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Today's Top News Compilation - Thursday, Apr. 9, 2020

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First judge rules Trump can use Alien Enemies Act. Here's what that means.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump's push to remove people from the U.S. using the wartime Alien Enemies Act got a rare stamp of approval from a federal judge this week, as one of the more controversial parts of Mr. Trump's immigration strategy faces a slew of court challenges.

U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines of Pennsylvania, a Trump nominee, ruled Tuesday the president is legally allowed to use the 18th-century law to deport Venezuelan migrants accused of belonging to the gang Tren de Aragua. However, Haines also said the administration hasn't given people...
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Wisconsin judge to be arraigned for allegedly obstructing immigration authorities

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A Wisconsin county judge is set to be arraigned Thursday morning on federal obstruction charges after allegedly helping a man evade immigration authorities during a federal law enforcement operation at her courthouse.

In April, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI after director Kash Patel said she "intentionally misdirected federal agents away" from an illegal immigrant who had a criminal court hearing in front of the judge and was set to be arrested after his hearing ended.

Dugan was charged with one count of...
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Birthright citizenship fight at Supreme Court targets nationwide injunctions

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday is set to consider a bid by the Trump administration to narrow three lower court orders blocking President Trump from ending birthright citizenship, in cases that test judges' power to block a president's policies nationwide.

The arguments before the court, taking place in a rare May session, will be the first involving a policy rolled out by Mr. Trump in his second term. But the high court is not examining the legality of the president's birthright citizenship executive order, which seeks to deny U.S...
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Pregnant Israeli woman killed in West Bank shooting attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Tzeela Gez died from her injuries, but doctors were able to deliver her baby.
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Trump says India willing to charge 'no tariffs' on US goods

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Delhi has not commented yet, but India and the US are currently in talks to negotiate a trade agreement.
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Former talk radio host dials into Alaska’s race for governor, says energy is key

  • News source: FOX News
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In her first interview since announcing her bid for Alaska governor, Bernadette Wilson, a former radio host and longtime conservative figure in Alaska, spoke to Fox News Digital about the issues in the race and working with the Trump administration on energy development.

Wilson, a lifelong Alaskan who was born on the Kenai Peninsula and grew up in Anchorage, is a political outsider. Even so, politics does run in her family. Her great-uncle Wally Hickel served as governor, first in the 1960s as a Republican and again in the early 1990s as a member of...
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Three Maori MPs face suspension over 'intimidating' haka

  • News source: BBC News - World
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New Zealand's Maori Party says the recommendation is a "warning shot to all of us to fall in line".
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Top Iranian official says Tehran would forgo highly enriched uranium in nuclear deal with Trump

  • News source: Richard Engel | NBC News
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Iran is ready to sign a nuclear deal with certain conditions with President Donald Trump in exchange for lifting economic sanctions, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader told NBC News on Wednesday.

Ali Shamkhani, a top political, military and nuclear adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is one of the most senior Iranian officials to speak publicly about the ongoing discussions.

He said Iran would commit to never making nuclear weapons, getting rid of its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium which can be weaponized, agree...
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Mexican beauty influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Valeria Marquez was filming herself in her beauty salon in Guadalajara when she was shot.
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Trump's meeting with Sharaa, unthinkable just months ago, boosts Syrians' hopes

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Syria's interim leader met the US president in Riyadh after he announced he would lift sanctions on Syria.
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BBC joins Gaza children as they are evacuated to Jordan for treatment

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC's Fergal Keane accompanies children being evacuated from Gaza on their journey to Jordan.
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Watch: Abuse and blackmail - Cassie describes Diddy relationship at trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The prosecution wrapped up its questioning of Ventura, who will return the stand on Thursday for cross-examination by Combs' lawyers.
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Trump administration tasking FBI agents with immigration operations, memo shows

  • News source: Karla Rendon and Lolita Lopez
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More agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are being tasked to perform immigration enforcement duties nationwide.

A memo obtained by NBC News shows 45% of all agents in the 25 largest field offices will shift focus to work on immigration full time. In Los Angeles, nine squads are slated to be created for Enforcement and Removal Operations targeting undocumented immigrants who’ve overstayed their visa, even if they have no criminal history.

This comes as the Trump administration proposes a 5% cut to the agency’s budget and requests from...
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Republicans propose gutting Biden climate bill for Trump tax cuts

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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House Republicans Wednesday moved forward with a tax bill to cut billions of dollars in climate-related funding, reduce regulations, and prematurely phase out clean energy tax credits as part of President Trump's, "One, Big, Beautiful Bill."

The heart of the Republican budget legislation targets key climate and energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Cuts would impact businesses and consumers, affecting renewable energy, manufacturing, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles. Concurrently, House Republicans proposed streamlining...
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Bondi sold at least $1 million in Trump Media shares on "Liberation Day"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Attorney General Pam Bondi sold at least $1 million worth of shares in the company that owns Truth Social on the same day that President Trump announced his sweeping tariff measures, a government ethics transaction report shows.

Bondi's stake in the company, Trump Media, was worth somewhere between $1 million and $5.5 million at the time of the sale, which occurred on April 2, the day Mr. Trump dubbed "Liberation Day" in which he announced his wide-ranging tariffs on goods imported from all foreign countries, according to the document obtained...
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