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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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Sydney religious leader's stabbing to be investigated as terror related

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A 16-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene after being restrained by members of the congregation, police said.
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Biden Heads to Pennsylvania to Talk Taxes and Hit Trump

  • News source: Nicholas Nehamas
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President Biden will kick off a three-day tour of Pennsylvania, a crucial battleground state, with a speech on Tuesday that focuses on taxes and aims to contrast his policies with those of former President Donald J. Trump.

In Scranton, his hometown, Mr. Biden is expected to talk about the tax code in the frame of economic fairness, arguing that Mr. Trump’s tax cuts benefited billionaires while his own agenda has helped working- and middle-class families.

The president “will outline how Trump’s tax plan is a handout to the rich and leaves the middle...
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5 Takeaways From a Year of Medicaid Upheaval

  • News source: Noah Weiland
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Lindsey McNeil and her 7-year-old daughter, Noelle, who suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy, were jolted by an alert they received from Florida’s Department of Children and Families late last month that Noelle would be losing her Medicaid coverage 10 days later.

Their lives have since begun to unravel, Ms. McNeil said. Noelle has stopped seeing the four therapists she visits each week and is running low on medications she needs to prevent her seizures from flaring up. Monday brought a measure of relief: Ms. McNeil learned that Noelle’s coverage...
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Supreme Court’s Review of Jan. 6 Charge Has Already Freed Some Rioters

  • News source: Alan Feuer
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The Supreme Court’s decision to consider the soundness of an obstruction law that has been widely used against those who took part in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is already having an effect on some of the rioters.

A small group of people convicted under the law have been released from custody — or will soon go free — even though the justices hearing arguments on Tuesday are not expected to decide the case for months.

Over the past several weeks, federal judges in Washington have agreed to release about 10 defendants who were serving...
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'Colossal' floods heading for Russian city

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The regional governor of Kurgan says water levels are nearly double those of the last major flood in 1994.
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Watch: Olympic flame being lit in Greece's ancient Olympia

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The lighting of the flame is the start of an international torch relay, which ends at the Paris 2024 Games.
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Lightning and rain kill dozens in Pakistan

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Authorities have also warned of landslides and flash floods in the coming days.
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China economy grows faster than expected

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Official figures also highlighted the challenges faced by the country's crisis-hit property sector.
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Chinese internet amused by building that looks like sanitary pad

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The blueprint of North Nanjing train station has attracted reaction for all the wrong reasons.
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Watch moment spire collapses at Copenhagen stock exchange

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Video posted on social media captured the iconic spire tumbling to the ground after fire ravages the building.
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Trump will return to court after first day of hush money criminal trial ends with no jurors picked

  • News source: Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz
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Donald Trump will return to a New York courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign.

The first day of Trump's history-making trial in Manhattan ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates. Dozens of people were dismissed after saying they didn't believe they could be fair, though dozens of other prospective jurors have yet to be...
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Fire rips through Old Stock Exchange building in Copenhagen as people rescue artwork

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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One of the oldest buildings in Copenhagen, Denmark, that was built in the 17th century has become engulfed in flames as rescue efforts are underway to salvage artwork.
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Watch: Fires blaze along Miami highway

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Stubborn brush fires in Florida's state capital, Miami, have been burning for several days.
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Alabama senator seeks to expose abortions at the Department of Veterans Affairs

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A prominent Republican senator from Alabama is aiming to increase transparency about abortions that take place within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

On Tuesday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville plans to introduce the VA Abortion Transparency Act of 2024, a measure that would require the VA to provide quarterly reports as well as a variety of details surrounding its involvement in abortions performed.

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FLASHBACK: Biden made revealing comment about niece's Obama admin role while praising 'rising China'

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Then-Vice President Biden boasted about his Harvard-educated niece previously studying Chinese and living in China while delivering a speech in 2011 touting "a rising China" being "a positive, positive development, not only for China but for America…"

Biden gave a shout-out to Casey Owens, who was concluding her stint as a special assistant for the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Treasury Department, while delivering remarks to the opening session of the group, according to an email chain that was reviewed by Fox News...
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