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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, April 30, 2024

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Former President Donald Trump returns to court after a break in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP)

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Trump says he’ll use National Guard to deport migrants, doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he’d use the National Guard as part of efforts to deport millions of migrants across the country if he’s reelected, signaling that he’s doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric that fueled his previous rise to power. Trump’s comments came during a lengthy in-person and telephone interview with Time magazine earlier this month. The accompanying story was published online on Tuesday.

























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US moves to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The federal government still classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug alongside heroin and ecstasy.
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Qantas passengers report seeing strangers' data on app

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The airline is investigating reports of a privacy breach involving boarding passes and other details.
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Crackdown or compromise? A tale of two US campus protests

  • News source: BBC News - World
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One sent in the police, the other struck a deal with students. But why have responses been so wildly different?
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Law Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case

  • News source: Ken Bensinger
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A law firm that has long defended Donald J. Trump’s campaign and businesses from employment lawsuits has abruptly asked to withdraw from a yearslong case over what it calls an “irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship.”

The firm — LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Rosen, Kittridge, Carlin and McPartland — has represented Mr. Trump’s political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, helping secure several settlements and dismissals and billing nearly $3 million in the process.

But late on Friday, it asked a...
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Speaker Johnson, Republicans ramp up criticism of 'out of control' college protests

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the college protests happening nationwide in connection to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Searches on Americans in FBI foreign intelligence database fell in 2023

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The number of searches about Americans conducted by the FBI in a controversial foreign intelligence database fell by almost half in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. intelligence community.

The FBI's searches, some of which were deemed to be improper in the past, were a flashpoint in a months-long fight in Congress over the reauthorization of a surveillance program referred to as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.

The number of FBI queries of what the report...
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Pennsylvania House votes to criminalize Bluetooth stalking

  • News source: FOX News
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Pennsylvania took a step Tuesday toward becoming the latest state to punish someone for using a Bluetooth-connected device to track someone without their permission.

The state House of Representatives voted 199-1 to approve legislation that would make using a tracking device to secretly track another person part of Pennsylvania's laws against stalking. The crime would be punishable as a third-degree misdemeanor, or up to 90 days in jail.

The bill goes to the Senate, where a separate bill is pending that would make the crime a second-degree...
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Alabama lawmakers eye gambling compromise as legislative session nears its end

  • News source: FOX News
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Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday proposed a compromise on gambling legislation that would authorize a state lottery and multiple sites with electronic gambling machines. But the measure faces an uncertain outlook in the closing days of the legislative session.

A conference committee approved the two-bill proposal as lawmakers aim to put the issue to a statewide vote this August. Lawmakers in the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate could vote on the measure as soon as Tuesday evening. It will take three-fifths of lawmakers to approve the...
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'Psy-op': Conservatives skeptical of House Dems' motives in protecting Johnson

  • News source: FOX News
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House conservatives are warily watching their Democratic counterparts after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., led a statement promising to protect Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from a GOP-led ouster threat.

"Some people are wondering if this isn’t like a psy-op, where the Dems are saying we’re going to publicly support you because they want, at the end of the day, for him to be vacated?" Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.

House Democratic leaders released a joint statement on Tuesday declaring they would block...
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WATCH: Barbers save girl from being hit by cars

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 8
Two Connecticut barbers stopped in the middle of giving haircuts to rush out of their shop and rescue a girl running toward the middle of a busy intersection.
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Tens of millions secretly use WhatsApp despite bans

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Will Cathcart reveals how many people are secretly using his app in countries where it is banned.
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India's economy: The good, bad and ugly in six charts

  • News source: BBC News - World
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India has one of the world's fastest growing economies but the benefits are yet to fully reach the poorest.
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France's far right shows off star turn for EU elections

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Fabrice Leggeri is not without controversy, having resigned as head of the EU's border agency in 2022.
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Chinese women are partnering with strangers to save money

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 8
They are finding new ways to cut back on household spending as China’s economy loses steam.
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Gosling and Blunt on sarcasm, stunts and singing at the Oscars

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 7
The two Hollywood stars have teamed up for a new film, The Fall Guy, based on the 1980s hit TV show.
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