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Today's Political News Compilation - Monday, May 6, 2024

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Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — This North Carolina voter is nervous.

Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and cheered for Joe Biden as the first-term president delivered a fiery speech recently about the billions of dollars he has delivered to protect the state’s drinking water.

But afterward, the Wilmington resident acknowledged he is worried about Biden’s political standing in the looming rematch with former Republican President Donald Trump. ...
























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Oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Every single day of the past 12 months has seen a new global sea temperature high for the time of year.
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FTX says it has billions more than owed to victims

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The failed cryptocurrency giant says it has billions of dollars more than needed to cover its debts.
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Ireland and Croatia qualify for Eurovision final

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Some of the contest's most outlandish songs sail into the final, but there are tears for Australia.
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Miss USA resigns title on mental health grounds

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Noelia Voigt said she believed in making decisions "that feel best for you and your mental health".
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China's Xi gets red-carpet welcome in Serbia

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Serbia has been deepening its relationship with China while continuing talks to join the EU.
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Russian plot to kill Zelensky foiled, Kyiv says

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Two Ukrainian security officials are held over a Russian plot to assassinate the president, Ukraine says.
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Slovakia hit by wave of bomb threats

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Police in Slovakia are investigating more than 1,000 bomb threats to schools and other institutions.
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For American Jews, Biden’s Speech on Antisemitism Offers Recognition and Healing

  • News source: Jennifer Medina and Nicholas Nehamas
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President Biden, standing in front of six candles symbolizing the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, delivered on Tuesday the strongest condemnation of antisemitism by any sitting American president.

For Jews monitoring a spike in hate crimes and instances of antisemitic rhetoric amid pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, Mr. Biden’s speech at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony at the Capitol was both fiercely necessary and fiercely appreciated. The Anti-Defamation League, which has been tracking antisemitic incidents since the...
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Texas Gov. Abbott calls National Guard, Space Force proposal a 'power grab'

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott strongly opposed a proposal that could shift members of the Air National Guard to roles in the Space Force without the consent of their respective governors.

In a letter to President Biden, Abbott, who has clashed with the commander-in-chief on a number of matters, said the proposal is an "intolerable threat" to the National Guard.

"That proposal would give the Secretary of the Air Force unilateral authority to transfer Air National Guard units to the Space Force — without first obtaining gubernatorial consent," Abbott wrote...
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With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law

  • News source: FOX News
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Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Tuesday that makes additional changes to Georgia's election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential contest in the battleground state, including defining probable causes for removing voters from the rolls when their eligibility is challenged.

Republican activists — fueled by debunked theories of a stolen election — have challenged more than 100,000 voters in the state in recent years. The activists say they are rooting out duplicate records and removing voters who have moved out of state.

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Indiana Rep. Spartz fends off GOP primary challengers in bid to retain House seat

  • News source: FOX News
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Indiana Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz, a Ukrainian-born lawmaker, has won the GOP primary election to represent Indiana's 5th Congressional District in the House.

Spartz's victory in the election comes after she announced in February that she would seek re-election, walking back a previous announcement she made last year.

"Looking where we are today, and urged by many of my constituents, I do not believe I would be able to deliver this Congress, with the current failed leadership in Washington, D.C., on the important issues for our nation that I...
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Wisconsin wedding barns sue state over new liquor license law

  • News source: FOX News
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A pair of Wisconsin wedding barns sued the state Tuesday seeking to block enactment of a new law that requires them to get liquor licenses similar to other establishments that host events.

Owners and operators of wedding barns tried unsuccessfully last year to kill the law that overhauled regulation of the state's multibillion-dollar liquor industry. The changes had been worked on for years, gaining buy-in from both Republicans and Democrats, large and small brewers, wholesalers and retailers.

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Republican candidate selected as GOP seeks to flip Indiana House seat from blue to red

  • News source: FOX News
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Randy Niemeyer will serve as the Republican nominee in one of Indiana's most closely watched House races.

Niemeyer, who won the Republican Party's nomination for Indiana's First Congressional District on Tuesday, will now face off against incumbent Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan in the state's general election later this year.

Along with Niemeyer, two other candidates, Leyva and Ruiz took part in the GOP primary election.

The seat – ranked as "Lean Democrat" by the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election analyst – is one the Republican Party is...
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Pennsylvania Senate approves GOP's $3B tax-cutting plan, over objections of top Democrats

  • News source: FOX News
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Republican lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation for a $3 billion tax cut, their just-unveiled counterproposal to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's budget plan as each side offers a competing vision for how to use a massive cash surplus sitting in the state treasury.

The tax legislation cutting taxes on income and electric service passed the Republican-controlled Senate, 36-14, as Republicans positioned their top budget priority with less than two months until the new fiscal year starts on July 1.

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A possible problem (for Speaker Johnson's leadership)

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., remains House Speaker Mike Johnson. For now.

Despite lots of threats, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has not yet pulled the trigger on her resolution to unseat Johnson.

Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., huddled with Johnson for a second consecutive day Tuesday. Just last week, Greene proclaimed she would initiate her resolution to dump Johnson. But Greene is holding back. Again.CARDONA GRILLED OVER BIDEN STUDENT LOAN HANDOUTS FOR CAMPUS ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS 'BREAKING THE LAW'

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