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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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Juggling Campaign and Foreign Policy, Biden Sends Complicated Messages

  • News source: Peter Baker
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President Biden just signed a bill that could ban President Biden from using TikTok. But Mr. Biden plans to keep using TikTok until Mr. Biden’s new law forces Mr. Biden off it.

His political team in Wilmington, Del., after all, considers TikTok a vital tool to reach young voters who could be crucial to his chances of winning re-election this fall. The problem is that his national security team in Washington considers the Chinese-owned social media site a threat to America that should be banned if it is not sold.

Reconciling those two imperatives...
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Biden, Seeking to Build on Fruitful Week, Will Announce Billions in Chip Grants

  • News source: Madeleine Ngo and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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President Biden, seeking to capitalize on a week of favorable political developments, plans to announce on Thursday that his administration will provide up to $6.1 billion in grants to Micron Technology, the latest federal award intended to shore up the nation’s domestic supply of semiconductors.

Micron will use the grants to help build two leading-edge chip manufacturing plants in New York and another facility in Idaho, Biden administration officials said before the president’s trip to Syracuse, N.Y., for the announcement. The federal government...
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Supreme Court to Hear Trump’s Claim to ‘Absolute Immunity’

  • News source: Adam Liptak
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The Supreme Court, in its last argument of the term, will consider on Thursday whether former President Donald J. Trump must face trial on charges that he plotted to subvert the 2020 election.

The court’s answer to that question will be a major statement on the scope of presidential power. Depending on its timing and content, the decision will also help determine whether Mr. Trump’s trial will start before the election, in time to let both jurors and voters evaluate the evidence that Jack Smith, the special counsel in the case, seeks to present...
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In an Election Year, 10 University Museums Focus on Democracy

  • News source: Alina Tugend
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At a time when higher education leaders are facing relentless criticism over their handling of free speech and political protests, 10 university museums have planned nonpartisan shows focused on democracy, with the goal of getting students more engaged.

Exhibitions involving racial justice, the climate crisis and other timely issues are nothing new, but a collaboration like this is unusual.

The universities, all large and public, began discussing how to join forces several years ago, said Christina Olsen, director of the University of Michigan...
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Comparing Donald Trump's hush money trial to John Edwards, Bill Clinton cases

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Donald Trump's hush money trial is underway, and it's drawing attention to past high-profile litigation involving political stars and salacious affair allegations.
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Two hundred killed by Burkina Faso army - report

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Soldiers accused residents of aiding Islamist fighters before shooting at them, an investigation shows.
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Spain's PM halts public duties as wife faces inquiry

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Pedro Sánchez says he will "stop and reflect" on whether to remain in the job.
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Gaza protesters clash with police at US universities

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Demonstrators in Texas were met with state troopers as protests lead to arrests on campuses across the country.
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Biden sparks Christian group's anger after making sign of the cross at abortion rally: 'Disgusting insult'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden sparked outrage Tuesday when he made the Sign of the Cross while rallying against abortion restrictions.

Biden made the ostensibly pious gesture
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Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump presidential immunity case

  • News source: FOX News
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case.

The high court agreed it would review whether Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has immunity from prosecution.

Arguments at the Supreme Court are expected to begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, but the former president will not be present for the proceedings.

Instead, Trump will be in New York City for the seventh day of his criminal trial stemming from...
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Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate says Republicans 'making a mistake' by not discussing health care

  • News source: FOX News
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Republicans have a lot of work to do when it comes to healthcare policy, according to Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde.

Health care costs are so high in some areas of the Badger State that many struggle to even access treatment, Hovde told Fox News Digital in an interview.

"You know, the left loves running on Obamacare, and they think they, you know, own health care," Hovde said. "I think Republicans are making a mistake not talking about it because of the cost of health care since Obamacare was passed, but more importantly than even the...
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US Supreme Court to decide if Trump has immunity

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The top court will hear arguments on Thursday in a case that could redefine presidential power.
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BBC Verify examines reported strikes on Russian oil depots

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The reported strikes have been geolocated to the Smolensk region of western Russia.
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The anti-Trump movement’s secret Zoom calls give their target ammo

  • News source: FOX News
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At first glance, it might seem like inside baseball.

A bunch of former prosecutors and cable pundits talking to each other about how much they don’t like Donald Trump and how he’s in deep legal trouble? Doesn’t that happen every day in green rooms and the corner bar?

But this, as disclosed by Politico, is different. These are some of the most prominent commentators in the media universe, and they appear to be consulting/coordinating/conspiring about their main target.

DAVID PECKER CALMLY LINKS TRUMP, MICHAEL COHEN TO SUPPRESSING STORIES, PUSHING...
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Gaza hostage urged to 'stay strong' after new video

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hamas issues a proof-of-life video of US-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, abducted on 7 October.
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