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Today's Top News Compilation - Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2020

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FBI agents asked to answer survey on Jan. 6 case involvement

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) sent a message to its members on Sunday about the survey asking agents about their work related to investigating Jan. 6 cases.
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Treasury Dept. gives Elon Musk's team access to federal payment system: Sources

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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If Elon Musk or his DOGE team were to attempt to block federal payments, it would likely face legal challenges given the money is approved by Congress.
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Musk's DOGE takes aim at 'viper's nest' federal agency with global footprint

  • News source: FOX News
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is taking aim at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and, according to senior congressional sources, moved to seize control of the independent agency over the weekend.

The senior congressional sources told Fox News that more than 50 senior USAID staff members were placed on administrative leave and subjected to a gag order, meaning they were not allowed to communicate with anyone outside the agency without approval.

Signs were also removed...
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Trump defends tariffs, accuses Canada of being 'very abusive of the United States': video

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump defended his recent tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China while speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night – and hinted that the European Union may suffer a similar fate.

The tariffs, which were authorized in an executive order on Saturday, will go into effect Tuesday. Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a 25% additional tariff will be levied on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on imports from China.

In the executive order, Trump said that the tariffs stem from an...
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Grammy Awards 2025: Beyoncé wins best country album

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The star picks up her 34th Grammy Award, and is still in the running for best album later tonight.
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Major highway partly collapses as Australian floods worsen

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The deadly floods could be the worst to hit northern Queensland in 60 years, scientists say.
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US businesses brace for Trump's tariffs to drive up costs

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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From an ice cream parlor in California to a medical supply business in North Carolina to a T-shirt vendor outside Detroit, U.S. businesses are bracing to take a hit from the taxes President Donald Trump imposed Saturday on imports from Canada, Mexico a...
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'People are afraid': BBC visits DR Congo city under rebel control

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 700 people died as fighters from the M23 group captured the eastern city of Goma.
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France prepares for trial of surgeon accused of abusing anaesthetised children

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of having abused hundreds of young patients, often while they were under anaesthetic.
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'Genocide against Greenland': The country's dark history - and does it want Trump?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US president's talk about taking control has come at a time when many on the island are already considering their future
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Dying with dignity: Breaking the taboo around 'living wills' in India

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A living will lets people choose the medical care they want to receive if they develop a terminal illness.
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FBI survey probes agents' work on Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases, sources say

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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FBI supervisors across the country have received questionnaires to distribute to certain agents in their field offices containing questions about the agents' possible work on Jan 6. Capitol riot cases, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

A source familiar with the matter told CBS News the questionnaires are being sent to more than 1,000 FBI agents and non-agent support personnel in field offices across the country, as well as FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The questions, obtained by CBS News, ask what role the respondent may...
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Rubio demands Panama 'reduce China influence' over canal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the country amid US threats to retake control of the Panama Canal.
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Spain's former football boss on trial over World Cup kiss

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Luis Rubiales is standing trial for kissing football player Jenni Hermoso without her consent after her team won the World Cup.
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France prepares for trial of surgeon accused of abusing anaesthetised children

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of having abused hundreds of young patients, often while they were under anaesthetic.
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