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Today's Top News Compilation - Thursday, Apr. 9, 2020

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WATCH: Canadian hockey fans boo US national anthem after Trump imposes tariffs

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Ottawa Senators fans could be heard booing the U.S. national anthem before Saturday night's game against the Minnesota Wild after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada.
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New DNC vice chair previously called for ICE to be abolished

  • News source: FOX News
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Newly elected Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg has previously called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be abolished and for the defunding of police.

"Defund the police not USPS," Hogg, who first entered the national spotlight after surviving the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting, said in an X post on Aug. 15, 2020.

"Abolish ICE," Hogg said in a different post two weeks earlier.

DAVID HOGG SAYS HE RECEIVED 'AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF VITRIOL' FOR ASKING ABOUT DEM OUTREACH TO YOUNG MEN

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Jet company identifies victims of Philadelphia air ambulance crash

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker also updated the list of injured to 22, with five still in hospital.
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USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say

  • News source: Ellen Knickmeyer | The Associated Press
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The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk's government-inspection teams, a current and a former U.S. official told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Members of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, eventually did gain access Saturday to the aid agency's classified information, which includes intelligence reports, the former official said.

Musk's DOGE crew lacked...
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Trump's proposed federal worker changes have caused "chaos on steroids," Sen. Mark Warner says

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Amid the Trump administration's move to offer "deferred resignation" to 2 million federal workers, Sen. Mark Warner says the situation has caused "chaos on steroids" for government employees.
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WATCH: Top musical artists looking to be recognized at Sunday's 2025 Grammy Awards

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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ABC News Multiplatform Reporter Will Ganss and contributor Kelley Carter provide the latest on the key figures and categories up for grabs at tonight's Grammy awards.
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WATCH: Beyonce announces a 'Cowboy Carter' tour for 2025

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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ABC News Multiplatform Reporter Will Ganss and contributor Kelley Carter take a look at what to expect.
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Transcript: Hanna Siegel on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 2, 2025

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The following is the transcript of an interview with Hanna Siegel, niece of freed hostage Keith Siegel, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Feb. 2, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: The temporary cease fire between Israel and Hamas is still holding, and three more hostages were released yesterday, including American-Israeli dual national, Keith Siegel, his niece Hanna Siegel is here with us this morning. Good morning. You've been waiting for this for over 400 days. How is your uncle doing?

HANNA SIEGEL: First, thank you for having me...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes first official foreign trip to Panama

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Panama as part of his first official foreign trip as President Trump announces massive tariffs on Mexico, China and Canada. Ed O'Keefe reports from Panama.
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Open: This is "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 2, 2025

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Bernie Sanders join as President Trump makes good on his campaign promises — despite the confusion that comes with them. Plus. Hanna Siegel, whose uncle Keith Siegel was released by Hamas, joins.
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Trump says Canada would have no tariffs as 51st state, as observers brace for trade war

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump repeated his suggestion that Canada become the 51st on Sunday, noting that it would not be subjected to his incoming tariffs should the country join the U.S.

"We pay hundreds of Billions of Dollars to SUBSIDIZE Canada. Why? There is no reason," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. "We don’t need anything they have. We have unlimited Energy, should make our own Cars, and have more Lumber than we can ever use. Without this massive subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable Country. Harsh but true!"

"Therefore, Canada should become...
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Musk rips 'fraudulent' Treasury handouts as reports mount DOGE has access to federal payment system

  • News source: FOX News
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk ripped alleged "fraudulent" Treasury payments on Saturday as reports circulated that the Department of Government Efficiency has gained acces to the federal government's payment system as the second Trump administration continues cutting what they say is government fat and overspending.

"The @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups. They literally never denied a payment in their entire...
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Netanyahu to meet with Trump as next phase of negotiations set to resume

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to the United States for a pivotal meeting with President Trump during which they are expected to discuss "victory over Hamas" and expanding diplomatic relations with Arab countries.

The meeting Tuesday at the White House will be Mr. Trump's first with a foreign leader since returning to office on Jan. 20. It comes as the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza holds and mediators begin the daunting work of brokering the next phase of the agreement.

Hamas, which has quickly reasserted...
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Transportation Sec Sean Duffy says FAA systems are 'antiquated,' calls for more air traffic controllers

  • News source: FOX News
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says that many of the Federal Aviation Administration's systems remain "antiquated" and are in need of updates amid a "plummet" in recruitment for air traffic controllers.

Duffy made the statement during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday" with host Shannon Bream. The Trump administration official affirmed that America's skies remain the safest in the world, but he also said major changes could be made to improve the FAA's systems.

"We have the safest skies in the whole world. Traveling by air is the safest mode...
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'I don't know how he survived', says freed Israeli hostage's niece

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The niece of freed Israeli hostage Gadi Moses said he mostly ate bread and olives and did math to distract himself during captivity.
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