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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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French police remove pro-Gaza student protesters

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Student protesters in France have echoed those in the US but have not been violent.
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A record number of sea lions gather in San Francisco

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than one thousand of the animals visited a city pier - the region's biggest spike in 15 years.
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Police fired gun while clearing Columbia University protest

  • News source: BBC News - World
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There were no injuries or students nearby, and the bullet lodged in a wall. The matter is now under investigation.
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Dam bursts and death toll rises in Brazil floods

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 30 people have been killed and 60 are missing in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
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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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TikTok C.E.O. Shou Chew’s Path From Quiet Tech Exec to Met Gala Red Carpet

  • News source: Jacob Bernstein, Madison Malone Kircher and Sapna
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Although the Met Gala serves as a branding event for Vogue, it has long accepted sponsorships from the tech giants that have threatened the very survival of legacy media publications.

Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, appeared as the ball’s honorary chair in 2012. Four years later, when Apple was a Met Gala sponsor, its chief executive, Tim Cook, showed up in tux and tails. And Instagram supplied cash in 2022.

The 2024 event is sponsored, in part, by TikTok, the social media goliath whose future looks murkier than that of Condé Nast, the publisher of...
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Political Furor Over U.S. Steel Bid Puts Cfius in Spotlight

  • News source: Alan Rappeport
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At a campaign event last month in Pennsylvania, the heartland of American steel manufacturing, President Biden made clear that he does not want the proposed takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel to happen.

“We’re finally making sure that United States Steel stays United States Steel,” Mr. Biden said. “It’s not going to be anybody else’s steel.”

How that promise will be kept has yet to be determined. U.S. Steel said this week in its first-quarter earnings release that it expected the acquisition to be completed in the second half of this...
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Zoom call reveals 'Squad' Democrat's message to anti-Jewish agitators at university encampment

  • News source: FOX News
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A video posted by far-left anti-Jewish agitators at the University of Oregon has revealed one "Squad" member's message urging them to continue their aggressive actions.

The video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., appeared in multiple social media posts across a number of platforms earlier this week and was posted by Free Palestine Eugene and the UO Palestine Coalition, two groups supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel and involved in the setup of a protest encampment at the University of Oregon.

"I'm here to...
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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

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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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