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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, April 23, 2024

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Tabloid publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race

NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump ‘s “eyes and ears” during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged to purchase a doorman’s silence.




























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WATCH: Service dog picks out his own toy and pays for it

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr. dies

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The New Jersey Democrat suffered "a cardiac episode based on complications from his diabetes" earlier this month.
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NATO Puts on a Show of Force in the Shadow of Russia’s War

  • News source: Helene Cooper
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About 90,000 NATO troops have been training in Europe this spring for the Great Power war that most hope will never come: a clash between Russia and the West with potentially catastrophic consequences.

In Estonia, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Liberty, N.C., jumped out of planes alongside soldiers from Colchester Garrison in Essex, Britain, for “forcible entry” operations. In Lithuania, German soldiers arrived as a brigade stationed outside Germany on a permanent basis for the first time since World War II.

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More than 1 in 4 US adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire: AARP study

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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More than one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income
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Megan Thee Stallion sued over 'hostile' workplace

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Savage rapper denies "salacious" claims she had sex beside an "embarrassed" cameraman in Ibiza.
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Biden campaign to stay on TikTok even after president signs law to force sale or ban app in US

  • News source: FOX News
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The Biden campaign will stay on TikTok, even after President Biden signed a bill into law that would force its China-based parent company to sell the video sharing social media platform or face a ban in the United States, Fox News has learned.

Biden campaign officials told Fox News on Wednesday that the Biden-Harris campaign "will stay on TikTok."

President Biden, on Wednesday morning, signed a Senate-passed bill to force TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, which is based in China, to sell the app or be banned in the United States, as lawmakers...
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Blue state voters reveal whether they think former President Trump's trial is 'legitimate': poll

  • News source: FOX News
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The majority of New York voters view their state's trial against former President Trump as legitimate, according to a new Empire State poll.

A Siena College Poll asked likely voters in New York their viewpoints on the Trump trial and the criminal charges brought against the former president, just days after the case officially kicked off in a Manhattan courtroom.

About 54% of New Yorkers said they believe the trial is "legitimate," while 34% view it as a "witch hunt".

Among those who see the Trump trial as legitimate are 77% of Democrat...
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Biden says US to begin sending military equipment to Ukraine within 'hours'

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. will begin sending equipment to Ukraine within "a few hours" due to the passage of a long-stalled foreign aid package.
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Here’s the latest on the aid.

  • News source: NYT > Politics
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Democratic Minnesota state senator claims she was checking in on ill loved one during alleged burglary

  • News source: FOX News
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A Democratic state senator in Minnesota who was charged with first-degree burglary claimed on Tuesday that the incident at her stepmother’s house was a misunderstanding stemming from dementia and its associated paranoia.

Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, was arrested at a home in the 700 block of Granger Road in Detroit Lakes early Monday after police responded around 4:45 a.m. to a homeowner's 911 call. Mitchell was found dressed in black clothing and a black hat, and acknowledged that she entered through a basement window, according to a criminal...
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Johnson fundraises for House Republican who called Matt Gaetz, Bob Good 'scumbags'

  • News source: FOX News
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is in the middle of yet another intraparty conflict within the House GOP after showing support for one of his vulnerable incumbents on Tuesday.

Johnson was in San Antonio this week for a campaign fundraiser held by Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, who is facing a primary challenger backed by members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus and their allies.

It came days after Gonzales infuriated the GOP rebel group when he called two of his colleagues, House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, R-Va., and Rep. Matt...
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes bipartisan bill to combat squatting, election bills

  • News source: FOX News
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Democrat Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill aimed at strengthening the rights of homeowners looking to evict squatters from their property, despite the bill being passed in bipartisan fashion and as a wave of squatting cases continue to terrify homeowners across the country.

The bill, SB 1129, would have permitted a homeowner to request law enforcement to immediately remove a squatter from their property, had the squatter invaded a home and unlawfully claimed a right to live there.

Police, acting on an owner’s affidavit, would have had the...
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House Speaker Johnson calls on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign

  • News source: FOX News
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House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling Wednesday for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign over her handling of anti-Israel demonstrations on campus, calling her "very weak" and "inept."

Johnson said during a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt that he is holding a press conference at Columbia University later today "with some of my colleagues from the House Republicans from New York to call on the president of the university to resign."

"This President Shafik has shown to be a very weak, inept leader. They cannot even guarantee the...
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LA mayor break-in suspect was 'targeting' Bass, Gascon says: 'He was looking for her'

  • News source: FOX News
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The suspect who broke into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' home this week did so during a shift change in security and was specifically targeting Bass, District Attorney George Gascón said.

The gap in security allowed 29-year-old Ephraim Matthew Hunter to break into the official mayoral residence, known as Getty House, through a glass door. The forced entry triggered an alarm, however, and police quickly responded and arrested Hunter.

Los Angeles police delivered a press conference on the details of the case on Tuesday, saying the timing of Hunter's...
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WATCH: Online videos expose how human traffickers are sneaking illegal migrants into US

  • News source: FOX News
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Videos being published on TikTok by a smuggler are giving an insight into how illegal immigrants are smuggled across the border, in what one journalist describes as a "brazen" display of illegal activity.

The videos, collected by independent journalist Auden Cabello, show migrants moving through gates and marching across territory in northern Mexico, covering their footprints as they go in some cases.

Some of them are in camouflage as they make the treacherous trek north to the U.S. border.

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