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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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Russian military personnel enter Niger airbase where some U.S. troops remain

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Russian military personnel entered an airbase in Niger where some U.S. troops are located, two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News.

Russians have been in Niger for several weeks as the U.S. negotiates the withdrawal of its troops from two airbases in Niger, one of the officials said. Described by a second official as "trainers," said the Russians are located around two miles from where a small number of U.S. troops are based at Niamey's international airport. Most of the roughly 1,000 U.S. troops still in Niger are at a second airbase about 500...
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WATCH: Texas driver gets stuck in floodwater as onlookers scream

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Bystanders screamed for a motorist to turn around before they drove into floodwater in College Station, Texas. The vehicle got stuck, but as the video shows, the driver was OK.
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Biden Appeals to North Carolina With Program to Replace Lead Pipes

  • News source: Peter Baker
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President Biden traveled on Thursday to North Carolina, a possible swing state in the fall election, to promote his efforts to replace toxic lead pipes as part of his administration’s program to expand and upgrade the nation’s network of roads, airports and other critical infrastructure.

During a stop in Wilmington, the president announced $3 billion in new spending drawn from the bipartisan infrastructure law that he pushed through Congress in 2021, one of the signature legislative achievements he hopes to use to show voters that he can be...
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Fox News Politics: Trump's 'beautiful' baby blues

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Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail.

What's happening?

-Biden ripped for allowing antisemitism to escalate

-Anti-McCarthy rebels weigh in on effort to oust Johnson

-Biden's polling bump against Trump deflates

While in court Thursday, Trump denied various reports claiming he sometimes nods off during his criminal trial.

"Contrary to the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today. I simply close...
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4 big takeaways from Day 10 of Trump's hush money trial

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Stormy Daniels' ex-attorney clashed with the defense on Day 10 of former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York.
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NC congressional candidate suspends campaign days before primary runoff

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The candidate who finished first in the Republican nomination primary race for a North Carolina congressional seat says she's suspending her campaign, citing her rival's endorsement by former President Donald Trump in the runoff election.

Though Johnston County attorney Kelly Daughtry had the most votes among 14 candidates in the March 5 GOP primary for North Carolina 13th Congressional District, she did not reach the 30% threshold needed to win the primary outright. She and Brad Knott, who finished second and is a former federal prosecutor, had...
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Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza 'tragedy'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Officials said the measures would be in place until Israel allowed an "uninterrupted and sufficient flow" of aid.
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Kenya orders flood evacuations as it warns dams could spill

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Residents near 178 bodies of water have been told to leave as flooding is set to worsen.
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Alarm in Israel at reports of possible ICC legal action over Gaza

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Benjamin Netanyahu has called reports of possible International Criminal Court action "an outrage".
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Trump’s Lawyers Turn Up the Heat

  • News source: Jesse McKinley
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During the first two weeks of testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, the defense has often turned to three Ds to counter the prosecution’s arguments: denial, downplaying and deflecting responsibility.

As the case heats up, though, Trump’s legal team has increasingly gone on the offensive, confronting prosecution witnesses head-on — a strategy that was on full display today, during a rugged cross-examination of Keith Davidson, a Los Angeles lawyer who represented Stormy Daniels.

Daniels, a porn star, was paid $130,000 by Trump’s fixer, Michael...
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Bill to Combat Antisemitism on Campuses Prompts Backlash From the Right

  • News source: Annie Karni
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A bipartisan push in Congress to enact a law cracking down on antisemitic speech on college campuses has prompted a backlash from far-right lawmakers and activists, who argue it could outlaw Christian biblical teachings.

The House passed the legislation, called the Antisemitism Awareness Act, overwhelmingly on Wednesday, and Senate leaders in both parties were working behind the scenes on Thursday to determine whether it would have enough backing to come to a vote in that chamber.

House Republicans rolled the bill out this week as part of their...
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Alabama lawmakers advance bill letting inmates speak at parole hearings

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A legislative committee on Thursday advanced a bill to allow state inmates, for the first time, to speak by phone or video conference at their parole hearings.

The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill after adding an amendment to give victims and law enforcement officials the option to also participate by electronic means instead of driving to Montgomery for the parole hearing.

The bill, which was approved in the Senate without a dissenting vote, now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives to be considered in the final three days of...
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Trump delivers pizza to New York City firefighters in campaign stop after day in court

  • News source: FOX News
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NEW YORK CITY — Former President Trump is expected to visit a fire department in midtown Manhattan Thursday evening to honor first responders following hours in court for his unprecedented criminal trial.

The former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee arrived with pizza to the same New York City fire department he visited in 2021 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sept. 11, 2021.

Trump spent the day in a Manhattan courtroom to witness testimony and cross-examination on criminal charges against...
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Dems who denounced Jan 6 riot condemn ‘all violence against police’ amid campus clashes

  • News source: FOX News
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House Democrats who furiously condemned attacks on police during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are also speaking out against police being injured at the anti-Israel protests currently raging at universities across the country.

Fox News Digital reached out to all the remaining members of the now-defunct House select committee on January 6 as well as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. – all Democrats who led criticism of how cops were treated in 2021 – to ask whether they would extend the same...
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Menendez wants psychiatrist to testify about habit of stockpiling cash

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — When federal investigators executed a search warrant at Sen. Bob Menendez's New Jersey home in June 2022, they found more than $480,000 in cash stashed in envelopes and coats, as well as 13 gold bars worth more than $100,000.

They also seized nearly $80,000 from his wife's safe deposit box at a nearby bank.

After Menendez was charged last year with corruption, he explained that for 30 years he withdrew thousands of dollars each month from his personal savings account in case of emergencies. The "old-fashioned" habit, he said, had...
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