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Today's Top Political News Compilation - Wednesday, October 18, 2023

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President Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being ‘consumed’ by rage

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden swept into wartime Israel for a 7 1/2-hour visit Wednesday that produced a heaping dose of vocal support, a deal to get limited humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt, likely by the end of the week, and a plea for Israelis not to allow rage over the deadly Hamas attack to consume them.


























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Dems plan to revive border bill rejected by Republicans ahead of November election

  • News source: FOX News
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are plotting a potential revival of a bipartisan-negotiated border package that was panned by Republicans earlier this year.

A source familiar with the discussion told Fox News Digital the Democratic leader from New York told his colleagues during a weekly policy luncheon last week that he is strongly considering raising the issue of border legislation once again in the upper chamber.

Schumer's office did not provide comment to Fox News Digital when asked about the claim.
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State Dept stresses no conclusion on Israel's possible international law violations after critical report

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State Department spokesman Vedant Patel stressed on Monday that no conclusions have been reached by the U.S. on whether Israel possibly violated international law in Gaza after a critical report on Friday.

"The report makes clear that this is a very complex and complicated battlefield. It is a very dense and urban setting. We are also dealing with the belligerent, in this case, Hamas, that has a clear track record and history of co-locating itself with civilians and civilian infrastructure, using civilians as human shields," Patel told reporters at...
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Louisiana Republicans push to add abortion pills to list of 'controlled dangerous substances'

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Republicans in Louisiana are pushing legislation that would add popular abortion pills to the state's list of "controlled dangerous substances."

The provision comes as an amendment in a larger abortion bill that would criminalize instances in which someone administers an abortion pill to a pregnant woman without her consent. The amendment would add both mifeprestone and misoprostol to the list of controlled substances.

Louisiana would be the first state to make such a move, according to the Washington Post.

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Nicole Shanahan Ventures Onto the Stump for Kennedy

  • News source: Chris Cameron
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She quoted Carl Jung as she opened her meandering speech, cited what she called the “ruthless” American psyche, alluded to her friendship with the director of the “Black Panther” movies and talked about how Americans needed to remember their ancestors.

Nicole Shanahan, the Silicon Valley millionaire chosen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate, had previously said that she would spend little time on the campaign trail, leaving stump speeches mainly to Mr. Kennedy.

But in her first outing on the hustings, in Houston on Saturday about a month...
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David Sanborn, Grammy-winning multi-genre saxophonist, dead at 78

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Dem mayor faces backlash for city's 'haphazard' migrant policy: 'Cruelty'

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A Democrat mayor is facing scathing criticism over the "haphazard" implementation of a limit on the length of time migrants could stay in city shelter — with a new report finding that the policy was hurried, lacked clear objectives or written protocols.

The report was issued by Comptroller Brad Lander and looks into the implementation of the policy issued by
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Dissident filmmaker flees Iran after jail sentence

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced over his new film, which is to be premiered at the Cannes festival.
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Steve Buscemi punched in random New York attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Boardwalk Empire star needed hospital treatment after the assault in Manhattan by a passer-by.
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Students walk out at Seinfeld graduation speech

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Pro-Palestinian students booed the comedian who has been a vocal supporter of Israel during the war in Gaza.
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Controlled demolition at Baltimore bridge collapse site on track

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Crews are on track to conduct a controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore
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Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after divorce

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Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Airlines suing Biden administration over new rule to make certain fees easier to spot

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U.S. airlines are trying to kill a new rule requiring them to disclose fees more quickly when consumers shop for flights
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Roaring Kitty is back and so are meme stocks. GameStop and AMC surge like it's 2021

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze returned to the social platform X for the first time in three years and sent prices of those stocks surging overnight
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Jill Biden tells Arizona college graduates 'community colleges should be free in America'

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First lady Jill Biden called for community college education to be "free in America" during her commencement address in Arizona to Mesa Community College's class of 2024.

At the Saturday event in Tempe, on Arizona State University's campus, Biden's call was met with cheers from those assembled, as she further spoke about her own role as an educator at a Virginia community college while her husband serves in the White House.

"On behalf of President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the Second Gentleman: Congratulations, Class of 2024, we are so...
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Biden facing uphill battle in key battleground states as down-ballot Dems lead: poll

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Democrats hold a major advantage in four of this year's crucial battleground Senate races, but President Biden isn't getting that same good news, according to a series of New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College polls released early Monday.

The Democratic incumbents, or likely nominees, in the Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Senate races all lead their respective GOP opponents, or hypothetical opponents, with less than six months to go until the general election in November, but the president trails former President Trump...
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