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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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Netflix profits soar after password crackdown

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The streaming giant said it added 9.3 million subscribers in the first three months of the year.
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Extortion and kidnap - a deadly journey across Mexico

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Under the radar in the US border crisis debate is the role of drug cartels preying on migrants.
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Goggles, bubbles and puddles: Africa's top shots

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
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Rashida Tlaib says colleges punishing anti-Israel students protesting 'genocide': 'It's appalling'

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, criticized American universities on Thursday for responding to anti-Israel protests on campuses across the country where protesters have engaged in antisemitic behavior.

"From UM to Vanderbilt to USC to Columbia, students across our country are being retaliated against for using their constitutional rights to protest genocide. It’s appalling," Tlaib wrote on X in response to a post by Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.

Hirsi said she was suspended from New York City's Barnard College hours...
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No Bias Found in F.B.I. Report on Catholic Extremists

  • News source: Glenn Thrush and Adam Goldman
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A memo by the F.B.I. warning of possible threats posed by “radical-traditionalist” Catholics violated professional standards but showed “no evidence of malicious intent,” according to an internal Justice Department inquiry made public on Thursday.

Republicans have seized on the 11-page memo, which was leaked early last year, as a talking point. They have pointed to the document to sharply criticize the bureau and suggested, without evidence, that it was part of a broader campaign by the Biden administration to persecute Catholics and conservatives...
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US again warns Israel against Rafah offensive

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Benjamin Netanyahu's representatives have agreed to take US concerns "into account", the White House says.
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US interest rate setter says 'no hurry' to cut

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A key member of the US central bank, Raphael Bostic, tells the BBC rates might only ease "at the end of 2024".
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US military 'out of time' in push against adversaries' modernization, Air Force secretary says

  • News source: FOX News
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Senior Air Force officials told U.S. lawmakers that they are "out of time" in modernizing their forces to meet the threats of China and other adversaries.

Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and top-ranking military leaders from the Air Force and Space Force shared their chilling warning to a House committee on Wednesday.

"Time is my greatest concern — we are in a race for military technological superiority with a capable pacing challenge," Kendall told the House Armed Services Committee.

"Our cushion is gone — we are out of...
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Missouri AG slams Kansas City mayor for welcoming Mayorkas' illegal immigrant parole program

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is calling out Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas after he announced that illegal immigrants would be welcome to come to the city and work under Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ illegal immigrant parole program.

Bailey highlighted how the open border policies have real-world consequences in a letter to Mayor Lucas that was shared exclusively with Fox News Digital.

"An illegal alien from Venezula, who had repeatedly flouted U.S. immigration laws, was actually granted a work permit under...
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Missouri lawmakers vote to expand tax credit-backed private school scholarships

  • News source: FOX News
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Missouri lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to expand private school scholarships statewide, an effort made possible by extensive compromises including a commitment to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on public schools.

The GOP-led House voted with a bare-minimum margin of 82-69 to send the measure to Republican Gov. Mike Parson. If signed, it would offer up to $6,375 per child for expenses including tuition, textbooks, tutoring, transportation, extracurriculars and summer school.

The bill’s passage is a victory for advocates who have...
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Mike Johnson: The wartime Speaker battling on multiple fronts

  • News source: FOX News
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"I regard myself as a wartime Speaker," declared House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Only, we’re not sure if Johnson was referring to the internecine war among Republicans over whether he should keep his job.

Many members wear pocket squares with their suits. But not Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. He walks around with a self-made, diode "debt clock" tucked into the breast pocket of his jacket, tracking the skyrocketing debt. Massie’s ascending fiscal chronometer may have read more $34 trillion dollars this week. But the only number which mattered on...
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Pennsylvania House Dems propose new expulsion rules after remote voting by lawmaker facing a warrant

  • News source: FOX News
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania House Democrats on Thursday proposed a process to determine if state representatives are "incapacitated" and to sanction or expel them, moving in the wake of intense criticism after one of their members voted remotely this week while being sought on charges he violated a restraining order.

The resolution introduced by Majority Leader Matt Bradford of Montgomery County would establish a new group consisting of five House leaders to determine if a representative is impaired physically or mentally so that they are...
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Alabama lawmakers advance bill to strengthen state's weak open records law

  • News source: FOX News
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate on Thursday advanced legislation aimed at strengthening the state's weak open records law by setting deadlines to respond to requests to view public documents.

Senators voted 29-0 for the legislation. The bill now moves to the House.

"Right now, under current law, it’s the wild west. We don’t have timelines for governments or universities to respond in due time," Republican Sen. Arthur Orr, the bill's sponsor, said.

COLLEGE DEI CRACKDOWN PASSES ALABAMA SENATE

Alabama’s public records law says any citizen...
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Florida bill allowing public school chaplains becomes law

  • News source: FOX News
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Florida school districts will soon have the option of allowing volunteer chaplains to counsel students under a bill signed Thursday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who dismissed critics opposed to mixing religion with public education.

The only requirements for a chaplain to participate would be passing a background check and having their name and religious affiliation listed on the school website. The chaplains would "provide support, services, and programs to students as assigned by the district school board." The law that takes effect July 1...
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Mike Johnson seeks support for Ukraine bill while quelling Republican revolt

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to stop a revolt among his fellow Republicans while winning support for his plan to provide military funding to Ukraine ahead of a possible vote Saturday. The chair of the Senate Commerce Committee has also thrown her support behind a bill that could lead to a U.S. ban of TikTok. Scott MacFarlane has the latest.
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