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Today's Top Political News Compilation - Friday, June 2, 2023

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Biden celebrates a ‘crisis averted’ in Oval Office address on bipartisan debt ceiling deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated a “crisis averted” in his first speech to the nation from the Oval Office Friday evening, ready to sign a budget agreement that eliminates the potential for an unprecedented government default that he said would have been catastrophic for the U.S. and global economies.

























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New report says attacks on law enforcement increased, but fewer killed in 2023

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Sixty law enforcement officers across the country were killed in the line of duty last year — a decrease of one from the year prior — but assaults on officers in the field are on the rise, driven by increases in gun violence, according to an FBI report released Tuesday.

The statistics were collected from law enforcement agencies across the country — including state, local, and tribal precincts — and showed a slight decrease in overall officer deaths, continuing the downward trend from the recent high in 2021 of 73 officers killed in...
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Trump co-defendants officially file notices of appeal to kick Fani Willis off GA case

  • News source: FOX News
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French court acquits Roman Polanski of defamation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Actor Charlotte Lewis says he defamed her by calling her a liar when she accused him of rape.
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Police injured in protest over Mexico missing students

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Protesters angry at the lack of progress in the case of the 43 missing students threw firecrackers.
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Burying stories, lying, no emails - Cohen on life as Trump's fixer

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Cohen said the ex-president told him that people ''have gone down'' because of emails.
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New York Travel Disruptions Loom As Air Traffic Controllers Balk at Move

  • News source: Kate Kelly
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By late July, 17 air traffic controllers will be expected to trade in their headsets, walk out of their aging workplace on Long Island and report to a new office in Philadelphia, part of a plan to address a long-running problem with recruiting enough controllers to manage the skies around New York.

Despite the hefty incentives they have been offered to go along, the workers — unwilling to uproot themselves and their families — are balking at the move, and some powerful members of Congress are helping them fight back.

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Prosecutors ask judge to order Steve Bannon to prison

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Prosecutors requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case to order he begin his four-month prison sentence.
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US downhill skier Breezy Johnson banned for 14 months for breaking anti-doping rules

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Downhill skier Breezy Johnson has been banned for 14 months for three violations of anti-doping rules and can't race until December
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Home Depot's sales continue to soften in 2024 as inflation, delayed start to spring weigh on sales

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Home Depot’s sales continued to soften in the first quarter as the nation’s largest home improvement retailer not only was constrained by high mortgage rates and customers dealing with inflation concerns, but it also had to deal with a delayed start to...
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Why electric vehicles are causing motion sickness in drivers, passengers

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Some EVs have an eco mode that's set up to make the throttle less sensitive.
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US v Menendez: Dem senator's corruption trial kicks off with surprising delay

  • News source: FOX News
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Jury selection continues for Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial on Tuesday morning. As of Monday afternoon, zero jurors were seated for the trial, which is taking place in a Manhattan courtroom and expected to continue through the end of June.

By Monday afternoon, the judge excused 38 of 152 jurors for various reasons pertaining to why they could not be present for the case. That leaves 114 jurors who will return this morning for continued selection.

Jurors will be expected to discern whether evidence against...
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North Carolina Republican congressional runoff shows Trump's sway in GOP state politics

  • News source: FOX News
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A Republican primary runoff for a North Carolina congressional district on Tuesday could demonstrate yet again the strong influence former President Donald Trump has on GOP politics across the country.

Voters will choose between attorneys Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott in the runoff for the reconfigured 13th Congressional District. Daughtry finished first, and Knott second, in the March 5 primary. GOP candidates for the statewide offices of lieutenant governor and state auditor are also on runoff ballots.

Trump endorsed Knott in April. Weeks later...
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Speaker Johnson to attend Trump trial in Manhattan in show of support

  • News source: FOX News
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is expected in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning to show solidarity with former President Trump during his criminal trial.

A spokesperson for Johnson told Fox News Digital early on Tuesday that he would be in New York City for the trial, making him the latest Trump ally in Congress to appear beside the ex-president in the Manhattan Criminal Court.

He's also expected to speak with reporters outside of the courthouse after attending the trial.

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Arizona high court gives state AG 90 more days to act on near-total abortion ban

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Phoenix — Arizona's highest court on Monday gave the state's attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion that lawmakers recently voted to repeal.

The Arizona Supreme Court's order leaves in place for now a more recent law that legalizes abortion up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. It also allows Attorney General Kris Mayes more time to decide whether to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mayes expressed gratitude for the order and said the earliest the 1864 law can now...
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Ron DeSantis addresses rumors about first lady Casey DeSantis' political future

  • News source: FOX News
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday shot down rumors that his wife, First Lady Casey DeSantis, would run for governor in 2026 when he leaves office.

The Republican governor addressed speculation about his wife's political ambitions at an event in Coral Gables. Recent polls have suggested that Casey DeSantis would be strongly favored in a hypothetical Republican primary for governor.

Asked about those polls, DeSantis smiled and told reporters, "If I had to characterize her interest in getting into the political thicket as a candidate, I would say...
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