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Today's Top Political News Compilation - Friday, July 7, 2023

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The US will provide cluster bombs to Ukraine and defends the delivery of the controversial weapon

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday defended what he said was a “difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, a move the administration said was key to the fight and buttressed by Ukraine’s promise to use the controversial bombs carefully.


























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Fed expected to hold interests rates steady at highest level since 2001

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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4 dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in 'outbreak' in this city: Officials

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Officials in Austin, Texas, are investigating an "outbreak" of drug overdoses with more than 50 suspected cases and at least four people dead.
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Crowd hail 'hero' beekeeper who cleared swarm delaying US baseball game

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A bee swarm delays the start of the Major League Baseball match between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers for almost two hours.
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Gaza hostage's mother pleads for ceasefire deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin says "maximum leverage" is needed to free her son Hersh and 132 Hamas captives.
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Dublin asylum seekers moved from Mount Street tents

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The asylum seekers have been living in a makeshift camp outside the International Protection Office.
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Florida six-week abortion ban will be felt beyond the state

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The new law came into effect on Wednesday, ending Florida's place as a hub for the procedure in the US south.
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Federal Money Is All Over Milwaukee. Biden Hopes Voters Will Notice.

  • News source: Lydia DePillis
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Across Milwaukee, residents can see evidence of federal money from laws passed under the Biden administration, if they know where to look.

It shows up in a growing array of solar panels near the airport. Ramshackle houses rehabilitated and sold to first-time buyers. The removal of lead paint and pipes. The demolition of a derelict mall. A crime lab and emergency management center. A clinic and food pantry for people with H.I.V. Funding to help dozens of nonprofits provide services like violence prevention efforts and after-school programs.

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Newsom, state officials silent on anti-Israel protests at UCLA

  • News source: FOX News
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, and other state officials running to replace him after his term is up have refrained from commenting on the anti-Israel protests at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley.

Newsom has not released a statement about his stance on the campus protests, as of Wednesday morning.

The governor was asked about the demonstrations during a news conference on a different topic on Tuesday, when he said he and other state officials were "working with the [UC] trustees,"...
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China highway collapse kills 19 people

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The southern province of Guangdong has been reeling from days of wild weather before the incident.
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'Close enough to see their faces': What it's like being chased by China in South China Sea

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC witnesses a standoff in the South China Sea between the Philippine and Chinese coast guards.
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Netanyahu vows to follow through with Rafah attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Israeli prime minister says the invasion will proceed "with or without" a truce with Hamas.
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Bomb hoax shuts nearly 100 schools in Delhi

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Officials say no bombs were found when the schools were searched and an investigation is on.
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Trump eyes 2 battleground states as he looks to tear down Dem 'blue wall' again

  • News source: FOX News
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Donald Trump is making the most of his day off from court this week.

With the judge in the former president's first criminal trial using Wednesdays to handle other business from other cases he's handling, Trump is heading to two crucial states that may decide the winner of his 2024 rematch with President Biden.

Trump is making campaign stops in Wisconsin and Michigan, two crucial battlegrounds he narrowly captured in his 2016 presidential election victory but where he fell short four years later as he lost his re-election bid.

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House Republicans summon NPR CEO for hearing on 'rampant' bias allegations

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: The House Energy & Commerce Committee is summoning the head of NPR before Congress to answer accusations the outlet has a left-wing bias despite receiving federal funds.

"The Committee has concerns about the direction in which NPR may be headed under past and present leadership. As a taxpayer funded, public radio organization, NPR should focus on fair and objective news reporting that both considers and reflects the views of the larger U.S. population and not just a niche audience," Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash...
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EcoHealth Alliance president to testify on COVID origins, Wuhan lab taxpayer-funded research

  • News source: FOX News
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EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak is expected to publicly testify on Wednesday before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

According to congressional lawmakers, EcoHealth – a U.S.-based nonprofit whose mission is to prevent pandemics – used taxpayer dollars "to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)" in China.

COVID ORIGINS: ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY PUBLICLY BEFORE CONGRESS NEXT MONTH

Committee Chair Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, is set to lead the hearing, but House...
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