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Today's Top News Compilation - Saturday, Apr. 11, 2020

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FBI survey probes agents' work on Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases, sources say

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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FBI supervisors across the country have received questionnaires to distribute to certain agents in their field offices containing questions about the agents' possible work on Jan 6. Capitol riot cases, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

A source familiar with the matter told CBS News the questionnaires are being sent to more than 1,000 FBI agents and non-agent support personnel in field offices across the country, as well as FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Rubio demands Panama 'reduce China influence' over canal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the country amid US threats to retake control of the Panama Canal.
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Spain's former football boss on trial over World Cup kiss

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Luis Rubiales is standing trial for kissing football player Jenni Hermoso without her consent after her team won the World Cup.
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France prepares for trial of surgeon accused of abusing anaesthetised children

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of having abused hundreds of young patients, often while they were under anaesthetic.
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Bill Gates has given away billions, but 'still has more to give'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Microsoft co-founder says he enjoys giving away his fortune and it won't leave his kids poor.
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Air traffic control staffing 'not normal' during DC crash - officials

  • News source: BBC News - World
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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there was a "consolidation of air traffic controllers an hour before it was supposed to happen".
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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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Shelling at busy Sudanese market 'fills mortuary with bodies'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The attack caused "utter carnage" at a nearby hospital, where dozens sought medical attention.
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Santorini on alert as tremors rattle Greek island

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Authorities advise against gatherings in enclosed spaces following a flurry of seismic activity nearby.
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Busy week ahead for Trump, Cabinet picks

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump has a busy week planned to start February, including speeding through more confirmations for the president’s Cabinet picks.

Trump made good on his promise of new tariffs over the weekend, hitting Canada and Mexico with 25% duties and China with a 10% tariff over concerns about fentanyl and continued illegal immigration.

Those tariffs are expected to be fully in force by Tuesday and have already drawn retaliation from Canada, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing a 25% tariff on some goods coming into the country from...
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Trump administration taps controversial conservative journalist for top job

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Trump administration is filling one of the State Department’s top positions with a conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to Jan. 6.
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Trump administration ends temporary immigration program for thousands of Venezuelans

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump administration is terminating an immigration program that currently protects hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. from deportation, paving the way for many of them to lose their legal status this spring, according to a government notice obtained by CBS News.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this weekend revoked one of two Temporary Protected Status designations for Venezuela, which the U.S. government had previously determined was too dangerous to allow Venezuelans to return to their homeland safely.

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Sen. Warner says Trump removal of security for officials is "all about retribution"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said Sunday that President Trump's decision to remove security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley is "all about retribution."

"This is all about retribution, and he's putting people's lives in danger, which is just unbelievable," Warner said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

Since Mr. Trump took office last month, his administration has revoked the federal security details of Pompeo and Milley, along with...
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DNC lambasted for 'beyond parody' leadership vote that included singing, gender rules: 'Can’t stop laughing'

  • News source: FOX News
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Canadian fans boo US anthem as tariffs spur 'buy local' pledge

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Canadians have begun booing the US anthem at sports games, signalling the depth of anger at steep US tariffs.
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