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Today's Political News Compilation - Friday, May 3, 2024

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An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.



























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Queensland MP says she was drugged and assaulted

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Brittany Lauga says she was attacked in her home constituency and that other women were, too.
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US blames Rwanda and rebels for deadly camp strike

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least nine people are killed in an attack on a camp in eastern DR Congo.
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Former Trump official announces major 'Deport Them All' border initiative amid bid to flip crucial Senate seat

  • News source: FOX News
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LAS VEGAS — EXCLUSIVE: A former Trump official running in one of this year's crucial battleground Senate races is launching a major initiative to help end the crisis at the southern border amid his effort to oust an incumbent Democrat.

Republican Nevada Senate candidate Jeff Gunter, the former U.S. ambassador to Iceland, announced Saturday his "Build the Wall, Deport Them All" initiative, which, although in its preliminary stage, will ultimately target illegal immigrants he says are causing a grave economic impact on small businesses across the...
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Late-season storm expected to bring heavy snowfall to the Sierra Nevada

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A late-season storm is expected to hit the Sierra Nevada this weekend, bringing rain and mountain snow to Northern and Central California
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Pro-Palestinian protests heap pressure on Biden from left and right

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Joe Biden is caught between students demanding peace, and Americans concerned the unrest is disrupting education.
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Georgia senators find little oversight over how Fani Willis spends taxpayer dollars: 'Like the Wild West'

  • News source: FOX News
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Georgia lawmakers heard testimony Friday that caused one Republican senator to express concern that there's little oversight of how Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis uses her $36.6 million budget.

State Sen. Bill Cowsert, a Republican representing Athens and chairman of the committee, questioned Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts and Fulton County Chief Financial Officer Sharon Whittmore about how the DA's office receives and spends its funds. The witnesses testified that Willis has broad discretion over those taxpayer dollars, including whether to hire a special prosecutor and how much they should be paid.

"This is sounding to me kind of like the Wild West, very little control from Fulton County over a $36 million budget," Cowsert said after asking several questions about the county budget process.

"You don't know how much of that is spent on professional services, who is hired, how much they're paid per hour, what their total compensation is. Yet you're being asked to provide $36.6 million a year that you know encompasses a number of those types of independent contractors that you know you're funding with no oversight or control, right?" he asked Whittmore at one point.
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New election integrity group will pour millions into paying, protecting whistleblowers on 'front lines'

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A newly formed nonprofit organization aims to promote election integrity by compensating whistleblowers at the ground level who witness corruption first hand during the election process.

The Fair Election Fund will focus its efforts on election organizers and concerned citizens who witness the inner workings of elections first hand and will vet and pay whistleblowers who witness irregularities in the process.

"The bulk of the group’s budget will be devoted to paying whistleblowers like election workers, organizers, and concerned...
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Japanese government responds to Biden claim that Japan is 'xenophobic': 'Unfortunate'

  • News source: FOX News
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The Japanese government has released a response to President Biden's recent comments asserting that the island nation is "xenophobic" for not accepting more immigrants.

Biden told the audience at a Wednesday campaign fundraiser that the U.S. economy is dominant "because we welcome immigrants."

"Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble? Why is Russia? Why is India? Because they’re xenophobic," the president said.

BIDEN CALLS JAPAN 'XENOPHOBIC' FOR NOT ACCEPTING MANY IMMIGRANTS, COMPARES TO CHINA, RUSSIA

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Kevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behavior from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week
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Gaza ceasefire talks intensify in Cairo

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hamas said it was sending negotiators to talks in a "positive spirit" after studying the latest proposal.
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'Impact is severe': Texas Republicans erupt over DHS migrant flight program as state becomes top destination

  • News source: FOX News
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Texas Republicans are criticizing a Biden administration parole program for four nationalities after it was revealed this week that three of the top destinations for migrants under the program are in Texas -- on top of the numbers it is already seeing coming across the border.

"It's just another layer to the entirety of what we're dealing with," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas told Fox News Digital in an interview. "But that's what people need to understand, it's a very specific program designed to flood the system, misusing parole to do it."

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Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel says it will not agree to end the war with Hamas

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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More than six months after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip.
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Flood watch in effect for over 11 million people in Texas and Oklahoma

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A flood watch remains in effect for more than 11 million people in Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday morning as a number of flood warnings are in effect.
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Just What Kind of a Third-Party Candidate Is R.F.K. Jr.?

  • News source: Nate Cohn
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With six months to go until the election, it’s still too early to judge whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Democrat-turned-independent candidate for president, will prove to be more than a mere spoiler.

He starts out with roughly 10 percent of the vote and one of the most famous names in American politics. It’s enough to at least contemplate whether he’ll be the kind of third-party candidate who makes a lasting mark.

Even without having won the presidency, third-party candidates have often played an important and even healthy role in American...
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Jerry Seinfeld Can No Longer Be About Nothing

  • News source: Matt Flegenheimer and Marc Tracy
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Jerry Seinfeld became a mic-cradling, cereal-eating, “did-you-ever-notice”-ing avatar of American Jewish life with a brazenly shrugging persona: a merry indifference to weighty material as a comedian and in his megahit TV show about nothing, as petty and apolitical as he seemed to be.

Now — off-camera, at least — Mr. Seinfeld appears to have reached his post-nothing period.

Since the attacks of Oct. 7 in Israel, and through their bloody and volatile aftermath in Gaza, Mr. Seinfeld, 70, has emerged as a strikingly public voice against antisemitism...
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