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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce immigration laws.



























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WATCH: 353 ballerinas broke the world record for dancing on pointe in one place

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Hundreds of young dancers gathered in New York's Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place.
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House holds hearing on rise in antisemitism in Columbia University

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A heated hearing over the rise of antisemitism on the campus of Columbia University in Manhattan took place Wednesday before the House Education Committee. Republicans accused the Ivy League institution of "gross negligence" for its handling of antisemitic incidents. Nikole Killion has details.
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House Republicans unveil aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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On the same day that America's top military leaders warned that Ukraine is running out of money and munitions in its war with Russia, House Republicans unveiled a long-awaited and long-stalled plan to provide military aid to Ukraine, along with two other bills to provide military assistance to Israel and Taiwan. Scott MacFarlane has details.
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Alabama lawmakers advance bills ensuring Biden appears on November ballot

  • News source: FOX News
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Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state's November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump.

Legislative committees in the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate approved identical bills that would push back the state's certification deadline from 82 days to 74 days before the general election in order to accommodate the date of Democrats' nominating convention.

The bills now move to to the full chambers. Alabama has one of the earliest...
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Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94

  • News source: FOX News
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ellen Ash Peters, who was the first woman to serve as Connecticut's chief justice and wrote the majority opinion in the state Supreme Court's landmark school desegregation ruling in 1996, has died. She was 94.

Peters, who also was the first female faculty member at Yale Law School, passed away Tuesday, according to the Connecticut Judicial Branch. The cause and location of her death were not immediately disclosed.

CONNECTICUT'S TOP PUBLIC DEFENDER FACES TERMINATION OVER MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS

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What's inside the $95 billion House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel

  • News source: Kevin Freking | Associated Press
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Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.

The package totals $95.3 billion in spending, which matches the total that the Senate passed in mid-February. But there are also a few differences with the Senate bill designed to win over some House conservatives.

Here's a look at what is in the bills that Johnson hopes to pass by this weekend.

The aid to support Ukraine totals about $61...
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Justice Dept. Nears Settlement Over F.B.I.’s Failure to Investigate Larry Nassar

  • News source: Juliet Macur and Glenn Thrush
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The Justice Department is nearing a $100 million settlement over its initial failure to investigate Lawrence G. Nassar, the former U.S.A. Gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexually abusing girls under his care, according to people familiar with the situation.

The deal, which could be announced in coming weeks, would bring an end to one of the last major cases stemming from a horrific sports scandal, with around 100 victims in line to receive compensation.

The approach of a settlement comes two and a half years after senior F.B.I. officials...
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Biden calls for tripling tariffs on Chinese metals

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is the latest protectionist policy to be embraced by the White House in an election year.
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Sweden votes to lower age to change legal gender to 16

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Swedes have been able to change their legally recognised gender since 1972 - but this will make it easier.
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Watch: Volcano in Indonesia spews lava and smoke

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hundreds of people have been evacuated as Mount Ruang continues to erupt for the second day.
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'Do I stop coming to church?': Tensions run high in multi-faith Sydney

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop in Sydney's multi-faith heartland sparks reciprocation fears.
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Shock poll: Trump edges past Biden in key state, potential sign of cracks in Dems blue wall

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Donald Trump holds a two-point edge over President Biden in Wisconsin, according to a new poll on their 2024 presidential election rematch.

Trump stands at 51% support among registered voters in the crucial Midwestern battleground, with Biden at 49%, according to a Marquette Law School Poll released on Wednesday.

According to the survey, which was conducted April 3-10, the former president holds the same 51%-49% edge over his White House successor among the smaller pool of likely voters.

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Code Pink activist disrupts Defense Secretary Austin hearing; 'You have blood on your hands'

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Members of the antiwar group Code Pink told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday to "stop supporting mass murder" over the Biden administration's support of Israel as it continues to battle Hamas terrorists.

Austin was leaving a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing where he and other leaders testified about the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request when Code Pink members voiced their discontent with U.S. policy toward Israel.

"We feel that he knows better than to say ‘this is not a genocide’ and he knows that...
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Sweeping gun control bills awaiting final passage as Maine legislative session nears its end

  • News source: FOX News
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The Maine Legislature moved in fits and starts toward adjournment on Wednesday, with unfinished business including final votes on a series of gun safety bills that were introduced after the deadliest shooting in state history last fall.

The Senate was awaiting an enactment vote on the governor’s gun safety proposals that would strengthen the state’s yellow flag law, boost background checks for private sales of guns and make it a crime to recklessly sell a gun to a prohibited person.

MAINE TARGETS SECOND AMENDMENT WITH SEVERAL GUN SAFETY BILLS AFTER...
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California Democrats 'mutilate' anti-trafficking bill targeting adults who pay for sex with minors

  • News source: FOX News
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California Democrats "mutilated" part of a bipartisan anti-sex trafficking bill this week that makes it a felony for people to purchase sex with minors and requires those convicted to register as sex offenders, according to the lead author of the bill.

Democrats added several amendments that only made proposed charges applicable if the child is younger than 15.

The changes "mutilated this bill," Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove, lead author of SB 1414, said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

Grove's original bill would have toughened the...
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