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Today's Political News Compilation - Monday, April 15, 2024

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Trump’s historic hush-money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked

The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.




























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Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban

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A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools
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Supreme Court hears case that may impact Trump prosecution

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The case could undo felony charges for the former president and hundreds of 6 January rioters.
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Baby hurt in Sydney stabbing out of intensive care

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The daughter of Ashlee Good, who died protecting her, is one of six people still in hospital.
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Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War will lie in honor at the US Capitol

  • News source: FOX News
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Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that Colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War, will lie in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

He died at home on Monday, April 8. He was 97. The ceremony will happen on Monday, April 29, the lawmakers said.

"The extraordinary valor of Colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr. represents the best of the 1.7 million Americans who left home to fight for freedom in the Korean War," the two lawmakers said in a joint statement.

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White House deems House impeachment inquiry 'over,' President Biden formally declines to testify

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The White House formally declined an invitation by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., for President Biden to testify in connection to
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Biden under fire for shutting down US oil production, urged to impose sanctions on Venezuela

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FIRST ON FOX: A group of top Senate Republican leaders is urging President Biden to block oil sanctions relief for the Venezuelan government, an authoritarian regime which continues to oppress its opponents.

The seven lawmakers, led by Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, sent a letter to the president Friday, calling on him to cancel the so-called General License 44, which is set to come up for renewal later this week. They argued that Venezuela's government has failed to meet key requirements related to ensuring fair elections that it agreed to when the...
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Bragg files motion to hold Trump in contempt for alleged gag order violations, threatens 30 days of jail time

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a motion Tuesday to hold former President Trump in contempt of court, claiming he violated the gag order imposed upon him by publishing three social media posts relating to two known witnesses in his criminal trial — Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels.

Bragg is urging Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan to also warn Trump that "future violations" of the gag order can be punished "not only with additional fines, but also with a term of incarceration of up to thirty days."

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Despite weather glitch, Paris Olympics flame is lit at Greek cradle of ancient games

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The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece
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'I am not resigning': Johnson at risk as he forges ahead on Ukraine, Israel aid

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead with a plan to try to pass aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan -- but will the move cost him his job?
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Melania Trump Avoids Hush-Money Trial but Shares Her Husband’s Anger

  • News source: Katie Rogers
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In January 2018, when she first saw reports that her husband had paid off a porn star, Melania Trump was furious. She jetted off to Palm Beach, leaving the president to languish in Washington. She eventually returned, only to take a separate car to Donald J. Trump’s first State of the Union address.

As a criminal trial against Mr. Trump opened on Monday, on charges that he had falsified records to cover up that sex scandal involving Stormy Daniels, Mrs. Trump did not appear. She has long privately referred to the case involving Ms. Daniels as “his...
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Police told to shut down right-wing Brussels conference

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Attendees are not being allowed into the National Conservatism Conference after authorities ordered it to close.
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First product of Meghan's lifestyle brand revealed

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The jars of strawberry jam, labelled America Riviera Orchard, have been shared with friends and influencers.
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Former Marine jailed for bombing abortion clinic

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Chance Brannon is jailed for nine years for California attack and plot to spark a neo-Nazi "race war".
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Nasa says part of International Space Station hit Florida home

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The 0.7kg metal object tore through man's roof after re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
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Bowen: Iran's attack on Israel offers Netanyahu a lifeline

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Gaza is out of the headlines, but the pressure on Israel's PM has changed rather than disappeared.
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