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Today's Political News Compilation - Thursday, June 20, 2024

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump enters at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

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Trump proposes green cards for foreign grads of US colleges, departing from anti-immigrant rhetoric

MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview posted on Thursday he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he typically uses on the campaign trail. ... Read the Full Story!

























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Frantic search for survivors of Texas floods that killed 32, including 14 children

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some 27 children are missing from a girls' summer camp on the banks of the river, say officials in Kerr County.
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Elon Musk says he is launching new political party

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The world's richest man says he is setting up a new political organisation called the America Party.
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Israel to send negotiators to Gaza talks despite 'unacceptable' Hamas demands, PM says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is seeking changes to a proposal for a ceasefire deal that Israel has accepted.
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Iran supreme leader in first public appearance since Israel war

  • News source: BBC News - World
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State TV showed footage of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei being cheered at a mosque ahead of a Shia festival.
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US aid workers wounded, says Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Militants threw grenades at an aid centre in Khan Younis, the controversial relief organisation says.
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Former Mossad official details how Israel eliminated Iran's military elite

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The former deputy chief of the Israeli intelligence explains how technology and innovation played a key role for Israel in the 12-day conflict.
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Australian PM vows 'full force of law' after arson attack at synagogue

  • News source: BBC News - World
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“Antisemitism has no place in Australia,” Anthony Albanese said after the latest in a string of attacks.
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BBC witnesses destruction after house ripped from foundations in Texas floods

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 32 people have been killed, including 14 children, officials said, after flash floods hit Kerr County.
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DHS: Several criminal illegal aliens deported to South Sudan after delays from 'activist judges'

  • News source: FOX News
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Eight criminal illegal aliens were deported to South Sudan on Independence Day, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday, after what it called "weeks of delays by activist judges" that left ICE officers stranded and at risk.

"These sickos were finally deported to South Sudan on Independence Day," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.

"After weeks of delays by activist judges that put our law enforcement in danger, ICE deported these eight barbaric criminal illegal aliens who are so heinous even their own...
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Key suspect arrested in shooting of Colombia senator

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police say Élder Arteaga masterminded the attempt on the life of presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe in June.
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Book excerpt: "Mark Twain" by Ron Chernow

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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"Mark Twain" (Penguin Press), the latest book from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ulysses S. Grant, examines the life of one of America's greatest and most beloved writers.

Read an excerpt below, and don't miss Robert Costa's interview with Ron Chernow on "CBS Sunday Morning" July 6!

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Trump defends use of ‘shylock’ term at rally amid antisemitism claims

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump has defended his use of the term "shylock" at a rally this week, saying he was unaware it is considered antisemitic by some people.

Trump used the term in his speech in Iowa on Thursday, shortly after his signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed by Congress earlier in the day.

Shylock is the name of the villainous Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare’s "The Merchant of Venice," who demands a pound of flesh from a debtor.

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Footballers and family lay flowers at funeral of Diogo Jota and André Silva

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Jota, 28, was laid to rest alongside his brother, Silva, 25, after they died in a car crash on Thursday.
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Full interview: Ken Burns on "Face the Nation"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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As the U.S. celebrates 249 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson spoke with documentarian Ken Burns about his new film on the American Revolution and the importance of telling the story of American history.
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Alleged mastermind in shooting of Colombian senator arrested: Officials

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The alleged mastermind behind the shooting of conservative Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was taken into custody Saturday, nearly a month after the attack, law enforcement authorities said.

Elder José Arteaga Hernández, who uses the aliases "Chipi" or "Costeño," was arrested in a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the capital, Bogota, National Police Director Maj. Gen. Carlos Fernando Triana told reporters.

Authorities had previously accused Arteaga and other suspects of being near the Bogota park where...
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