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Today's Top News Compilation - Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2020

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WATCH: Video shows courtroom brawl break out during hearing in murder case

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Video from within a New Mexico courtroom shows the moment a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend was attacked mid-hearing on Jan. 31. Two men face charges in the incident.
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FBI agents questioned over role in Jan. 6 investigation

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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FBI agents across the country have received questionnaires asking about the agents' possible work on Jan 6. Capitol riot cases. Scott MacFarlane has more.
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Border town businesses brace for impact of Mexico tariffs

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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As many as 20,000 trucks bring goods across the U.S.-Mexico border every day. Jason Allen reports from Laredo, Texas, where some businesses are stocking up on imports as they brace for President Trump's tariff hikes to take effect. Then, Kelly O'Grady joins for analysis.
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Trump announces new picks including deputy director of the CIA, chief Pentagon spokesman

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump continues appointing new people to his second administration, naming three recent picks in a series of Truth Social posts on Monday.

Just two weeks after taking office, Trump announced that Michael Ellis will serve as deputy director of the CIA. Ellis, who will not need to be approved by the U.S. Senate, will work under CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

Trump wrote that the incoming deputy director, who is also a lawyer, will help "fix the CIA, and make it, once again, the Greatest Intelligence Agency in the World."

"During my...
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Rubio says 'no choice' but to bring USAID 'under control' after agency takeover: 'rank insubordination'

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is accusing USAID of "rank insubordination," adding "we had no choice but to bring this thing under control." The top U.S. diplomat made the comments in an exclusive interview with Fox News in El Salvador, just after announcing he would take over as acting director of the humanitarian agency.

Rubio blasted USAID for being "completely unresponsive" telling Fox "they don’t consider that they work for the U.S., they just think they’re a global entity and that their master is the globe and not the United...
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Devastation from Queensland floods 'incredible', premier says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thousands of people are beginning to return home to assess damage to their properties and businesses.
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Anora star Mikey Madison: Oscar talk is 'overwhelming and amazing'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The breakout star of the film has been winning awards as a stripper who marries the son of an oligarch.
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Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job

  • News source: Tavleen Tarrant and Dareh Gregorian | NBC News
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A conservative author who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and written on social media that "competent white men must be in charge" has been named to a top post at the State Department.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tapped Darren Beattie to be acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. The position, in a permanent capacity, requires Senate confirmation.

Beattie confirmed his appointment, first reported by Semafor, in a letter on his website, Revolver News.

“I have been given the great honor of...
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Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has empowered a top official at the State Department to run the U.S. Agency for International Development and begin reviewing all of the work done by the government agency targeted for dismantling by President Donald Trump and tech billionaire adviser Elon Musk.

Rubio tapped Pete Marocco, the director of foreign assistance at the State Department, to begin reviewing all of the work done by USAID. He also warned that certain projects or programs might be suspended or eliminated.

Marocco held several national security...
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White House touts concessions gained from Mexico and Canada after tariff threats

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump paused his plans to implement steep tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for at least a month after talks with the leaders of both countries, who vowed to step up efforts to combat the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the U.S. Weijia Jiang explains.
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Trump agriculture nominee, Brooke Rollins, clears key Senate hurdle ahead of confirmation vote

  • News source: FOX News
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Members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee voted favorably Monday for President Donald Trump's nominee, Brooke Rollins, to head up the Department of Agriculture (USDA), a widely expected outcome that clears her for a vote in the full Senate later this week.

Rollins was passed favorably out of committee on a unanimous vote.

Rollins, who served as a White House aide during Trump's first administration and then as the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, is widely viewed as an uncontroversial nominee...
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'Corrupt' FBI must become 'pristine,' Trump says, asserting Patel will 'straighten it out'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump on Monday slammed the FBI as "corrupt" and praised his nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, as the man to "straighten it out" as he declined to answer questions over whether his administration will remove bureau employees involved in the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.

Asked Monday by Fox News whether he believed anyone involved in the Jan. 6 investigation should be fired, Trump did not answer outright. Instead, he criticized the actions of a bureau he has repeatedly decried as "corrupt," and one he...
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The Speaker’s Lobby: A palpably unfair act

  • News source: FOX News
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Referee Shawn Hochuli educated football fans recently on Rule 12, Section 3, Article 4 of the NFL rulebook.

Hochuli threatened to give the Philadelphia Eagles an automatic touchdown after the Washington Commanders committed three consecutive penalties at the goal line during the NFC Championship Game.

Washington linebacker Frankie Luvu launched himself twice – mimicking Superman in mid-flight – diving over the line of scrimmage before the Eagles snapped the ball at the one-yard line. Luvu was trying to prevent Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts from...
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'Authoritarian': Furious NY House Republicans send warning to Dem leaders in war over Stefanik seat

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Republicans in New York’s congressional delegation are up in arms over reports that state Democrat leaders are considering legislative routes to delay the special election to replace Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.

The six GOP lawmakers signaled they would seek intervention from the Department of Justice (DOJ) if the alleged legislative maneuver runs afoul of federal law.

"Your clear attempt at playing political games to limit Republican numbers in the House of Representatives is overreaching, corrupt, and undemocratic," reads a letter...
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Chris Wright confirmed to serve as Trump's Secretary of Energy

  • News source: FOX News
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CEO Chris Wright has been confirmed by the Senate to serve as President Donald Trump's secretary of energy, where he will be at the helm of shaping the president's "Drill, baby, drill" agenda.

Wright received bipartisan support from members of the Senate after being selected by Trump to lead the energy agency under his administration.

The Trump nominee, who has served as the CEO and founder of Liberty Energy Inc. since 2011, advanced through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee before his nomination was put on the floor for a final...
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