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Today's Political News Compilation - Friday, April 26, 2024

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Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility of prosecutors’ first witness in his hush money case on Friday, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme to bury negative stories to protect the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign. On the witness stand for a fourth day, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker was grilled about his memory and past statements as the defense tried to poke holes in potentially crucial testimony in the first criminal trial of a former American president.


























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Biden, Trump both indicate they are willing to debate

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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In a radio interview Friday, President Biden said he would be "happy to debate" former President Donald Trump. In response to Biden's comments, Trump indicated he would be willing to take part in a debate as well. Natalie Brand has more.
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Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships in new law

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Those flouting the sweeping new morality rules could be jailed for up to 15 years.
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Influencer Harry Jowsey diagnosed with skin cancer

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The TV personality urges his followers to "please wear sunscreen" after being diagnosed with skin cancer.
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Does RFK Jr pose more of a threat to Trump or Biden?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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In a tight election, the independent candidate could get enough votes to influence who wins the White House.
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Tornado threat continues after 4 injured, 83 tornadoes reported

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A multi-day tornado outbreak continues Saturday with powerful storms expected from Texas to the Great Lakes.
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WATCH: Tornadoes rip through Nebraska

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Several tornadoes tore through eastern Nebraska on Friday, leaving a trail of destruction.
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Have Iran-Israel missile strikes changed the Middle East?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Political and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of fire, writes James Landale.
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Germany grapples with wave of spying threats

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Six arrests in quick succession show Germany is being targeted by spies but also that it is fighting back.
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Teenager describes chaos at launch of Channel deaths boat

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Marcus, 16, says he fled a life as a child soldier in South Sudan and hopes to study in the UK.
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Poland denies 'pushback' of pregnant Eritrean woman

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Activists say the woman gave birth alone in a forested area at the border with Belarus.
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Is Myanmar's army reversing its losses? It's complicated

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A rebel group that took a key town lost it to the junta two weeks later. But there's more to the story.
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Why ice costs more than bread in Mali

  • News source: BBC News - World
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People are grappling with power cuts as well as extreme heat blamed on human-induced climate change.
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Blinken to Meet With Arab Officials in Saudi Arabia About Israel-Gaza War

  • News source: Edward Wong
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday to speak with top Arab officials and try to figure out possible solutions for the thorniest issues of the Israel-Gaza war, including humanitarian aid, reconstruction and hostages, the State Department said on Saturday.

One of Mr. Blinken’s priorities on Monday and Tuesday will be discussing “ongoing efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Gaza that secures the release of hostages,” a department spokesman, Matthew Miller, said in a statement. He added that Mr. Blinken...
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner Red Carpet Photos: See the Best Dressed

  • News source: Vanessa Friedman
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It hasn’t been the “nerd prom” for a while. Once a popular target of jokes about bad fashion (and not just from the evening’s featured comedian host), the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has morphed in recent years into a less campy, more staid prelude to the Met Gala, which takes place days later. It’s only fitting, really, given the subtext of journalists being jailed around the world.

Still, the bar for serious style has been raised by the mix of media, political and Hollywood figures that populate the guest list. Consider this...
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Transcript: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on "Face the Nation"

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The following is a transcript of an interview with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that will air on April 28, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Thank you for making time for us today.

SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL: Glad to be with you.

MARGARET BRENNAN: A lot of topics I need to get to you on in regard to national security. I want to start here at home with these protests that we have seen on college campuses throughout the US in support of Palestinians in Gaza, but mixed in there, some posters, some statements that are anti-semitic. Speaker Johnson...
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