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Today's Top News Compilation - Sunday, Apr. 12, 2020

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Happy Easter! Below are some of the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯

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HUD Secretary Scott Turner lays out agency wins during first 100 days, shares priorities for next 100

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Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner sat down with Fox News Digital to discuss some of the agency's biggest wins during the Trump administration's first 100 days, and shared some of HUD's top priorities for the next 100.

Some of those wins, according to Scott, include rescinding Biden and Obama-era regulations to spur innovation and creativity in the housing market. Other actions have included reforms focused on ensuring American citizens are the primary beneficiaries of HUD's resources, and ensuring HUD's...
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Mike Waltz, other National Security Council staffers out in latest Trump purge following Signal chat leak

  • News source: FOX News
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Trump administration National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and other staffers are out at the National Security Council, sources confirmed to Fox News.

Fox News confirmed Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong were purged Thursday.

Waltz, who previously served as a Florida congressman and as a decorated combat Green Beret, has come under fire from Democrats and critics since March, when the Atlantic magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a firsthand account of getting added to a Signal group chat with top national security leaders, including...
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Columbia student activist interviewed by FBI for allegedly saying 'I like to kill Jews': court docs

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The Columbia University student activist who was recently ordered released from ICE custody was interviewed by the FBI in 2015 after allegedly telling a gun shop owner that "I like to kill Jews."

The activist, Mohsen Mahdawi, visited the gun store in the summer of 2015 and inquired about various firearms while in conversation with the store's owner, according to court documents submitted by federal authorities last month. The federal government is appealing Mahdawi's release as of Thursday.

"The owner told Windsor, Vermont police officers that Mr...
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JD Vance explains why meeting Pope Francis hours before his death was 'a sign from God'

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EXCLUSIVE: Washington, D.C. — Vice President JD Vance reflected on his meeting with Pope Francis, just hours before the Holy Father passed away, telling Fox News Digital it was a "great honor" and a "sign from God" to cherish life.

Vance sat for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Wednesday.

VANCE WAS ONE OF POPE FRANCIS' LAST VISITORS

The vice president told Fox News Digital that he met Pope Francis on Easter Sunday but "didn’t plan to see the Holy Father because he was ill."

"But we were invited to come and visit with him before...
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Biden trans policies 'promoted prison rape' and amounted to 'child abuse,' Miller says in blistering critique

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Former President Joe Biden’s transgender policies increased "prison rape" and "child abuse," according to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders that recognizes male and female as the only two sexes, and requires transgender women born biological males in federal prisons to be housed in male facilities.

"The Biden administration promoted prison rape by putting men into female prisons," Miller said. "That is obviously insane, cruel, and unacceptable. … This administration...
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Reporter's Notebook: Where we stand with Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

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Do not underestimate the importance of Thursday’s meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky.

Those committee chairmen are looking for guidance from the president about what they need to put in the "big, beautiful bill."

Republicans agree on broad principles. But specifics are the key to either passing or failing this bill.

DEMOCRATS' BOILING POT: A LOOK AT THEIR 2026 GAME PLAN

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White House vows to implement 'system of merit' in US, dismantle DEI 'strangulation'

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller touted President Donald Trump's efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs on Thursday.

Miller appeared alongside White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a Thursday morning briefing, declaring that the administration is bringing a "system of merit" back to the U.S.

"This administration is not going to let our society devolve into communist, woke, DEI strangulation," Miller said. "We are going to have a system of merit."

"It's not just a social and cultural issue, it's...
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Bipartisan lawmakers introduce bill to bolster water system protections against hackers

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EXCLUSIVE – Bipartisan lawmakers are introducing a bill on Capitol Hill Thursday focused on protecting the country’s water systems from foreign hackers, just months after China admitted behind closed doors that it was responsible for a series of attacks on U.S. infrastructure.

Senators Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., authored the Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act to help protect public water systems and respond to cyberattacks, which have become more frequent in recent years.

"In Arizona, we know better than most the importance of...
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SCOOP: 38 GOP lawmakers say not repealing Biden's green agenda in Trump tax bill is 'hypocrisy'

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FIRST ON FOX: The House GOP's standoff over the former Biden administration's green energy subsides is colliding with Republicans' plans for a massive bill advancing President Donald Trump's agenda.

Thirty-eight House Republicans are writing to Ways & Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., the chamber's top tax writer, urging a full repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the coming budget reconciliation bill.

"We are deeply concerned that President Trump’s commitment to restoring American energy dominance and ending what he calls the ‘green new...
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National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to leave role, US media reports

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Waltz was under pressure after a journalist was mistakenly added to a group chat in which senior officials were discussing military strikes.
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Snake halts Japanese bullet trains after wrapping around power line

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Tanzanian priest - and government critic - brutally attacked

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The attack on a Catholic priest comes amid rising political tensions ahead of October's elections.
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National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy are leaving Trump White House

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National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts in the Trump White House, according to multiple sources familiar with their departure.

They are expected to leave Thursday, sources say. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In March, Waltz came under scrutiny after he put together a Signal chat and mistakenly included The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, disclosing discussions with top national security officials about plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen...
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Judge's swift arrest for illegal's courtroom escape contrasts with Biden DOJ handling of similar case in 2022

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A Massachusetts judge who allegedly let a twice-deported illegal immigrant evade ICE capture in 2018 is now facing the prospect of removal from the bench six years after federal charges were first filed against her and three years after those charges were dropped by the Biden administration.

By contrast, the Trump administration swiftly arrested a judge in Wisconsin for committing a similar offense just a week after the incident.

Judge Shelley Joseph of the Boston Municipal Court is facing charges of "willful judicial misconduct" for allowing...
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DOGE says it's referred dozens of potential voter fraud cases to DOJ

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DOGE has referred 57 cases of potential voter fraud to the U.S. Justice Department, a DOGE official noted, Fox News Digital has reported.

Antonio Gracias noted that the individuals were "resident aliens who were registered to vote and may or may not have voted in elections," according to NBC News.

Fox News Digital reached out to request comment from the DOJ on Thursday but did not receive a response by the time of publication.

ELON MUSK RECEIVES APPLAUSE FROM CABINET AS HE BEGINS PLANNED DEPARTURE FROM DOGE ROLE

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