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Today's Top Political News Compilation - Tuesday, April 11, 2023

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Manhattan DA sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry

NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an extraordinary move as he seeks to halt a House Judiciary Committee inquiry that the prosecutor contends is a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over his indictment of former President Donald Trump.






















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Police searching for 'armed' suspect after woman found dead outside Washington school

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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West Richland Washington Police are asking for the public's help in locating a murder suspect they say is "armed" and "dangerous."
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Planned Parenthood Plans $10 Million Boost for Democrats in North Carolina

  • News source: Maya King
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Aiming to bring the national fight over abortion access to a key battleground state, a political arm of Planned Parenthood will spend $10 million on organizing efforts in North Carolina this year, its largest-ever investment in a single state.

The money will pay for digital advertisements, new field offices and a canvassing operation concentrated in a handful of swing counties. The leaders of the group, Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic, say it plans to knock on more than one million doors through the end of 2024 to talk to voters about...
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Pennsylvania Holds Its Primaries Today. Here’s What to Watch.

  • News source: Maggie Astor
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Pennsylvanians are heading to the polls on Tuesday, with a handful of House primary races in the spotlight.

The contest getting the most attention is the Democratic primary in the Pittsburgh-based 12th District, where Representative Summer Lee, who has been outspoken in support of a cease-fire in Gaza, is facing Bhavini Patel, who has attacked Ms. Lee as anti-Israel and outside the political mainstream.

Ms. Lee, a first-term representative who is part of the progressive “Squad” and narrowly won her primary in 2022 over a more centrist candidate...
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Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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An activist group says Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war
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Trump slams anti-Israel protests as 'disgrace' that are 'all Biden's fault' ahead of Manhattan court

  • News source: FOX News
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Ahead of entering Manhattan court on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump slammed anti-Israel protests raging on college campuses as a "disgrace" while pinning blame on President Biden.

"What's going on at the college level … Columbia, NYU and others is a disgrace. And it's really on Biden," Trump said Tuesday morning outside the courtroom.

"He's got the wrong words. He doesn't know who he's backing. And it's a mess. And if this were me, they'd be after me, they'd be after me so much, but they're trying to get him a pass. And what's going on is...
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GOP lawmaker demands answers on former Biden official joining 'cesspool' team prosecuting Trump

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican lawmaker is demanding answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the hiring of a former Biden administration attorney on the prosecution team of former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas sent a scathing letter to DOJ and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Tuesday, highlighting the hire of Michael Colangelo on the team attempting to charge the former president with 34 counts of falsifying his business records, including alleged hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels...
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Democratic Minnesota state senator arrested on suspicion of burglary

  • News source: FOX News
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A Democratic state senator in Minnesota was arrested early Monday after a homeowner reported a burglary in progress, authorities said.

Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, was booked into the Becker County Jail on Monday for a suspected first-degree burglary offense, according to online jail records.

A homeowner on the 700 block of Granger Road in Detroit Lakes reported an active burglary to 911 around 4:45 a.m., Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steve Todd told FOX9 Minneapolis. During a search of the home, the chief said officers found and arrested Mitchell...
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NY House Republicans demand Columbia University president step down over anti-Israel ‘chaos’

  • News source: FOX News
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Every single House Republican from New York is demanding that Columbia University President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik step down from leading the Ivy League school as tensions mount on campus over the Israel-Hamas war.

"Over the past few days, anarchy has engulfed the campus of Columbia University. As the leader of this institution, one of your chief objectives, morally and under law, is to ensure students have a safe learning environment. By every measure, you have failed this obligation," the GOP lawmakers wrote.

"The situation unfolding on...
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Climate activists have new target in mind for major summer protest: 'Make their lives miserable'

  • News source: FOX News
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A group of climate activists are eyeing their next big protest over the summer.

In a statement to group members and supporters, Climate Defiance is calling for a "historic blockade" of the Congressional Baseball Game, an annual competition where Republican and Democratic members of Congress compete in America’s favorite pastime.

"We - society, humanity - are careening into an abyss. The decisions we make now will reverberate not for centuries, but for millennia. If we do not act now, boldly and swiftly, millions will die from storms and from...
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Richmond Mayor Stoney drops Virginia governor bid, he will run for lieutenant governor instead

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Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney says he's dropping his bid for Virginia governor in 2025 and will instead run for lieutenant governor
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Tabloid publisher to testify in Trump criminal trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Prosecutors say David Pecker used a strategy at the National Enquirer to bury negative stories on Trump.
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Ukraine limits help for men of fighting age abroad

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The rights of Ukrainians remain key, says Kyiv, but the priority is to protect the homeland.
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Haiti situation 'catastrophic' and growing worse - UN

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As gang violence continues to rage, two-thirds of children are now in need of aid, the UN warns.
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BBC witnesses boarding of boat which left five dead

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC's Andrew Harding, in France, witnesses people clambering aboard a small boat bound for the UK.
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GOP governor rips Biden's top education official ahead of state visit: 'Empty words'

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark., blasted the Biden administration's "unconstitutional" student loan handout and "functionally nonoperational" revisions to the college financial aid application process ahead of a top official's trip to Arkansas.

In a fiery letter sent to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Tuesday, the Republican Governor charged that the Biden administration's "gleeful disregard for our nation's highest court should appall every American."

Biden has made various attempts to forgive student loans throughout his...
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