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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the the U.S.-Mexico border and shutting down his trial before arguments even began.





























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Trump trial: Jury selection to resume in New York City for 3rd day in former president's trial

  • News source: FOX News
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Jury selection in former President Trump’s historic and unprecedented criminal trial stemming from charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is expected to resume Thursday morning.

Bragg has charged Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee, with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges are related to alleged hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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Blue states band together to challenge GOP-led voting map they say harms 'minority voting strength'

  • News source: FOX News
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More than a dozen Democrat attorneys general are weighing in on a legal dispute in Georgia over its congressional map, alleging it discriminates against minority voters.

A challenge brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), WilmerHale on behalf of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and several individual Georgia voters is currently on appeal before the 11th Circuit.

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NYPD sweeps vendors overrunning AOC's district — but sellers swarm the streets again, selling goods

  • News source: FOX News
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The NYPD raided an illegal open-air "flea market" operating in Squad member
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Indonesians leave homes near erupting volcano and airport closes due to ash danger

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Indonesian authorities closed an international airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano due to spreading ash, falling rocks and the possibility of a tsunami
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University of Oregon defensive back arrested over hit-and-run that left man dead

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A college football player from the University of Oregon has been arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a 46-year-old man, police say.
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Two suspected Russian spies arrested in Germany

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The German-Russian nationals are suspected of planning to sabotage German military help for Ukraine.
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Major disruption grips Dubai airport as Gulf storms persist

  • News source: BBC News - World
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"It remains an incredibly challenging time," says the head of the world's second busiest airport.
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Stabbed Australian bishop forgives alleged attacker

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel also appealed for the community to stay calm after the alleged terror attack.
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As N.Y. Times investigates leaks, liberal newsrooms have the upper hand

  • News source: FOX News
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Another day, another newsroom in turmoil.

And it features a familiar cast of characters: Senior executives who say they are upholding old-fashioned standards of fairness, and younger, woke rebels who want only their point of view – the liberal point of view – represented.

The balance of power has shifted in recent years. Managers at major media companies are so concerned with the anger of their rebels and the denunciations on social media that they frequently cave.PROSECUTORS PUSH SALACIOUS PORTRAIT OF TRUMP, WINNING SOME BUT NOT ALL BATTLES

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Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel

  • News source: Farnoush Amiri | Associated Press
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Iran's attack against Israel over the weekend has spurred a flurry of bipartisan legislative action in Congress, uniting lawmakers against the country even as the risk of a larger regional war looms.

Several measures introduced and passed in the House and Senate seek to both publicly condemn Iran and punish the Islamic Republic financially. Lawmakers have denounced Iran's actions, which came in response to a suspected Israeli strike weeks earlier on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed two Iranian generals.

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United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The United Arab Emirates is struggling to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads
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New Black congressional district in Louisiana bows to politics, not race, backers say

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Louisiana is awaiting a decision from three federal judges that could affect the balance of power in Congress — and the fortunes of two prominent state politicians
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Deadly Africa heat caused by human-induced warming

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Extreme heat linked to the deaths of hundreds of people would not have happened without global warming.
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EU to tighten Iran sanctions after Israel attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The expanded penalties target companies involved in the production of drones and missiles.
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Qatar reassessing its role in Gaza peace talks

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The gulf state's PM says it has been exploited and abused after trying to secure a ceasefire.
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