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Today's Top News Compilation - Saturday, May 9, 2020

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Senators back Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio governor ahead of expected gubernatorial bid

  • News source: FOX News
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Entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy, who is expected to launch a gubernatorial bid in the Buckeye State, is racking up support from U.S. senators.

GOP Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee both expressed their support for Ramaswamy in posts on Monday.

"If @VivekGRamaswamy runs for governor of Ohio (and I hope he does) he will not only win—he will transform Ohio for the better," Lee declared in a tweet. "The results will benefit Ohioans—and Americans—for generations I’m honored to have worked with @VivekGRamaswamy, and I...
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White House expecting 'spike' in federal resignations as at least 20K take buyouts

  • News source: FOX News
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Tulsi Gabbard scores key committee Republican's support ahead of pivotal vote

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., came out in support of Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI), just hours before her crucial committee vote.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, the senator said, "American intelligence officers around the globe deserve our respect and support. I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard’s engagement with me on a variety of issues to ensure that our intelligence professionals will be supported and policymakers will receive unbiased information under her leadership."

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Tulsi Gabbard explains why she won't call Edward Snowden a 'traitor' ahead of tough committee vote

  • News source: FOX News
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Tulsi Gabbard is seeking to assuage senators’ concerns about her nomination in a new opinion piece explaining why she thought "traitor" was too harsh a word for Edward Snowden.

Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence (DNI), did not endorse Snowden’s whistleblowing actions during her confirmation hearing, but her refusal to call him a traitor left some Republicans unsettled.

She admitted that Snowden’s release of classified information to the media "harmed our national security" but also "revealed illegal and...
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Trump Health Secretary nominee RFK Jr clears Senate Finance Committee confirmation vote

  • News source: FOX News
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will advance to the next step in his effort to become Donald Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary. The vaccine skeptic and environmental crusader who ran for the White House in 2024 before ending his bid and endorsing Trump sustained his bid for a cabinet position in the 47th president's administration.

The 27-member panel of 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats on the Senate finance committee approved Kennedy's advancement by a party line vote of 14-13.

Kennedy's controversial nomination has progressed slowly as the...
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JD Vance to attend AI summit in Paris, French official says

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance will attend a two-day high-level summit focusing on artificial intelligence in Paris next week, his first scheduled trip abroad since taking office, a French diplomatic official said Tuesday.

The AI Action Summit on Feb. 10-11 will gather heads of state and top government officials, CEOs and other actors involved in the tech sector, which has been shaken up by galloping advances.

Vance has not made any official foreign trips since his inauguration last month. The White House had no immediate comment.

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House delays key vote on Trump budget bill after conservative fury over spending cuts

  • News source: FOX News
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A key vote to advance a massive conservative policy bill has been delayed, putting House Republicans behind in their ambitious schedule to enact President Donald Trump's agenda.

The House Budget Committee had initially aimed to go through and approve the legislation this week, but a source familiar with planning told Fox News Digital that is no longer the case.

It comes after conservatives on the panel rejected multiple offers by House GOP leaders on where to set a baseline for cutting federal spending, urging senior Republicans to seek deeper cuts...
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S Africa church apologises over exposing children to risk from abuser

  • News source: BBC News - World
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John Smyth moved to South Africa from Zimbabwe where he abused young people at Christian camps he ran.
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The opening salvos have been fired in Trump's trade war - what comes next?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Are we seeing the opening moves in a wider trade war, and what are the potential economic consequences?
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How does fentanyl get into the US?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Trump has blamed China for its opioid crisis and imposed sweeping tariffs.
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Senate panel advances RFK Jr.'s nomination to be health secretary

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All eyes were on Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and longtime doctor who expressed deep concern about Kennedy's history of anti-vaccine comments.
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Trump to urge universities to 'monitor,' 'report' Israel-Hamas protesters

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President Donald Trump's executive order calls on institutions of higher education are called on to "monitor for and report activities by alien students and staff."
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President Trump to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump will meet Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the ceasefire with Hamas. Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to meet with Trump at the White House since he began his second term.
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New DNC vice chair sets social media ablaze after 'radical' posts exposed: 'Learned absolutely nothing'

  • News source: FOX News
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Newly elected Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg, a 24-year-old gun control activist and emerging voice in the Democratic Party, is the DNC's first Gen Z vice chair. He has the digital footprint to prove it.

"Are you ready to go on the offense? We have to win back our young people. I'm the only candidate in this race for any of these positions that is under 30. We had a 20-point shift to the right of our young people. We must show our young people we give a damn about them, that we support them, and we invest in them," Hogg...
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Experts reveal how Trump can keep campaign pledge to eliminate Dept of Education: 'Scaling down its size'

  • News source: FOX News
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As President Trump reportedly weighs his options for accomplishing his campaign promise of eliminating the Department of Education, experts spoke to Fox News Digital about what that process will look like and what hurdles the president will have to overcome.

"The administration is right to push to eliminate the ineffective and unpopular Department of Education," Jonathan Butcher, Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital shortly before the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump...
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