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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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US military acknowledges errant drone strike killed civilian, not al-Qaeda leader

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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U.S. Central Command acknowledged that one year ago Friday, it mistakenly struck a civilian in a strike in Syria, not the al-Qaeda leader it was looking for.
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Whistleblower at key Boeing supplier dies after sudden illness

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A whistleblower who identified engineering problems at the company that supplied Boeing with airliner fuselages died on Monday, CBS News has learned, after suffering from a fast-spreading infection.

Joshua Dean was a quality inspector at Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the bulk of the 737 Max for Boeing. Dean raised concerns in October 2022 about misdrilled holes on a rear section of the plane that is necessary to maintain cabin pressure during flight.

Attorneys for Dean confirmed his death. He was 45.

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More than 16K pounds of ground beef recalled for potential E. coli contamination

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Cargill Meat Solutions recalled over 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef that was sold in 9 states at Walmart stores.
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Chaos unfolds at Gaza UCLA protest

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Flash bangs made a thunderous noise as police attempted to dismantle the pro-Palestinian protester's camp.
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Biden pressured to sanction China for role in US fentanyl crisis

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is pushing the Biden administration to classify fentanyl as a biological and chemical weapon, and to sanction China for its role in fueling the U.S. drug crisis.

"The Chinese Communist Party is the largest police state in the world. If they wanted to stop the flow of fentanyl from inside their border to the U.S. and Mexican drug cartels, they could do it overnight," Banks told Fox News Digital. "Instead, they are sending this deadly opioid to kill tens of thousands of military and working-aged Americans every...
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Biden calls Japan 'xenophobic' for not accepting many immigrants, compares to China, Russia

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden called the allied nation of Japan "xenophobic" in a speech this week, alongside a slew of other nations he claims are suffering from lack of immigration.

Biden made the remarks extolling the virtues and benefits of immigration on Wednesday at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C.

"This election is about freedom, America and democracy. That’s why I badly need you. You know, one of the reasons why our economy is growing is because of you and many others. Why? Because we welcome immigrants."

BIDEN ADMIN CONDEMNED FOR CONSIDERING PLANS TO...
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In a first, an orangutan is seen using a medicinal plant to treat injury

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday.

Scientists observed Rakus the orangutan pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation. The adult male orangutan then used his fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on the right cheek. Afterward, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift...
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Military concludes airstrike in Syria last May killed civilian, not terrorist

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Almost a year later, the U.S. military has concluded that an airstrike last May in northwestern Syria killed a civilian, instead of a senior al Qaeda leader, as it initially claimed.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) released a summary Thursday of its investigation into the May 3, 2023 strike saying the investigation found the strike killed civilian Lutfi Hasan Masto, the same person that social media reports at the time identified as the victim.

Though the investigation found several areas the command could improve on, according to the summary, it...
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Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.
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Russia using choking agents in Ukraine, US says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The state department says Moscow has used a World War One-era weapon to "dislodge" Ukrainian troops.
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Russia accused of Syria hospital strike in UN complaint

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A Syrian man whose two relatives were killed in the 2019 attack has filed the complaint in Geneva.
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Watch: Wild orangutan treats his own wounds

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.
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Biden Denounces Violence on Campus, Breaking Silence After Rash of Arrests

  • News source: Peter Baker
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President Biden broke days of silence on Thursday to finally speak out on the wave of anti-Israel protests on American college campuses that have inflamed much of the country, denouncing violence and antisemitism even as he defended the right to peaceful dissent.

In an unscheduled televised statement from the White House, Mr. Biden offered a forceful condemnation of students and other protesters who in his view have taken their grievances over Israel’s war against Hamas too far. But he rejected Republican calls to deploy the National Guard to rein...
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F.T.C. Clears Exxon Mobil’s Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources

  • News source: Clifford Krauss
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The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday approved Exxon Mobil’s acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources as long as Exxon excludes Pioneer’s chief executive from its board.

The $60 billion deal between the two Texas companies, which may be finalized as early as this week, would produce the dominant oil and gas producer in the Permian Basin, the country’s largest oil field, which is in Texas and New Mexico. Exxon’s purchase of Pioneer is one of several large mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry in recent years.

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President Biden condemns violent anti-Israel protests, won't call up National Guard

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden broke his silence on Thursday regarding the anti-Israel demonstrations that are roiling colleges and universities around the nation, condemning the violence that has broken out and saying that "order must prevail."

"We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent. The American people are heard. In fact, peaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues. But neither are we a lawless country. We're a civil society and order must prevail," Biden said at the White...
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