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Today's Political News Compilation - Friday, May 17, 2024

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Upside-down flag at Justice Alito’s home another blow for Supreme Court under fire

WASHINGTON (AP) — An upside-down U.S. flag has long been a sign of dire distress and versatile symbol of protest. But in January 2021, when it flew over the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, it was largely seen in connection with a specific cause: the false claim by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters that the 2020 election had been marred by fraud.



























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DC Mayor Bowser jets off for Las Vegas weekend 'mission' after ritzy Masters trip on taxpayers' dime

  • News source: FOX News
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Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and her entourage are set to travel to Las Vegas on a business trip, shortly after the Democratic mayor faced scrutiny for going on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Masters Golf tournament.

A description of the event on the mayor’s public calendar said that she would attend the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) on an "economic mission."

"On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Mayor Bowser will attend the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) LAS VEGAS to attract retail to the District of Columbia,"...
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In Atlanta, Biden Warms Up His Pitch to Black Voters

  • News source: Katie Rogers
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President Biden declared on Saturday that his challenger, former President Donald J. Trump, represented an “unhinged” threat to the future of the country and asked Black voters at two campaign events in Atlanta to see the election as a choice between protecting democracy and letting it backslide.

This message was a preview of sorts for a speech he was scheduled to deliver on Sunday at Morehouse College, an all-male, historically Black institution whose students, alumni and faculty had been divided over inviting Mr. Biden as the war in Gaza...
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Seize the Grey wins the Preakness for D. Wayne Lukas and ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Seize the Grey win the Preakness Stakes for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
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6 people killed, 10 others injured in Idaho when pickup crashes into passenger van

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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In Israel visit, Stefanik to tout Trump's record on Jewish state, reject Biden policies: 'No excuse'

  • News source: FOX News
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House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., will blast President Biden as she seeks to reassure Israel during a speech at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, Sunday morning.

Her prepared remarks were obtained by Fox News Digital ahead of the address. Stefanik will be the highest-ranking House member to visit Israel since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. She will be introduced by the Israeli speaker, according to her office.

The New York Republican is also planning to meet with high-level government officials and pay her respects to locations...
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U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a Wider War

  • News source: Edward Wong
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Senior American and Iranian officials held talks through intermediaries in Oman this past week, the first such conversations since Iran launched a retaliatory attack on Israel with hundreds of missiles and drones last month, according to a person familiar with the recent meetings.

Brett McGurk, the top White House official on Middle East policy, and Abram Paley, the deputy special envoy for Iran, attended the talks in Oman. The goal was to try to get Iran, which supplies weapons and training to militias across the Middle East, to move to rein in its...
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Colorado GOP chair's embrace of Trump tactics splits party as he tries to boost his own campaign

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Vegas tourism authority sponsoring each Aces player for $100K in 2024 and 2025; WNBA investigating.

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Vegas tourism authority sponsoring each Aces player for $100K in 2024 and 2025.
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Houthi missile strikes Greek-owned oil tanker in Red Sea, U.S. says

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Yemen's Houthi militants hit an oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile early Saturday, damaging the Panama-flagged, Greek-owned vessel in their latest assault over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, officials said.

Though the Houthis did not immediately claim the assault, it comes as they claimed to have shot down another U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen and have launched other attacks on shipping, disrupting trade on a key maritime route leading to the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea.

The attack around 1 a.m. struck...
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Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley defends 'friend' Harrison Butker after 'out of touch' left's 'absurd meltdown'

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., came to Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Harrison Butker's defense this week after the 28-year-old pro-baller's commencement speech at Benedictine College.Butker came under fire after delivering a speech to new graduates of the Catholic liberal arts college, focusing on the importance of being "unapologetically Catholic." His address included barbs at President Biden for his pro-abortion stance and supporting young women in the "vocation" of marriage and motherhood.BILL MAHER DEFENDS HARRISON BUTKER AMID SPEECH UPROAR: 'I...
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Israel war cabinet minister vows to quit if there is no post-war plan for Gaza

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war.
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Slovakia PM Fico 'approaching a positive prognosis'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It comes as a man charged with attempting to murder Robert Fico arrived in court on Saturday.
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Tunisia says 23 people missing in Mediterranean sea

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The national guard says it has informed the navy and search and rescue operations are under way.
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Row erupts over portraits of Australia's richest woman

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Gina Rinehart's campaign to have two portraits removed has sparked debate about art and censorship.
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Stefanik to Denounce Biden, and Praise Trump, in Speech to Israel’s Parliament

  • News source: Michael C. Bender and Annie Karni
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Representative Elise Stefanik of New York will be the highest-ranking House Republican to address the Israeli Parliament since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack with a speech on Sunday that is expected to deliver a forceful rebuke of President Biden and his fellow Democrats while presenting her party as the true allies of the Jewish state.

Ms. Stefanik’s speech comes as the Biden White House is urging Israel to end the war in Gaza, and it builds on the Republican political strategy to capitalize on Democratic divisions over Israel’s response to the...
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