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Today's Top Political News Compilation - Monday, April 24, 2023

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Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News said Monday that it is parting ways with prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the Jan. 6 insurrection had grown to define the network in recent years and influence GOP politics.


























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Israel denying food to Gaza is 'weapon of war', UN refugee agency head tells BBC

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Two months after all humanitarian aid was blocked, Philippe Lazzarini tells international editor Jeremy Bowen “starvation is spreading” inside Gaza.
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The Philippines has voted - now the game of thrones begin again

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The mid-term results will shape the bitter feud between President Bongbong Marcos and his Vice-President Sara Duterte.
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Russia responsible for downing of MH17, UN body rules

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 5
All 298 people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight died after it was shot down by a Russian-made missile.
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Pentagon stopping gender transition treatment for transgender troops

  • News source: FOX News
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The Pentagon is ending gender transition treatment for transgender troops, according to a new memo, as officials move to enforce President Donald Trump's plan to boot transgender troops out of the U.S. military.

Under the instructions, the Defense Department is prohibiting any new hormone treatments or surgical procedures for transgender troops, according to the memo, Reuters reported.

"I am directing you to take the necessary steps to immediately implement this guidance," Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Stephen Ferrara...
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Trump targets massive investments in first Middle East trip

  • News source: FOX News
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  • Views: 9

Russia responsible for downing of MH17, UN body rules

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 12
All 298 people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight died after it was shot down by a Russian-made missile.
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Trump's mediation offer on Kashmir puts India in a tight spot

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 10
For decades, third-party mediation on Kashmir has been taboo in the Indian foreign ministry.
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White South Africans arrive in the US as refugees, protected under Trump's carve out

  • News source: Abigail Williams and Joy Y. Wang | NBC News
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American officials welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday afternoon, in a ceremony greeting them as refugees under the argument that they are fleeing discrimination and racially based violence in their home country.

The newly arrived people are from the ethnic minority of Afrikaners, the group of whites who ruled South Africa during apartheid. The dozens that came Monday, including families with young children, arrived via a flight chartered by the State Department. Their resettlement in the...
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Trump endorses Jack Ciattarelli for New Jersey governor: 'A winner'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump endorsed his former critic Jack Ciattarelli for governor of New Jersey on Monday.

"Jack Ciattarelli is a terrific America First Candidate running to be the next Governor of a State that I love, NEW JERSEY!" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Trump said Ciattarelli has gone "ALL IN" and that, if elected, he would work closely with the Trump administration to grow the economy, cut taxes and regulations, help secure the border, stop migrant crime, protect veterans, advance American energy and more.

"Also, Jack is the...
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Officials drop traffic charges that led ICE to arrest 19-year-old Georgia teen

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Dalton, Georgia — Local authorities in Dalton, Georgia, on Monday dismissed the traffic charges that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain a 19-year-old Mexican-born college student who has lived in the United States since she was 4.

Ximena Arias Cristobal, who is in the country without authorization, was taken into ICE custody earlier this month after a May 5 traffic stop in Dalton, where she lives with her family. Local police cited her for making an improper turn and driving without a license before booking her into the Whitfield...
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Trump administration to end deportation protections for Afghans

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump administration is ending a program that offered deportation protections for thousands of people from Afghanistan.

The Department of Homeland Security said Monday it will wind down Temporary Protected Status for Afghans on July 12. The TPS program allows migrants to get work permits and temporary reprieve from deportation if the U.S. government determines it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries due to war, natural disaster or some other issues.

Over 8,000 Afghans were approved for TPS as of last year, according to federal...
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Why the mighty Himalayas are getting harder and harder to see

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Severe air pollution is obscuring visibility of the highest mountain peaks on Earth, hitting tourism hard.
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Far-left mayor arrested at ICE facility denies impeding law enforcement, says protest 'absolutely' effective

  • News source: FOX News
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Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested for trespassing while protesting at a federal immigration facility last week, said Monday during a televised gubernatorial debate that his actions were "absolutely" an effective way to protest the president's immigration clampdown.

Baraka has denied he did anything wrong despite federal authorities arresting him for trespassing at the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark on Friday.

During Monday's debate among Democrat candidates in New Jersey's open governor's race, he doubled down on...
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DNC panel pushes to scrap David Hogg's vice chair election

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A Democratic National Committee panel on Monday recommended redoing David Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta's elections to party vice-chair, as Hogg faces a separate intraparty battle over his push to primary some Democratic politicians.

The DNC's credentials committee passed a resolution determining that Kenyatta and Hogg's election in February was incomplete due to violations of the party's charter, and the party should hold two new votes with only candidates who previously ran participating. The resolution will now be presented to the entire DNC...
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Breaking down Trump's tariff truce with China

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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All three major stock indexes posted their biggest single-day gains in a month after President Trump announced a 90-day pause on his 145% reciprocal tariff against China. Scott Lincicome, a vice president at the Cato Institute's Trade Policy Center, joins to discuss.
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