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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Tuesday, April 6, 2021

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Senate gives Biden a big tool to work around GOP filibuster
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a powerful new tool, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has fresh options for potentially advancing President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package and other priorities past Republican obstruction in the 50-50 split Senate.


Updated today at 6:41 PM CDT

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Schumer gets his game changer
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House to vote on admitting Washington, D.C., as a state
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Senators press for more on SolarWinds hack after AP report
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Arkansas legislature overrides veto on transgender health care bill
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Honoré says Jan. 6 stemmed from 'propaganda' that gave people 'a little BS'
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McConnell warns "stupid" business leaders off political speech: "Republicans drink Coca-Cola, too"
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McConnell warns biz off political speech, says it’s ‘stupid’
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U.S. must invest heavily to stay No. 1 economy: White House economist
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Texas, Louisiana sue Biden administration for ‘refusing’ to take criminal illegal immigrants
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Facebook removes over 1,100 accounts spreading deceptive content
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Biden: It's 'reassuring' businesses are voicing opposition to Georgia's new voting law
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Georgia voting fight sets the stage for Kemp’s 2022 run
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Man whom Gaetz accused of $25M request confirms bizarre docs but says it wasn't extortion
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Man in car with George Floyd the day he died doesn't want to testify in Chauvin trial
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Trump cautioned Putin he would ‘bomb the s---' out of Moscow if Russia invaded Ukraine, new book claims

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President Donald Trump told donors in 2024 he had cautioned Russian President Vladimir Putin that bombs would drop on Moscow if the Russian leader invaded Ukraine, a new book claims.

The book, "2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America," was published on Tuesday and chronicles how Trump secured his victory in the November 2024 election, and how former President Joe Biden's team dismissed concerns about his age in the campaign cycle.

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Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Eight children were among 15 people reportedly killed when a queue for nutritional supplements was hit in Deir al-Balah.
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The US helped successfully tackle Aids - now cuts put that at risk

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A woman tells the BBC about her anxieties after a US-funded clinic that gave her medication closed.
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Days after Texas floods, at least 150 people are still missing in one county

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Governor Greg Abbott said search and rescue efforts would continue in the wake of the deadly floods "until this job is finished".
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'Trump was right' - John Kerry says Democrats allowed migrant 'siege' of US border

  • News source: BBC News - World
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"Without a border protected, you don't have a nation," the former secretary of state tells the BBC.
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Secret Service suspended staff for failings over Trump assassination attempt

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The new deputy director says his organisation was "totally accountable" for the violence at Trump's rally in 2024.
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Chinese students sleep off heatwave in libraries and tents

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As eastern China deals with extreme heat, residents are finding new ways to cool down.
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Secret Service suspends 6 agents tasked with protecting Trump during July 2024 assassination attempt

  • News source: FOX News
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Six Secret Service agents were suspended without pay or benefits following a gunman's attempt to take President Donald Trump's life at a Pennsylvania rally last July.

Matt Quinn, the agency's deputy director, told CBS News on Wednesday that they "weren't going to fire [their] way out of this," but did say they are "laser focused on fixing the root cause of the problem."

Quinn told the outlet that the agents' penalty ranged from 10 to 42 days of unpaid leave, adding that they were placed in restricted roles with less responsibility once they...
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'A huge explosion-like sound' - Survivors recall moment India bridge collapsed

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 15 people were killed on Wednesday after part of a bridge collapsed into a river in India's Gujarat state.
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FIFA opens office in Trump Tower as soccer chief builds close ties to Trump

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FIFA has opened an office in Trump Tower in New York City, the organization's president Gianna Infantino announced this week, in the latest sign of deepening ties between soccer's governing body and President Trump before the U.S. hosts next year's World Cup.

Infantino announced the decision in a presentation at the Trump Organization's Manhattan headquarters Monday, where he was joined by the president's son Eric Trump and former Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo, a two-time World Cup winner.

"So today, we are opening an office of FIFA here in Trump...
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Kyiv facing massive Russian attack, Ukraine says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 10 people are injured and fires are burning across Ukraine's capital, local officials say.
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Trump picks Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to lead NASA for now

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump announced Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will temporarily lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, weeks after Mr. Trump withdrew an Elon Musk-linked entrepreneur as his pick to lead the space agency.

The president praised Duffy in a Wednesday Truth Social post, writing: "He will be a fantastic leader of the ever more important Space Agency, even if only for a short period of time."

"Honored to accept this mission. Time to take over space. Let's launch," Duffy wrote on X.

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Trump taps Sean Duffy to serve as interim NASA chief

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he is tapping Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to serve as interim administrator of NASA, a move the president said reflects the growing importance of space in national priorities.

"I am pleased to announce that I am directing our GREAT Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to be Interim Administrator of NASA," Trump posted to Truth Social. "He will be a fantastic leader of the ever more important Space Agency, even if only for a short period of time."

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Trump's Justice Department targets doctors, clinics who provide sex change procedures to minors

  • News source: FOX News
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The Justice Department on Wednesday said it has subpoenaed more than 20 doctors and clinics that are involved in providing minors with sex change procedures.

The agency is investigating healthcare fraud, false statements and more, it said.

"Medical professionals and organizations that mutilated children in the service of a warped ideology will be held accountable by this Department of Justice," Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement.

FBI LAUNCHES PROBES INTO 3 CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS FOR ALLEGED GENITAL MUTILATION OF MINORS

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Watch: Trump praises Liberian president's English, the country's official language

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Trump told Boakai he speaks "such good English", asking where he went to school.
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