abraham Accords, hoping to bring new countries into the agreement, and the rebuilding of Gaza, senior administration officials said before the commander in chief’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The meeting is set to take place at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, followed by a joint press conference with President Donald Trump and Netanyahu. The meeting and the joint press conference will be the first Trump has held with a world leader since taking office again in...
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'Exciting chapter': Interior Sec takes aim at Biden oil lease ban, 'coercive' climate policies in Day 1 orders

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump's administration is taking aim at various Biden-era environmental rules and regulations by stripping the energy sector of "coercive" climate policies and oil lease bans, and launching internal investigations into agency actions that "burden" energy development.

Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum, who was sworn-in on Friday, spent his first full day on the job implementing six new orders that reinforce Trump's agenda and set the tone for the department over the next four years.

The secretary's orders include examining ways to...
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Schumer mocked for Corona and guac clip warning Trump tariffs will hurt Super Bowl parties: 'Not good at this'

  • News source: FOX News
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer was criticized for his public response to President Donald Trump threatening a potential trade war with Mexico and Canada.

Just prior to Trump negotiating separate weekslong pauses on major tariffs set to go into effect, Schumer sought to make a kitchen table issue of their potential negative effects ahead of the Super Bowl – which is airing Sunday on FOX.

"It’s going to affect beer, OK," Schumer said, holding up a tall can of Corona Extra. "Most of it, Corona here, comes from Mexico."

"It’s going to affect...
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Man accused of blinding Salman Rushdie goes on trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hadi Matar denies charges of attempted murder and assault for the August 2022 attack.
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Donald Trump to attend Super Bowl in New Orleans

  • News source: Max Molski
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President Donald Trump will attend Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday, a White House official told NBC News.

By attending the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, it is believed Trump would become the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Super Bowl.

Past presidents have attended the game after they left office or participated in festivities from afar, but none have been there in person while holding the title of commander in chief.

Trump has made multiple football appearances in recent months. He delivered a...
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First migrant detainees to be sent to Guantanamo Bay under Trump plan

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — The U.S. government is moving quickly to implement President Trump's order to turn facilities at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base into a large-scale immigration detention center, with plans to transport the first group of migrant detainees there on Tuesday, two U.S. officials told CBS News.

Last week, Mr. Trump instructed his administration to dramatically expand detention space inside the naval base to detain as many as 30,000 "high-priority" unauthorized immigrants with criminal records. Since then, officials from across the government...
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Federal prosecutor vows to protect DOGE staffers from any 'threats, confrontations' targeting Musk team

  • News source: FOX News
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Newly-appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin published a letter vowing to hold to account those who try to sabotage efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to clean the federal government of overspending and corruption.

"I recognize that some of the staff at DOGE have been targeted publicly," Martin wrote to Elon Musk in a letter, which Martin posted to his X account Monday. "At this time, I ask that you utilize me and my staff to assist in protecting the DOGE work and the DOGE workers. Any threats...
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Settled science? Doctors respond to the shaky claim that abortion pill mifepristone is safe

  • News source: FOX News
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Pro-choice lawmakers, doctors and advocates have argued the science is settled when it comes to the controversial abortion pill mifepristone. They say the drug is safe and needs to be widely available with virtually no restrictions. Even some GOP lawmakers have shown support for retaining women's access to the pill, which is much more widely available today than it was just a few years ago.

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has yet to stake out a formal position on how he will approach the controversial abortion pill. Although he took several...
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Trump White House renews crucial pledge as left-wing activists sue over border crackdown

  • News source: FOX News
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A group of left-wing activist groups, led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), sued the Trump administration on Monday over its efforts to limit the use of asylum at the southern border – leading the Trump White House to renew a crucial pledge.

On day one of his administration, President Donald Trump signed executive orders declaring a national emergency at the border and allowing officials to remove immigrants without allowing them to request asylum, citing an "invasion" at the border.

It was part of a crackdown at the border that...
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