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Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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WATCH: 10-year-old cancer survivor gets surprise from Captain America

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Rob and Jamey Wyatt and their son Bode discuss his cancer journey, recovery and being Marvel super fans. He gets a big surprise from Captain America himself, Anthony Mackie.
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NY acting U.S. attorney resigns after DOJ directs her office to drop Adams case

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Manhattan's top career federal prosecutor resigned after attorneys in her office were directed to drop their criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.

Danielle Sassoon stepped down from her role as acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York on Thursday, days after a top Justice Department official ordered her office to dismiss corruption charges against the mayor.

On Monday, Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sent a memo instructing prosecutors in...
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Trump signs order to determine reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners

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Trump signed an executive order calling on his administration to determine "the equivalent of a reciprocal tariff with respect to each foreign trading partner."
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Valentine's Day display of northern lights will be visible in these US states

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Valentine's Day could bring a dazzling display of the northern lights for stargazers in some parts of the U.S.
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RFK Jr. has questioned rising autism rates. Here's why experts say he's wrong

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has questioned why autism rates have been rising over the last several years. Experts say he's missing nuance in these conversations.
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Trump threatens reciprocal tariffs in bid to "ensure fairness" on trade

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum directing his administration to weigh reciprocal tariffs, threatening to impose levies on U.S. imports from nations that put higher duties on American products.

The plan "will seek to correct long-standing imbalances in international trade and ensure fairness across the board," the White House said in a statement about the tariffs.

"Gone are the days of America being taken advantage of: this plan will put the American worker first, improve our competitiveness in every area of industry, reduce our...
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Social media pounces on Rick Warren tweet about Jesus: 'You’ll find him in the middle'

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Rick Warren faced a raft of backlash on X in response to a post in which he referred to the two thieves who were crucified on either side of Jesus, and declared, "If you’re looking for the #realJesus, not a caricature disfigured by partisan motivations, you’ll find him in the middle, not on either side."

Warren, the author of the popular book "The Purpose Driven Life," founded Saddleback Church with his wife Kay in 1980, according to pastorrick.com.

His Feb. 11 post has earned thousands of replies and more than 3 million views.

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Roughly 75,000 federal employees agree to Trump’s buyout offer

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Roughly 75,000 federal employees have accepted President Donald Trump’s deferred resignation program, after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management offered more than 2 million federal civilian employees buyouts in January to leave their jobs or be forced to return to work in person.

Employees who accepted the so-called "fork in the road" offer will retain all pay and benefits and be exempt from in-person work until Sept. 30, a move that's part of a broader attempt by the Trump administration to downsize the federal government.

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Inheritance tax hits chopping block as more than 200 Republicans push for repeal

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FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers are mounting a massive effort to repeal the federal inheritance tax, colloquially known as the "death tax."

Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, is leading more than 170 House Republicans on the "Death Tax Repeal Act," which is also backed by the House’s top tax writer, Ways & Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo.

An inheritance or estate tax is levied upon the beneficiary who receives assets upon a person's death. Republicans have long criticized the estate tax as a needless financial burden on grieving families...
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Alabama’s What is a Woman Act, to ‘codify common sense,’ primed for gov’s signature

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Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey is set to sign a new bill that she says answers a simple question: What is a woman?

The bill from state Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Leeds, and Sen. April Weaver, R-Alabaster, would adjust state law to explicitly define "man," "woman," "boy," "girl," "father," "mother," "male," female" and "sex."

It cleared the legislature in Montgomery on Wednesday.

Ivey is expected to sign the bill later Thursday; remarking, "In Alabama, it does not take a biologist to answer the question: What is a woman?"

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Dems spar over DOGE cuts with Trump education nominee Linda McMahon

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Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee sparred with President Donald Trump's Department of Education nominee Linda McMahon Thursday over cost-cutting efforts underway by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an agency led by tech billionaire Elon Musk.

"I believe the American people spoke loudly in the election last November to say that they want to look at waste, fraud and abuse in our government," said McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

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Trump's 'Make America Healthy Again' commission to target autism, chronic diseases

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday establishing the Make America Healthy Again Commission, which will be led by newly confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Fox News Digital exclusively learned.

The commission will be chaired by Kennedy and will be "tasked with investigating and addressing the root causes of America’s escalating health crisis, with an initial focus on childhood chronic diseases," the White House explained to Fox News Digital.

Kennedy was confirmed as the...
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Bowen: Zelensky forced to face tough new reality after Trump-Putin phone call

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Many world leaders, including Ukraine's President Zelensky, are finding the world is more uncertain under new US leadership.
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Starved, threatened and abused: Parents of freed Hamas hostages give details of ordeal

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The BBC hears from the parents of four young women who were taken by Hamas on 7 October 2023 and held for 15 months.
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Three guilty of plot to blackmail family of Michael Schumacher

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They were convicted of a plot threatening to leak hundreds of personal photos, videos and medical records.
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