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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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Biden says the US is rushing weaponry to Ukraine as he signs a $95 billion war aid measure into law

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hot spots. The announcement marked an end to the long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress over urgently needed assistance for Ukraine, with Biden promising that U.S. weapons shipment would begin making the way into Ukraine “in the next few hours.”

























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Meta shares sink after it reveals spending plans

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The firm said expenses would be higher this year as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence.
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Conn. Gov. Ned Lamont had thousands of trees, bushes ‘illegally’ cut behind $7.5M home

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Hypocrisy’s the root of the problem.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont had thousands of trees and bushes illegally chopped behind his sprawling Greenwich home — despite publicly championing a statewide effort to plant more conifers, according to angry neighbors and other sources.

The wealthy 70-year-old Democrat was hit with a citation for cutting down more than 180 trees in a protected wetland area to allegedly get a better view of a pond from his $7.6 million abode, CT Insider reported Tuesday.

"[It’s a] chainsaw massacre," land use attorney John...
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More people exposed to Manhattan Project chemicals deserve compensation, advocates say

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The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has been a lifeline for some people and families exposed to toxins linked to decades-old nuclear weapons tests, but advocates say more people deserve compensation.

The law, first enacted in 1990 and set to expire this year, has provided payments for anyone who may have contracted certain cancers and illnesses as a result of the effort to build the first atomic bomb.

"This goes back to the Manhattan Project and all of the Cold War era, when the government's nuclear program was really made possible by working...
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Arizona alleged ‘fake electors’ who backed Trump in 2020 indicted by grand jury

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Eleven Republicans have been indicted by a grand jury in Arizona and charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery for falsely claiming that former President Trump had won the state in 2020 over then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

"I will not allow American democracy to be undermined," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a Wednesday video announcing the indictments over the "fake elector scheme."

She added, "The investigators and attorneys assigned to this case took the time to thoroughly piece together the details of the events that began...
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Expanded so-called 'Don't Say Gay' education restrictions advance in Alabama

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Alabama is on track to further restrict discussions of "gender identity or sexual orientation" in public schools in a new proposal of the so-called "Don't So Gay" law.
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College encampments grow nationwide: What students are saying

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Protests calling for the divestment from Israeli military operations have continued to spread on college campuses throughout the country.
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New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A new rule in California aims to limit health care price increases to just 3% each year
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Chinese student given 9-month prison sentence for harassing person posting democracy leaflets

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The U.S. Attorney's office says a Chinese former student at Boston's Berklee College of Music has been sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country
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Australia and New Zealand honor their war dead with dawn services on Anzac Day

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Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day
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Indigenous group detains 12 alleged gold miners in Amazon and hands them over to Brazilian police

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An Indigenous group in Brazil says its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the Amazon and handed them over to police
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College protests live updates: USC closes main campus to public

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Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.
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The Italian film which beat Barbie at the box office

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Director Paola Cortellesi on the cry for change in Italy's chart-topping There's Still Tomorrow.
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Russia or EU? Controversial bill draws Georgians onto streets

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thousands of Georgians have been protesting against a new bill that they claim will crush dissent.
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The batting blitz turning cricket into baseball

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Indian Premier League batters are fearlessly unleashing big shots, every match a six-hitting spectacle.
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New poll reveals how voters' views on abortion have changed as Dems seek to make issue a central 2024 theme

  • News source: FOX News
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A new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday revealed information about Americans' views on abortion that could surprise voters as the November election draws nearer.

The poll comes as Democrats seek to make abortion a central issue this election year, hoping it will drive turnout across the country in their favor as they seek to win control of the House of Representatives and hold the Senate and the White House.

According to the poll, a record number of Americans (66%) now support legal abortion in some or all cases, the highest level of...
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