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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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5 people arrested after surge of suspected drug overdoses in Austin, police say

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Police have arrested five people in connection with an "outbreak" of overdoses in Austin last week.
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15 House Democrats call on Biden to take border executive action

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A group of House Democrats facing a tough campaign cycle has called on President Biden to take executive action on the United States' border with Mexico.

The legislators from Minnesota, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Michigan, among other states, urged Biden in a letter first obtained by CBS News to "immediately take further action to restore order at the Southern border and fix our broken immigration system."

Mr. Biden has faced harsh criticism from Republicans and from some within his own party over his approach to immigration and the border...
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Delphi double murder trial delayed a week before start

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The murder trial of Richard Allen -- accused of killing two girls in Indiana in 2017 -- has been delayed, less than a week before jury selection was to begin.
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TikTok sues to block US law which could ban app

  • News source: BBC News - World
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TikTok said the measure was an "extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights".
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Women-only museum becomes a toilet to keep men out

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Australia's Mona asked a court to reverse its ruling that allowed men inside a women's only space.
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BBC Verify looks at fake AI-generated Met Gala images

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Fake pictures of Katy Perry and other artists at the Met Gala went viral on social media.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Says U.S. Universities Are ‘Hostile’ to Jews

  • News source: Annie Karni
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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday compared the protests unfolding on American university campuses to what happened at institutions of higher learning in Germany during World War II.

It was the “same elite centers of learning” from which “Jewish faculty and students were suddenly expelled” in Germany, Mr. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said in pointed remarks at a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony at the Capitol. Today, he said, American universities have become “hostile places for Jewish students and faculty.”

“The very campuses which were once...
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Gaza War Puts New Pressures on Biden’s Arms Transfer Policies

  • News source: Michael Crowley
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In February of last year, President Biden changed the U.S. standard for cutting off weapons deliveries to foreign militaries that harm civilians during wartime.

Under the new arms transfer policy, Mr. Biden said countries that were “more likely than not” to violate international law or human rights with American weapons should not receive them. Previously, U.S. officials were required to show “actual knowledge” of such violations, a higher bar to clear.

A few months later, in August, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken issued a directive...
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Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns

  • News source: Luke Broadwater
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A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to halt the expansion of facial recognition technology at airports in the United States and restrict its use as part of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that is making its way through Congress.

Citing privacy concerns, Senators Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, and John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, are proposing to block the expansion of the technology until 2027 and require the transportation security administrator to make clear that passengers can opt out at airports where it...
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Johnson warned against making 'side deals' with GOP rebels: Don't 'grease a squeaky wheel'

  • News source: FOX News
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House Republicans are warning Speaker Johnson, R-La., against making any potential "side deals" with the GOP rebels threatening to oust him.

Johnson is holding his second meeting in as many days on Tuesday afternoon with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky. They made several demands of Johnson on foreign aid and government funding in a two-hour closed-door meeting on Monday.

It's not immediately clear if they will back off their threats if their requests are fulfilled, but several House Republicans told Fox News Digital...
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Hamas sympathizers could be added to list that includes terrorist suspects if GOP bill becomes law

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Legislation being introduced on Tuesday would put terrorist supporters, including those backing Hamas and those who call for violence against Jews, on the no-fly list, as anti-Israel campus protests engulf colleges across the country.

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., is introducing the No Flights for Terrorists Act, which would put individuals on the Transportation Security Administration’s no-fly list if they have encouraged violence against Jews, pledged support for terrorist groups, or have been disciplined by higher education...
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Chip Roy demands sanctions on ICC officials going after US, Israel

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans led by Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Brian Mast, R-Fla., are pressuring the Biden administration to threaten sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials if the body goes after the U.S. or U.S. allies that do not fall under its jurisdiction.

It comes amid reports that the ICC is preparing warrants against top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over their handling of humanitarian aid in Gaza during the Middle Eastern nation's war on terror group Hamas.

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Flights for illegal immigrants without IDs targeted in FAA bill as deadline looms

  • News source: FOX News
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is facing renewed scrutiny over illegal immigrants traveling by plane throughout the U.S. without proper identification as Congress looks to pass the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization before its May 10 deadline.

While the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, which would renew the FAA among other things, enjoys significant support, several amendments have been offered for inclusion.

Two Republican senators in particular have looked to address lax TSA...
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Eric Trump slams Stormy's testimony from front row court seat: 'Garbage'

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump blasted testimony from former pornographic actress Stormy Daniels as "garbage" amid his father's unprecedented trial in Manhattan.

"Perspective: Sitting front row attempting to figure out how any of this garbage from 20 years ago relates to ‘legal’ bills submitted by a long time personal attorney being booked as a ‘legal’ expense — but I digress," Eric Trump posted to his X account Tuesday.

Daniels took the stand Tuesday morning, where she went into detail about meeting Trump in 2006 during a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. The testimony included Daniels detailing allegedly sleeping with the then-real estate mogul. Trump has repeatedly denied any affair with Daniels.

Trump is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records in the case, which revolves around
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House Judiciary Committee investigates 'manipulated' evidence seized by FBI in Trump classified records probe

  • News source: FOX News
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is investigating whether evidence seized by the FBI in its raid on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home as part of special counsel Jack Smith's classified records case was "altered or manipulated."

Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to the Office of Professional Responsibility this week after Smith admitted that seized documents are no longer in their original order and sequence.

NEW REVELATIONS IN FLORIDA DOCUMENTS TRIAL PUT TRUMP ON OFFENSE AGAINST 'DERANGED' SPECIAL COUNSEL

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