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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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Tesla recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks due to faulty pedal

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Tesla is recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks because of the possibility that a pedal can get stuck and cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally, increasing the risk of a crash
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Paris police deployed over threat to Iran consulate

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Reports say a witness saw a suspicious man entering the consulate in the Rue de Fresnel.
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US again warns Israel against Rafah offensive

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Benjamin Netanyahu's representatives have agreed to take US concerns "into account", the White House says.
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Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator crash risk

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The electric car company, run by Elon Musk, is recalling thousands of what is its latest vehicle.
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Melania Trump says US 'must unite' ahead of Mar-a-Lago Log Cabin Republicans event

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Former first lady Melania Trump stressed the importance of unifying the nation, telling Fox News Digital that "equality" needs to be the "everyday experience of every American."

The former first lady is expected to headline an event at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, hosted by the Log Cabin Republicans — a pro-LGBT group. The event will focus on the group’s "Road to Victory," a voter-turnout program planned for gay voters in swing states.

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House takes key test vote for Johnson’s $95B foreign aid plan after Dems help it advance

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The House of Representatives is voting on whether to proceed with Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion foreign aid proposal on Friday after it cleared its first key procedural hurdle with Democratic help.

The Friday morning vote is a test vote of sorts for the four foreign aid bills, known as a "rule vote." If successful it will allow lawmakers to debate each of the individual four bills and vote on their final passage on Saturday.

Three of the four bills fund Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific. A fourth bill includes national security priorities...
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Biden dismantles Trump-era Title IX rules, sidesteps issue of trans athletes in girls' sports

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The Biden administration has unveiled new rules to safeguard LGBTQ+ students and change the ways in which sexual harassment and assault claims are adjudicated on campus.

The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Biden to revamp those issued during the Trump administration.

Missing from the new rule, however, is a policy forbidding schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes competing against biological females.

The Biden administration...
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WATCH: Tourists flock to see Death Valley in bloom

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Gorgeous fields of wildflowers are taking over California with bright yellow daisies even popping up in Death Valley, the driest and hottest place in America.
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Trump jury search turns to alternates, as opening statements near

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The judge in former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial has said he wants opening statements in the case delivered on Monday. In order to do that, he'll need to seat up to five more alternate jurors Friday.

Twelve jurors and one alternate were seated in the first three days of jury selection. The process has seen dozens of people immediately excused from consideration for saying they couldn't be impartial, and two seated jurors were excused after being sworn in. One said she became concerned about her ability to be impartial after...
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'Squad' member under DOJ investigation is still paying her husband with campaign funds, filings show

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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'

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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

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Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, statement claims

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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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