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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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Transcript: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on "Face the Nation"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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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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Washington chooses its wars; Ukraine and Israel have made the cut despite opposition on right and left

  • News source: FOX News
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Washington, D.C., chooses its wars. And, for now, leaders in Washington have decided the U.S. has a vested interest in the war in Ukraine.

After months of consternation, lawmakers eventually approved $62 billion for Ukraine to fight Russia in recent weeks, with most Democrats endorsing American assistance.

But Congress only dislodged the money after a lengthy push by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. President Biden, McConnell and others finally pushed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to support the aid, even though most House...
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Justice Thomas raised crucial question about legitimacy of special counsel's prosecution of Trump

  • News source: FOX News
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas raised a question Thursday that goes to the heart of Special Counsel Jack Smith's charges against former President Donald Trump.

The high court was considering Trump's argument that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president, but another issue is whether Smith and the Office of Special Counsel have the authority to bring charges at all.

"Did you, in this litigation, challenge the appointment of special counsel?" Thomas asked Trump attorney John Sauer on Thursday during a nearly three-hour...
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Thousands rally for Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 12,000 people rally to urge the prime minister to stay in office as he decides whether to resign.
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Tourist fined for approaching walrus in Norway

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The man went near the animal on an ice floe near the world's northernmost settlement in Svalbard.
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Hostage's family: 'We will fight until you return'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Keith Siegal's family react to a Hamas video of him, 202 days after he was taken captive.
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Trump Turns on R.F.K. Jr. Amid Concerns He Could Attract Republican Voters

  • News source: Neil Vigdor
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Former President Donald J. Trump is sharpening his attacks on the independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as new polls show an overlap between their core supporters.

In a series of posts on his Truth Social media platform on Friday night, Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, took aim at both Mr. Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, a wealthy Silicon Valley lawyer and investor.

“RFK Jr. is a Democrat ‘Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President...
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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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Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The $6bn package includes air defence munitions but not the missile systems Ukraine says it badly needs.
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GOP Rep. Bill Posey won't seek re-election, endorses former Florida Senate President as replacement

  • News source: FOX News
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Florida GOP Rep. Bill Posey announced Friday that he would not be seeking re-election, joining a slew of other GOP lawmakers also not seeking re-election.

"It has been the greatest honor of Katie’s and my life to represent you
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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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They aired footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the aircraft.
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United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Teen accidentally kills his younger brother with a gun found in an alley

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A 14-year-old boy told police he accidentally shot his 11-year-old brother.
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Investigation underway after freight train carrying fuel derails, igniting large fire

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A BNSF freight train derailed on Friday at 1:45 p.m. MT near Manuelito, New Mexico, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Keith Siegel and Omri Miran are shown in undated footage released by the armed wing of Hamas.
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