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Today's Political News Compilation - Monday, May 6, 2024

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Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — This North Carolina voter is nervous.

Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and cheered for Joe Biden as the first-term president delivered a fiery speech recently about the billions of dollars he has delivered to protect the state’s drinking water.

But afterward, the Wilmington resident acknowledged he is worried about Biden’s political standing in the looming rematch with former Republican President Donald Trump. ...
























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New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don't know what a computer is

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means
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Judge dismisses lawsuit by mother who said school hid teen's gender expression

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression without consulting her
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Watch Live: Biden to speak out against antisemitism at Holocaust remembrance ceremony

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — President Biden is set to deliver the keynote address at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Day of Remembrance Celebration on Tuesday, where he's expected to condemn a rise in antisemitism in the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Mr. Biden will "make clear that during these sacred days of remembrance, we honor the memory of the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said told reporters on Monday, adding that he's expected to "recommit to heeding the lessons of this dark...
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Modi's party accused of demonising Muslims in video

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Police investigate India's ruling BJP over a video the opposition say is anti-Muslim.
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'A real headache': How Cohen makes or breaks Trump trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Cohen is the prosecution's star witness but his record gives the defence plenty ammo to undercut the case.
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Here’s the latest on the president’s speech.

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President Biden’s address from Capitol Hill comes during weeks of protests on American college campuses against Israel’s war in Gaza.
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Kristi Noem’s Book: Four Takeaways

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In one sense, Kristi Noem has had a wildly successful rollout of her new book: America can’t stop talking about it.

But all the chatter is not for the reasons Ms. Noem, the conservative governor of South Dakota, might have expected when she finished “No Going Back,” a memoir that recounts her political career. The book appears aimed at raising her profile as a MAGA loyalist while former President Donald J. Trump weighs his choices for running mate. Just a month ago, Ms. Noem had been widely seen as a contender.

Instead of talking up her...
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Trump reads back to media their own trial reporting: 'No smoking gun'

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Trump greeted the media Tuesday morning holding a sheet of paper detailing news reports that there's "no smoking gun" in the unprecedented Manhattan trial.

"NBC ‘Today' show: 'The challenge is that there is no smoking gun, no email or tape to prove the president's intent. They don't have a way to prove that.' That's NBC ‘Today’ show," Trump said Tuesday morning.

Trump rattled off a series of media reports and expert commentary, including from "fake news CNN," "Good Morning America" and Fox News, arguing the prosecution team is...
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Hawley presses Garland to probe dark money's role in fueling anti-Israel agitators on campus

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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is demanding answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland about which left-wing groups are funding anti-Israel demonstrations causing "chaos" across campuses nationwide.

"Across the country, campuses are in chaos. It is time for you to open an investigation into the reason why, and who’s funding it," Hawley wrote in a letter to Garland on Tuesday.

"In university after university, antisemitic radicals have taken over entire buildings and large tracts of outdoor space. They are vandalizing property, blocking...
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Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Trump criminal trial

  • News source: FOX News
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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels took the stand to testify in the unprecedented criminal trial of former President Trump on Tuesday.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges stem from a years-long investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

The charges are related to alleged payments made to silence Daniels about an alleged 2006 extramarital affair with Trump before the 2016 presidential election.

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Trump privately urged Greene to drop push to oust Speaker Johnson

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Former President Donald Trump spoke privately with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and urged her to drop her push to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, a source told ABC News.
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Former GOP Senate candidate takes on House Republican who voted to impeach Trump

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Former GOP Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley officially launched her campaign Monday to unseat central Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump.

"For almost 20 years, I have worked to change the government from the outside, and now it's clear the best way for me to continue my work and deliver change for Washington families is inside Congress," Smiley said in a video posted on X. "So I'm running."

In 2022, Smiley unsuccessfully challenged Democratic Senator Patty Murray for her seat...
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China hospital stabbing leaves at least two dead

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Several others are injured following the incident in the south-western Yunnan province.
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Mushroom lunch cook pleads not guilty to murder

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Three people died after they were allegedly served poisonous mushrooms in regional Australia in 2023.
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Columbia canceling graduation ceremony shows 'inmates are running the asylum': students

  • News source: FOX News
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Several Columbia University students spoke out to Fox News Digital on Monday after administrators announced they would be canceling the school's main commencement ceremony. Security concerns in the wake of raucous anti-Israel protests were top of mind in making the decision, a university official told Fox News.

One graduating senior, who also testified before the House Education & Workforce Committee about the antisemitic agitators, said she did so in order to give voice to those in the community who all have the same concerns as well as a way to...
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