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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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Croatia braces for horse-trading after tight election

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The ruling party falls short of a majority, with a messy post-election period likely to follow.
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Ivy League college head slams campus antisemitism

  • News source: BBC News - World
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But at a congressional hearing, Nemat Shafik hedges when asked about a slogan widely seen as antisemitic.
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'I miss her hugs': Warwick Davis's tribute to wife

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Star Wars actor describes his wife Samantha as his "favourite human" after she dies aged 53.
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The man who flew over LA using balloons and a garden chair

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Larry Walters' flight, using a garden chair and helium balloons, is celebrated in a stage musical.
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Spy scandal revives fears of Austrian exposure to Russia

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Egisto Ott was detained last month on suspicion of spying for Russia, prompting a raft of allegations.
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'Squad' Democrat promotes 'peace' in Middle East as hometown ranks among worst for crime

  • News source: FOX News
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"Squad" member Cori Bush called for "peace" and de-escalation in the Israel-Hamas war, as her hometown – St. Louis – recently ranked as the third "most dangerous" city in the United States.

A report released earlier this month from real estate company Norada listed Rep. Bush's hometown as the third "most dangerous" city in the United States after analyzing FBI data.

Only Detroit and Baltimore were deemed more dangerous than St. Louis in the rankings.

Norado pointed to St. Louis' high poverty rates, unemployment and lack of access to quality...
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Sarah Sanders' office potentially broke the law in $19K lectern controversy: Audit

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The final report from an audit of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' lectern controversy, or #LecternGate, was released this week
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The West says China makes too much. Its workers disagree

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Migrants are caught in China's manufacturing battles with the West, as Beijing tries to save its economy.
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Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of stalled US aid vote

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Denys Shmyhal tells the BBC his country desperately needs the US to approve long-stalled security assistance.
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Ivy League college head slams campus antisemitism

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 5
But at a congressional hearing, Nemat Shafik hedges when asked about a slogan widely seen as antisemitic.
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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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'I’m in pieces' - Israeli hostage's agony over husband held by Hamas

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Aviva Siegel tells the BBC of the brutal conditions she, Keith and others faced in Hamas captivity.
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Biden claims uncle vanished after crashing in area of New Guinea with cannibals; military has different story

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden made a stop in Pittsburgh on Wednesday where he told members of the United Steelworkers Union that his uncle vanished in an area of New Guinea that was populated with cannibals, after his plane crashed during World War II.

Biden told the steelworkers that after D-Day, his mother’s four brothers volunteered to join the military. One of those uncles, he said, was Ambrose Finnegan, who went by the nickname Bozey.

"He was a hell of an athlete, they tell me, when he was a kid," Biden said, adding that he was in the Army air corps, which...
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Rep. Donald Payne remains hospitalized after ‘cardiac episode' more than a week ago

  • News source: Kyle Stewart and Zoë Richards | NBC News
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Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J. remains hospitalized following a "cardiac episode" in early April stemming from complications tied to his diabetes, his office said in a statement Wednesday.

The update comes more than a week after the lawmaker's office referred to "his improvement," a "good" prognosis and the expectation of a "full recovery."

“Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. suffered a cardiac episode based on complications from his diabetes last week,” his office said in a statement Wednesday. “Today, he is in stable condition at a local hospital...
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Lawmakers to vote soon on stalled Ukraine aid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Despite right-wing outcries, Speaker Mike Johnson is pressing to pass billions of dollars in aid.
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