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Today's Political News Compilation - Monday, April 29, 2024

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President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden departs a court appearance on July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del.Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images file

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Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News 'imminently'

Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News “imminently,” according to a letter sent to the network and obtained by NBC News. The letter, dated April 23, puts the Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital on notice for litigation claims arising from the network’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light, the unlicensed commercial exploitation of his image, name, and likeness, and the unlawful publication of hacked intimate images of him.”

























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In Time Interview, Trump Vows to Deport Migrants and Won’t Rule Out 2024 Election Violence

  • News source: Michael Gold
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Former President Donald J. Trump told Time magazine in an interview published Tuesday morning that if elected in November, he would deploy the U.S. military to detain and deport migrants, hedged on the possibility of political violence after the 2024 election and said he would permit states to decide whether to prosecute those who violate abortion bans.

Mr. Trump has rarely given lengthy interviews with mainstream news outlets, particularly since leaving the White House. His conversations with Time — a sit-down at the former president’s residence in...
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R.F.K. Jr.’s Campaign Says He Will Be on California Ballot

  • News source: Rebecca Davis O’Brien
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on the presidential ballot in California, his campaign said Monday, having secured the nomination of the American Independent Party, a minor party with a history of insurgent independent candidacies: Its first presidential nominee, in 1968, was the Alabama governor and segregationist George C. Wallace.

California is the fourth state where Mr. Kennedy, who is running as an independent, is all but assured a spot. The secretary of state’s office does not certify candidates until late August, the office said, but confirmed...
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GOP lawmakers hit with 'gut punch' as red state's Dem governor ekes out win in transgender bill battle

  • News source: FOX News
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Kansas Republicans failed Monday evening to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a bill that would have banned transgender surgical procedures for children.

Just a few hours after the Senate voted 27-13 to override the veto, the GOP-supermajority in the state House came up two votes shy to solidify its reversal. Two Republicans dissented in the final tally, which was 82-43.

"I'm extremely disappointed," state Sen. Mike Thompson told Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning. "We've tried now three times to get a bill to protect these kids, so...
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White House condemns antisemitism, violent anti-Israel anarchy at Columbia University: 'No place in America'

  • News source: FOX News
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The White House condemned the mob of anti-Israel protesters who violently seized a building at Columbia University late Monday, saying "hate speech and hate symbols have no place in America."

On Monday night, a massive mob of anti-Israel students broke into an academic building — the iconic Hamilton Hall on the Manhattan campus — and barricaded its doors. A Columbia University facilities worker said the protesters "held me hostage."

Outside of Hamilton Hall, the anti-Israel rebels form a human barricade by linking their arms and vowing to remain...
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House Dems say they’ll block Marjorie Taylor Greene from ousting Speaker Johnson

  • News source: FOX News
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House Democratic leaders are vowing to shield House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., forces a vote on her motion to oust him from power."From the very beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have put people over politics and found bipartisan common ground with traditional Republicans in order to deliver real results. At the same time, House Democrats have aggressively pushed back against MAGA extremism. We will continue to do just that," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a joint statement...
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Lilly rides Mounjaro, Zepbound to better-than-expected 1Q profit despite supply issues

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Rapidly climbing sales of the new obesity drug Zepbound and its counterpart for diabetes, Mounjaro, pushed Eli Lilly to a better-than-expected first quarter profit
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Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, an FBI report says

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The FBI says scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year
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Hakeem Jeffries says House Democrats will block effort to oust Mike Johnson

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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House Democratic leaders announced Tuesday that they will vote to thwart any effort from Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson from his post, saying the "time has come to turn the page on this chapter of pro-Putin Republican obstruction."

Greene, a far-right Republican from Georgia, has been threatening to begin a procedure to oust Johnson from the speakership. Greene this week said Johnson's days as speaker are "numbered."

"We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Motion to Vacate the Chair," House...
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Schemes targeting seniors account for $3.4 billion in reported losses, FBI says

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Americans over 60 years of age fell victim to so-called elder fraud crimes more frequently last year than in any other year and accounted for an estimated $3.4 billion in total reported losses, according to a newly released FBI report.

Reports of criminal schemes targeting seniors in the U.S. increased by 14% between 2022 and 2022, federal investigators said, warning that investment scams are the costliest to the elderly. In all, over 101,000 complaints of fraud perpetrated against individuals over 60 years of age were filed to federal...
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ICJ rules it will not halt German arms to Israel

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Nicaragua accused Germany of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel.
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Trump threatened with jail in gag order ruling

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The judge held Trump in contempt of court for violating the gag order meant to stop his attacks on jurors and witnesses.
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Images show US building floating pier for Gaza aid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US says the floating pier and causeway will cost $320m and should be operational by early May.
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US says Israeli army units violated human rights

  • News source: BBC News - World
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But all five units remain eligible for US military aid after Israel took action, the state department says.
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Mali kills IS commander blamed for US deaths - state TV

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Abu Huzeifa had a $5m bounty on his head and was accused of being behind a 2017 attack on US troops.
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Columbia protesters take over academic building

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Pro-Palestine groups are occupying Hamilton Hall after defying a deadline to take down an encampment.
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