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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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Biden says the US is rushing weaponry to Ukraine as he signs a $95 billion war aid measure into law

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hot spots. The announcement marked an end to the long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress over urgently needed assistance for Ukraine, with Biden promising that U.S. weapons shipment would begin making the way into Ukraine “in the next few hours.”

























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US applications for jobless claims fall to lowest level in 9 weeks

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve in its bid to curb inflation
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Watch: Visitors react to trial Venice tourist fee

  • News source: BBC News - World
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From Thursday visitors making a trip to the famous city at peak times will be charged a trial entrance fee.
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Rebel Wilson book published in the UK with blacked out text

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some sections of the UK edition of the book, released on Thursday, have been redacted.
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Namibia condemns tourists posing naked in dune safari

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Photos of the three naked tourists have gone viral in Namibia, angering the authorities.
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Prisoners escape after rain damages Nigeria prison

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A manhunt is launched after more than 100 inmates escape the colonial-era facility near Abuja.
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Trump taunts former AG Bill Barr even after endorsement for president

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Donald Trump had some fun on social media at the expense of a former member of his administration — even after a presidential endorsement.

Trump took a swipe at former Attorney General William Barr on Thursday, following Barr's endorsement of Trump for president earlier this month.

"Wow! Former A.G. Bill Barr, who let a lot of great people down by not investigating Voter Fraud in our Country, has just Endorsed me for President despite the fact that I called him 'Weak, Slow Moving, Lethargic, Gutless, and Lazy,'". Trump wrote via...
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Police arrest 93 in LA as Gaza protests intensify in US

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Dozens are taken into custody as police clear an encampment at the University of Southern California.
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Russia vetoes UN vote on stopping space arms race

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US has previously warned that Russia is trying to develop a space-based, anti-satellite weapon.
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Fauci to testify publicly before Congress for 1st time since retirement

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institution of Allergy and Infectious Disease, will testify publicly before a congressional panel in June, marking the first time he has done so since retiring from government at the end of 2022.

Fauci has agreed to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, a House panel investigating the origins of COVID-19 and the government's response to the pandemic, subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, announced Wednesday.

Wenstrup said the hearing will allow Americans...
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EPA issues toughest rule yet on power plant emissions

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration's most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation's second-largest contributor to climate change. The rules are a key part of President Biden's pledge to eliminate carbon pollution from the electricity sector by 2035 and...
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Violence forces venue change for Haiti council swearing in

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Gangs have taken advantage of an almost complete power vacuum to expand their control in the country.
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Rebel Wilson book published in the UK with blacked out text

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some sections of the UK edition of the book, released on Thursday, have been redacted.
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House speaker heckled by protesters in campus visit

  • News source: BBC News - World
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While the Speaker visited Columbia, police confronted pro-Palestinian protesters at campuses in Texas and California.
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Kid Cudi cancels tour after breaking foot

  • News source: BBC News - World
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"The injury is much more serious than I first thought," says the rapper as he cancels tour dates.
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Supreme Court to consider Trump's sweeping immunity claim in 2020 election case

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington —The Supreme Court will convene Thursday to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from federal prosecution, jumping into a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to the fate of his 2020 election case in Washington, D.C.

At issue in the case known as Trump v. United States is whether the former president can face criminal charges for allegedly official acts while he was in the White House. The dispute, which arose from the federal prosecution by special counsel Jack Smith, is the second to come...
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