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Today's Political News Compilation - Thursday, April 18, 2024

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House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid. But threats to oust speaker grow

WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies at a critical moment at home and abroad.



























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'Squad' member under DOJ investigation is still paying her husband with campaign funds, filings show

  • News source: FOX News
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Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., paid her husband another $15,000 from her candidate committee this year even as she faces a Justice Department probe into her campaign spending, new filings show.

The progressive "Squad" member's campaign made two $2,500 wage payments to her spouse, Cortney Merritts, each month between January 1 and March 29, according to documents submitted to the Federal Election Commission and released on Monday.

In total, the Bush campaign has now paid Merritts $135,000 for security services since January 2022, which have been listed as...
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House Republicans excoriate Ilhan Omar suggesting Columbia University protests not 'anti-Jewish'

  • News source: FOX News
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CAPITOL HILL – House Republicans excoriated progressive "Squad" Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for suggesting during the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s hearing tackling antisemitism at Columbia University that none of the demonstrations deriding Jews on campus have been "anti-Jewish." Fox News Digital caught up with two Republicans on the committee at the Capitol after the hearing, asking their thoughts about Columbia University President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik initially testifying that she had not seen any campus protests that were...
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UAW vote at Tennessee plant will test resurgent labor movement

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, statement claims

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The House Ethics Committee is questioning witnesses about allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz used illicit drugs as a member of Congress, multiple sources tell ABC News.
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Two arrested in Poland over attack on Navalny ally

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Leonid Volkov was hospitalised and his arm broken in the attack outside his Lithuanian home in March.
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Kenya investigates crash that killed military chief

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Gen Francis Ogolla was in the west of the country when his helicopter went down killing 10.
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Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber. Moscow says the plane crashed

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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San Francisco mayor announces the city will receive pandas from China

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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San Francisco is the latest U_S_ city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
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Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' double album is out now

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology," on April 19, and surprised fans with 15 more additional songs.
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As Trial Begins, Was Trump Benefiting From Being Out of the News?

  • News source: Nate Cohn
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His liabilities weren’t dominating the conversation the way they once did, perhaps helping his polling.
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Trump on Trial vs. Biden on the Trail: An Unusual 2024 Stretch Begins

  • News source: Lisa Lerer, Nicholas Nehamas and Michael Gold
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President Biden’s push to transform the race into a binary choice between him and Donald Trump has been aided by blanket coverage of Mr. Trump’s courtroom appearances.
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Biden Administration Releases Revised Title IX Rules

  • News source: Zach Montague and Erica L. Green
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The new regulations extended legal protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students and rolled back several policies set under the Trump administration.
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Allman Brothers Band guitarist Betts dies at 80

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Dickey Betts helped create their band's Sothern rock style and wrote classic songs like Ramblin' Man.
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Kenya investigates crash that killed military chief

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Gen Francis Ogolla was in the west of the country when his helicopter went down killing 10.
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Full 12-person jury seated in Trump criminal case

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The trial, the first ever in which an ex-US president is the defendant, may see opening arguments on Monday.
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