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Today's Political News Compilation - Thursday, April 8, 2024

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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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Ballot-Access Consultant for RFK Jr. Was Arrested on Assault Charges

  • News source: Rebecca Davis O’Brien
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A top ballot-access consultant for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign was arrested on assault charges at a luxury Manhattan hotel early last Saturday morning, the New York Police Department said.

The consultant, Trent Pool, 37, was taken into custody at the Soho Grand Hotel and charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and assault, the police said. An unidentified 25-year-old woman said he had “wrapped his hand around her neck making it hard for her to breath and then struck her in the face with a closed fist,” according...
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Rep. Henry Cuellar says he is 'innocent' ahead of potential indictment

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar is claiming innocence ahead of a potential indictment against him, according to a statement released from his office.
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Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar expected to be indicted, source says

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Federal prosecutors are expected to announce an indictment against Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas on Friday, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News.

Details of the indictment, including how many charges Cueller faces and the nature of the allegations, were not immediately available. NBC News first reported the anticipated indictment.

Cuellar indicated in a statement that he and his wife were charged, and he said they are innocent of the accusations. The congressman said he will continue to seek reelection to the House in...
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Former government employee charged with making false Jan. 6 accusations

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — A former government employee with ties to federal intelligence agencies was arrested in Virginia Thursday and accused of sending fake tips to the FBI in which he falsely accused multiple coworkers of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach, newly unsealed court documents revealed.

Investigators alleged in court records that Miguel Zapata anonymously submitted information about seven individuals with whom he had once worked in the months after the attack, writing that they "espoused conspiracy theories" and "took part in the...
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Remains of man thought to be hostage found in Israel

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Elyakim Libman was a security guard at a music festival and was previously thought to be a hostage.
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Myanmar stops men from working abroad as war intensifies

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Authorities said they would suspend accepting applications for overseas work permits.
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Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar expected to be indicted by DOJ, sources say

  • News source: FOX News
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The Department of Justice intends to indict Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas on Friday, sources familiar with the investigation have told Fox News Digital.

Federal law enforcement raided Cuellar's house and office in 2022 as part of an investigation into a group of U.S. businessmen and their ties to the country of Azerbaijan. The representative and his office agreed to cooperate with the investigation.

Cuellar previously served as a co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus.

This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Campus 'occupation guide' taps into agitators' 'rage,' instructs how to 'escalate' chaos

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Anti-Israel radicals on the University of Pennsylvania campus are passing around multiple guides directing agitators on how to break into buildings, "escalate" protests, create weapons and even administer first aid, documents exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital show.

"Let repression breed more resistance. We will not disavow any actions taken to escalate the struggle, including militant direct actions. Our notion of ‘safety’ in the imperial core is built on centuries of corpses, and this liberal framing of 'safetyism' prevents us...
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April jobs report misses expectations, signaling a possible slowdown

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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US loosens some EV battery rules, potentially increasing tax credit eligibility

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The U.S. government has loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits a bit, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500
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Poultry enterprise to pay $4.8M after employing children to work with sharp knives

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The owners and operators were ordered to pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages and to give up $1 million in profits.
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The Death of a Treaty Could Be a Lifesaver for Taiwan

  • News source: John Ismay
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During a military exercise with the Philippines that began last month, the U.S. Army deployed a new type of covert weapon that is designed to be hidden in plain sight.

Called Typhon, it consists of a modified 40-foot shipping container that conceals up to four missiles that rotate upward to fire. It can be loaded with weapons including the Tomahawk — a cruise missile that can hit targets on land and ships at sea more than 1,150 miles away.

The weapon, and other small mobile launchers like it, would have been illegal just five years ago under the...
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These illegal immigrants are eligible for Obamacare after Biden rule change

  • News source: FOX News
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Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors and were protected from deportation under an Obama-era executive order will be able to obtain health care through Obamacare under a new rule being published Friday by the Biden administration.

Those who are protected via the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, along with other illegal immigrants, are currently prohibited from accessing healthcare through the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. A rule announced Friday will end that prohibition.

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Kyiv can use British weapons inside Russia - Cameron

  • News source: BBC News - World
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UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron says it is up to Ukraine to decide how to use British arms.
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Governments not protecting press freedom, report says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Governments are failing to protect journalism from political attacks, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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