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President Joe Biden is defending the right to free speech but says “order must prevail” on college campuses. Biden’s remarks broke days of silence as police crack down on encampments erected to show solidarity with Gaza.
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Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over the war in Gaza


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear. “Dissent is essential for democracy,” Biden said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.”

























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Here's how hot it will get in the South next week

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Southern Texas is expected to feel the most severe heat threat next week, according to the National Weather Service.
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The quiet, feared strategist behind Modi’s rise

  • News source: BBC News - World
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India’s PM is eyeing a record third term - his home minister is the brains behind his election wins.
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Irish college fines student union over Gaza protests

  • News source: BBC News - World
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TCD issues fine over loss of income as a result of recent blockades of a tourist attraction.
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Biden calls for order after police clear UCLA camp

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Officers in riot gear arrested 209 people as they dismantled their weeklong pro-Palestinian protest.
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US allies India and Japan 'xenophobic', says Biden

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The White House has downplayed the comments, saying the president 'values' India and Japan's friendship.
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Immigrants With DACA Protections Will Be Eligible for Obamacare

  • News source: Hamed Aleaziz
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Thousands of undocumented immigrants will be able to obtain health care through the Affordable Care Act under a new federal rule, U.S. officials said this week.

The new eligibility comes for those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which since 2012 has protected undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as young people from deportation. The program also provides recipients with work permits. More than 500,000 immigrants have DACA protections but have been ineligible for benefits such as federal health insurance...
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A New Issue Flares in the 2024 Race: Campus Protests

  • News source: Lisa Lerer
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Protests and arrests on college campuses exploded into the forefront of the presidential race this week, opening up a new line of attack for Republicans and forcing President Biden to directly address an issue that has divided the liberal wing of his party.

With Donald J. Trump largely stuck in a New York City courtroom for one of his criminal trials, Republicans have tried to use the protests as a political cudgel and a literal backdrop to attack Mr. Biden, casting him as weak and unable to keep control of the country.

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Weapons in U.S. Aid Bill Can’t Come Fast Enough for Ukraine

  • News source: Lara Jakes, Eric Schmitt, Marc Santora and Julian
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Last Sunday, as Russia put pressure on Ukrainian forces across a 600-mile front line, Ukraine received a shipment of anti-armor rockets, missiles and badly needed 155-millimeter artillery shells. It was the first installment from the $61 billion in military aid that President Biden approved just four days earlier.

A second batch of those weapons and ammunition arrived on Monday. And a fresh supply of Patriot interceptor missiles from Spain arrived in Poland on Tuesday. They would be at the Ukrainian front soon, a senior Spanish official said.

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Haiti’s Police Force Is ‘Begging for Help’ Against Ruthless Gangs

  • News source: David C. Adams and Andre Paultre
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Gangs stormed the neighborhood of Haiti’s police chief, Frantz Elbé, in March, broke into his house, set it afire and killed his dog.

Mr. Elbé and his family were not home at the time, and he did not want to discuss what happened in any detail. But the attack, which was captured on video, sent a chilling message through police ranks and to residents of the country’s embattled capital, Port-au-Prince.

“It symbolized that no one was safe,” said Reginald Delva, a Haitian security consultant and former Haitian government minister.

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Oil Companies Expand Offshore Drilling, Pointing to Energy Needs

  • News source: Ivan Penn
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About 80 miles southeast of Louisiana’s coast, 100,000 metric tons of steel floats in the Gulf of Mexico, an emblem of the hopes of oil and gas companies.

This hulk of metal, a deepwater platform called Appomattox and owned by Shell, collects the oil and gas that rigs tap from reservoirs thousands of feet below the seafloor. Equipment on the platform pipes that fuel to shore.

Political and corporate leaders have pledged to reduce planet-warming emissions to net-zero by 2050. But oil companies like Shell are betting that the world will need oil and...
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Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Pelosi, Gore, Ledecky and more

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to 19 recipients, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Vice President Al Gore and Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky.

The awards will be presented at the White House on Friday.

"These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America for the better. They are the pinnacle of leadership in their fields. They consistently demonstrated over their careers the power of...
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VP Stakes: Trump meeting with potential running mates this weekend

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Donald Trump moves from the courtroom in New York City to the banquet rooms in South Florida on Friday, as he headlines a gathering of top Republican donors and teams up with potential running mates.

Trump starts his day in a Manhattan courtroom, where the former president is being tried on nearly three-dozen state felony charges for falsifying business records in relation to hush-money payments during the 2016 election he made to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about his alleged affair with the adult film actress.

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FLASHBACK: Biden confidante made revealing admission about Obama DOJ in unearthed interview

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A former U.S. senator and longtime political confidante of President Biden openly acknowledged that the Department of Justice was "full of Biden people" during the Obama presidency, sparking criticism from skeptics as Biden's DOJ continues to fight questions about its impartiality in high-profile investigations.

"The Justice Department is full of Biden people!" Former Delaware Democratic Sen. Ted Kaufman said in a 2012 "Oral History" Senate interview reviewed by Fox News Digital in response to a question about Biden's input on cabinet...
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China set to launch probe to far side of moon

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 probe is to lift off on Friday for a 53-day mission to collect samples.
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Celebrity scandals and secret recordings dominate Trump trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Defence pursues a heated line of questioning with Stormy Daniels' ex-lawyer, who brokered hush-money deal.
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