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Today's Top News Compilation - Wednesday, April 1, 2020

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NATO chief's impression from U.S. is Russians "not moving fast enough" to end war

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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NATO's top official says Russia needs to move more quickly to end the war in Ukraine, and he's been told by the U.S. that Moscow must "do more."

"The ball clearly is in the court of the Russians," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in an interview that will air on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" Sunday. "They are not moving fast enough, is my impression — including the impression I'm getting from my American interlocutors, that — that Russia really has to do more to bring this war to an end."

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Bernie Sanders warns the U.S. is now a "pseudo-democracy"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been drawing large crowds across the country in recent weeks attacking the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE efforts, sat down with national correspondent Robert Costa for this Sunday's "CBS News Sunday Morning."

In this preview clip, Senator Sanders, a Vermont independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, calls the United States a "pseudo-democracy" due to the way President Trump has governed and how he believes the wealthy have accrued power in both major parties...
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Trump’s China tariffs face legal challenge from conservative group calling them ‘unlawful'

  • News source: FOX News
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A conservative legal group is challenging President Donald Trump's tariffs on China, calling them "an unlawful attempt" to make Americans pay higher taxes on Chinese imports.

The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed an initial complaint in Florida district court Thursday, challenging Trump's "unlawful use of emergency power to impose a tariff on all imports from China."

"By invoking emergency power to impose an across-the-board tariff on imports from China that the statute does not authorize, President Trump has misused that power, usurped...
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Trump extends deadline to keep TikTok running in US

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The president has granted the app a second 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires it to either sell its US assets or face a ban.
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TV's Dr Oz confirmed to lead Medicare and Medicaid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Oz, who has never held public office, is best known for hosting US daytime TV show The Dr Oz Show.
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Videos show aftermath of Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza

  • News source: BBC News - World
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BBC Verify explains what we know about the incident after reviewing videos that were posted online.
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Bernie Sanders: U.S. now a “pseudo-democracy”

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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In this preview of an interview to air on “CBS Sunday Morning” April 6, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders talks with CBS News’ Robert Costa about the influence of billionaires such as Elon Musk on the political process.
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Trump to delay enforcement of TikTok ban with another executive order

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — President Trump on Friday said he would sign another executive order to delay enforcement of a law that effectively bans TikTok, amid talks about a possible deal to sell the widely popular platform.

Mr. Trump signed an executive order on his first day directing the Justice Department to not enforce the ban for 75 days. The order instructed the Justice Department to not take action or impose penalties against "any entity for any noncompliance." The executive order expires Saturday, April 5.

Mr. Trump said Friday he wouldn't enforce...
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Trump DOJ, Education Dept form task force to protect female athletes from 'gender ideology' in schools, sports

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration launched a new investigative unit to protect "female athletes, from the pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities" on Friday, further clamping down on transgender women in school sports and sending a warning signal to states defying the president's executive orders.

The Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Title IX Special Investigations Team (SIT) to handle cases, particularly targeting transgender women in sports, because "traditionally, our Office...
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Trump shakes up NSA leadership, appoints new acting director and deputy to replace Biden appointees

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump has fired the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), a high-level move driven by mounting pressure from conservative allies to purge officials they view as insufficiently loyal to the president's "America First" agenda.

Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh and civilian Deputy Wendy Noble were let go from their roles as director and deputy director of the NSA. Lt. Gen. William Hartman, who also leads U.S. Cyber Command, will serve as acting director, while Sheila Thomas will take over as deputy.

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Children among 14 dead in Russian attack on Ukrainian city, officials say

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The head of the local defence council says a ballistic missile landed in the centre of a residential area.
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Ronin the rat sets new landmine-sniffing record

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, is the first rat to uncover more than 100 mines in Cambodia.
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South Korea's president has been removed from power: What happens now?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The constitutional court unanimously upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.
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Israeli strikes in Syria a challenge to Turkey

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israeli air strikes on bases in Syria are a warning to Turkey to keep its military assets away.
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How the scale of Myanmar's loss is clearer one week after the quake

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week's earthquake and the toll is expected to rise.
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