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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Friday, July 8, 2022

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Biden announces steps to protect abortion access but advocates urge him to do more
WASHINGTON — Facing pressure from his party to act more aggressively to safeguard abortion rights, President Joe Biden on Friday announced new steps his administration is taking, including protecting access to medication and making legal representation available to women who choose to travel out of state for the procedure.


























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'Fearmongering': Chinese migrant surge hearing dismissed by House Dems despite national security concerns

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Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee are dismissing an upcoming hearing on the sharp rise in Chinese illegal immigration as "invasion rhetoric" and "fearmongering" -- sparking a sharp response from their Republican counterparts.

The Republican majority is holding a hearing on Thursday about the spike in Chinese migration, called "Security Risk: The unprecedented surge in Chinese illegal immigration." The hearing is being held by the subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability.

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GOP AG in Trump courtroom predicts a ‘really bad day’ for Michael Cohen cross examination

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GOP Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall sat in the Manhattan courtroom Monday for the unprecedented criminal trial of former President Donald Trump and predicted a "really bad day" for the prosecution's star witness on Tuesday.

Marshall, a 30-year veteran prosecutor, was in court supporting Trump, telling Fox News Digital the trial is what the former president "rightly believes is a sham of a prosecution."

Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-lawyer and self-proclaimed "fixer," testified for hours Monday and took the stand again for cross-examination on...
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Trump trial veepstakes? Trump allies show up in force ahead of Michael Cohen's second day of testimony

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Former President Trump's unprecedented trial in Manhattan is featuring support from GOP lawmakers and politicians who have been floated as potential running mates for Trump's 2024 run.

Outside the courtroom Tuesday, Trump was flanked by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida Rep. Cory Mills and former 2024 GOP contender Vivek Ramaswamy, all of whom are defenders of the 45th president and could be in the running as potential vice presidential picks. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson also notably appeared in support of...
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New Mexico's first step toward reuse of fracking water met with public concern

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Environmental officials in New Mexico took initial steps Monday toward regulating the treatment and reuse of oil industry fracking water as the state grapples with scarce water supplies and fossil fuel producers confront shrinking opportunities for wastewater disposal.

A state water quality commission opened a weeklong series of hearings as the nation’s No. 2 state for petroleum production begins to build out a series of rules that initially prohibit the release after treatment of so-called produced water from oil and gas production while still...
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Racial slur, alleged threat to 'execute' man: Watch most outrageous moments from this Dem Senate candidate

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The Democrat frontrunner in one of this year's top Senate races is no stranger to controversy.

Rep. David Trone – who is running to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin in Maryland and faces a tough primary challenge on Tuesday – has frequently been caught making some truly wild statements, both as a candidate and member of Congress, as well as while working in the private sector.

From using a racial slur, to allegedly threatening to "execute" someone, here are five of Trone's wackiest moments:

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Red-state financial officers urge Biden to back Israel, 'alarmed' of wavering support in 'hour of need'

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FIRST ON FOX: More than 20 U.S. state-level financial officers are urging the Biden administration to continue its support for Israel amid the Israel Defense Forces' recent invasion of Rafah.

"As state financial officers, we appreciate your early pledges of ironclad support for Israel following the October 7th attacks. Yet, we are concerned that commitment has wavered in recent months," 23 members of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) wrote in a letter to Biden on Tuesday. SFOF is a "small government, pro-growth" conservative group...
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Riot police move in on Georgia parliament protesters

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There have been weeks of mass street protests in the capital sparked by a divisive "foreign agent" law.
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Stevie on the Wonder of becoming a Ghanaian citizen

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After a decades-long love affair with Ghana, the US musical icon is granted citizenship.
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Jailed Thai activist, 28, dies after hunger strike

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Netiporn "Bung" Sanesangkhom, 28, had been accused of insulting Thailand's monarchy.
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Nobel laureate's death to be re-examined in S Africa

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The former apartheid regime said Chief Luthuli died in an accident after a train hit him in 1967.
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Top doctor cancer-free a year after world-first therapy

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Richard Scolyer has undergone a new treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own melanoma research.
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How Has Trump Changed the G.O.P.? His Criminal-Trial Guest List Tells the Tale.

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The Republican Party has changed a lot since Donald J. Trump last spent this much time at Trump Tower.

Stuck in New York City four days a week during his criminal trial, Mr. Trump is now back in the same 66th-floor penthouse suite where he weathered so many scandals during his 2016 presidential run.

Back then, Mr. Trump was the Republican nominee, but still very much a party outsider. After the “Access Hollywood” video broke in October 2016 and he was heard bragging about grabbing women’s genitals, he spent the weekend in Trump Tower watching...
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8 killed when bus carrying 53 farmworkers crashes

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Eight people were killed when a bus carrying about 53 farmworkers crashed on West Highway 40 in central Florida.
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There's bird flu in US dairy cows. Raw milk drinkers aren't deterred

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Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite an outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows
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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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