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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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White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a move that would offer a permanent safe haven to some of those fleeing war-torn Gaza, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News.

In recent weeks, the documents show, senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed the practicality of different options to resettle Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents.

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Sen. Nicole Mitchell's vote helps defeat call for her own resignation in Minnesota Senate

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A motion in the Minnesota Senate to call for the resignation of bemired DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell failed Tuesday, and Mitchell herself was among those voting it down after a GOP-led effort to strip her of voting powers failed.

Sen. Karin Housley, R-Stillwater, brought forth the motion, which called for "a formal request for the resignation" of Mitchell. The vote failed along party lines in the DFL-controlled Senate, according to a Republican spokesperson.

Mitchell, a Democrat who represents the east metro, was charged with burglary...
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Johnson demands Biden visit Columbia University amid anti-Israel occupation

  • News source: FOX News
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called on President Biden to visit Columbia University as students there and at colleges across the country hold demonstrations in protest of
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Republican states challenge new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students

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Republican states are filing a barrage of legal challenges against the Biden administration’s newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president’s authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law
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Barbra Streisand asks Melissa McCarthy about Ozempic, sparking debate on weight

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Binance crypto boss sentenced to 4 months in prison

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Changpeng Zhao, head of world's largest crypto platform, pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering laws.
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North Carolina police officers remembered as heroes

  • News source: BBC News - World
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They were killed when a suspect with an automatic AR-15 "fired several rounds in a matter of seconds".
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Education Department Scrambles to Make Up for Lost Time After FAFSA Blunders

  • News source: Zach Montague
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The Education Department is trying to make up for lost time after applications for federal financial aid plunged this year, with millions of students navigating delays and glitches caused by the disastrous rollout of the new application form.

James Kvaal, the under secretary of education, told reporters on Tuesday that the department had fixed many of the problems with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA. That includes a major glitch that affected students who could not provide a Social Security number.

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Werner Spitz, Forensic Expert in High-Profile Murders, Dies at 97

  • News source: Trip Gabriel
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Dr. Werner Spitz, a pathologist whose accounts of the traumatic last moments in some of the most sensational American deaths of the past 60 years figured in cases involving President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., O.J. Simpson, JonBenet Ramsey, Mary Jo Kopechne and many others, died on April 14 in St. Clair Shores, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. He was 97.

He died in hospice care after a brief illness, his son Dr. Daniel Spitz said.

Dr. Spitz’s career of more than 60 years traced to the early days of modern forensic pathology, and his...
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Republican Drafts Censure of Ilhan Omar for ‘Pro-Genocide’ Remark

  • News source: Annie Karni
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A House Republican said on Tuesday that he was drafting a resolution to formally rebuke Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, for recent comments in which she suggested that some Jewish students at Columbia University were “pro-genocide.”

Representative Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska, does not yet have a timeline for releasing his censure resolution against Ms. Omar, a spokeswoman said.

But Mr. Bacon said the remark amounted to antisemitism from the congresswoman, a progressive firebrand and one of two Muslim women in the House, who...
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Woman passes bar exam on 1st try more than a decade after being released from prison

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Afrika Owes, a mom who was formerly incarcerated, shared her reaction upon learning she passed the bar exam in a viral TikTok video.
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DHS docs reveal where paroled migrants under controversial Biden flight program are landing

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data is revealing the more than 50 cities in the U.S. that hundreds of thousands of migrants have flown into via a controversial parole program for four nationalities — with the vast majority entering the U.S. via airports in Florida.

During an eight-month period from January through August 2023, roughly 200,000 migrants flew into the U.S. via the program. Of those, 80% of them, (161,562) arrived in the state of Florida in four cities: Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa Bay, according to DHS...
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Trump accuses Manhattan judge of 'rigging' 2024 election following gag order ruling: 'Election interference'

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Trump accused the judge presiding over his trial in Manhattan of "rigging" the 2024 election after ruling the 45th president violated a gag order stemming from the case.

"This Judge has taken away my Constitutional Right to FREE SPEECH. I am the only Presidential Candidate in History to be GAGGED," Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social.

"This whole ‘Trial’ is RIGGED, and by taking away my FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THIS HIGHLY CONFLICTED JUDGE IS RIGGING THE PRESIDENTIAL OF 2024 ELECTION. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!" Trump continued.

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US troops could pay price if NATO allies don't make major change, former VP's group warns

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: U.S. troops could be forced into a Russian war if the surrounding NATO countries fail to increase their military spending, according to former President Mike Pence's lobbying group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF).

In a memo sent to Congress on Tuesday, AAF claims several countries have not fulfilled their NATO-sanctioned 2% obligation, leaving the heaviest burden on the U.S. In 2014, only the U.S., U.K., and Greece upheld its treaty obligations during Russia's Crimea invasion, with non-compliant countries averaging 1.3% of GDP on...
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House Republicans urge Biden to press ICC not to charge Netanyahu, Israeli officials with war crimes

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX – Three House Republicans from New York wrote a letter Tuesday imploring the Biden administration to prevent the "sham prosecution" of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli government officials by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes.

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y., spearheaded the letter co-signed by House GOP Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Rep. Marcus Molinaro, R-N.Y. to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken citing "incredible concerning reports" that the ICC...
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