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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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New US sanctions against Russia target weapons development, ban uranium imports for nuclear power

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on hundreds of companies and people tied to Russia’s weapons development program, more than a dozen Chinese entities accused of helping Moscow find workarounds to earlier penalties, and individuals linked to the death of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny.



























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Trump 'hates' hush-money deal was made, Cohen says in recording

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The claim was made by Donald Trump's ex-lawyer in a conversation with Stormy Daniels' former attorney.
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Watchdog group asks to unseal records of DOJ's subpoenas of congressional staffers' messages

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: A watchdog group is asking a federal court to unseal documents related to the Justice Department’s subpoenas of the personal phone and email records of members of Congress and during the Trump-Russia investigation, Fox News Digital has learned.

Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research filed a motion, first obtained by Fox News Digital, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday, saying the matter is "of significant public interest."

The motion also revealed the nondisclosure orders that the DOJ imposed upon...
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'Ridiculous': Top Biden staffer grilled for 'astounding' claim about not targeting Elon Musk

  • News source: FOX News
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Lawmakers grilled a top staffer on President Biden's 2024 campaign for his "astounding" claim that Elon Musk did not face "any adverse government actions" in response to changing the outlet's censorship policies.

Robert Flaherty, deputy campaign manager for Biden's re-election campaign, was pressed by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on his comment about Musk as well as his reported work with Facebook to play referee on rhetoric regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on social media.

In his opening statement, Flaherty said, "Twitter's new owner abandoned all its...
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All GOP senators press Biden not to support expanding WHO pandemic authority

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., led the entire Republican Senate conference in calling on President Biden to reject agreements that would expand the authority of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the case of a global pandemic.

"We strongly urge you not to join any pandemic related treaty, convention, or agreement being considered" at the 77th World Health Assembly, reads a letter sent to Biden by Johnson and all 48 other Republican senators.

The Republican senators stressed that any such agreement would be considered a treaty, which...
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Man who bragged that he ‘fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison

  • News source: Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press
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A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection.

Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him — head first and face down — into the crowd on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace. Whitton later boasted in a text message that he “fed him to the people.”

Roughly 20 minutes later, Whitton tried to pull a second officer into...
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Interest rates could be high for much longer. Here's what it means for you

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Alabama court authorizes second nitrogen execution

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Firefighting foam polluted water with PFAS. Decades later, Pentagon changes course

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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An exclusive look at the Pentagon’s effort to limit PFAS contamination at military installations and the stakes for one Michigan community considered “ground zero.”
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Trump trial: 'What have we done?' Stormy Daniels' lawyer texted on election night

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Follow the latest developments in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York.
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WATCH: Confused dog tries to play fetch with statue

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Ukrainian MP charged with embezzling £220,000

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Prosecutors allege the politician bought assets worth far more than his official income could cover.
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Nigerian paints nails for three days in world record bid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The 19-year-old technician says she painted 4,000 nails in an attempt to break the world record.
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Biden Calls Japan and India ‘Xenophobic’ in Defending U.S. Immigration

  • News source: Michael D. Shear
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For months, President Biden has been under pressure to prove he can be tough at the border. But at a campaign reception on Wednesday night, he also tried to voice his commitment to America’s long history of immigration.

He did so by taking a swipe at two of America’s partners, saying that Japan and India are struggling economically “because they’re xenophobic.” He said the two democratic countries, along with China and Russia, “don’t want immigrants.”

“Immigrants are what makes us strong,” the president told the crowd of supporters. “Not a joke...
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Sen. Tom Cotton takes aim at student loan forgiveness for anti-Israel agitators

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, on Thursday criticized the possibility of student loan forgiveness that may be extended to anti-Israel agitators at universities nationwide.

The senator introduced The No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, a measure that would prevent so-called "bailouts" from being given to anyone convicted of federal or state crimes "related to the individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education."

Cotton told Fox News Digital in a statement...
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2024 Showdown: Biden's bump has flatlined in the polls

  • News source: FOX News
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It was a poll that rattled the campaign world, disrupting the recent narrative that President Biden was closing the gap with former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election rematch.

A survey that went viral on Sunday indicated Trump topping his Democratic successor by six points in a head-to-head match-up and by nine points in a five-candidate ballot that included Democrat turned independent contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Green Party candidate Jill Stein and progressive professor Cornel West.

The CNN poll conducted by SSRS was instantly used...
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