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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday.



























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Laken Riley murder suspect indicted on 10 counts in campus slaying

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The suspect accused of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley has been formally indicted on murder and other offenses in connection with the brutal slaying.
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The federal government can do more about home costs than you think

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The cost to buy a home has reached historic highs in the U.S. — the median price of a home is $420,800, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis — and housing and mortgage costs are increasingly turning into a November election issue.

Home shoppers today need to an annual income of $114,000 in order to comfortably afford a typical home in the U.S., according to Redfin, nearly double what was needed to afford a typical home in 2020. That figure is far above the 2022 median household income of $74,580, according to the Census Bureau...
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Tim Scott Fund-Raiser Includes Trump-Resistant Donors as V.P. Race Heats Up

  • News source: Michael C. Bender
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Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, one of the top contenders to become Donald J. Trump’s running mate, will host a gathering in Washington next month featuring Republican donors who so far remain publicly uncommitted to the party’s presidential ticket.

Pitched as a meeting of Great Opportunity Policy, a tax-exempt group that supports Mr. Scott’s political agenda, the private event on June 19 will double as a fund-raiser just as Mr. Trump’s vice-presidential search is expected to start heating up.

A financial show of force for Mr. Scott’s group...
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RFK Jr said a worm ate part of his brain and died in his head

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a years-old deposition that doctors told him a parasitic worm had eaten part of his brain before dying in his skull, according to a Tuesday report from the New York Times.

Kennedy made the claim during a deposition that took place as part of his 2012 divorce proceedings. He said he had been experiencing "cognitive problems" and feared he was suffering from a brain tumor.

RFK was scheduled to undergo surgery at the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina when he got a second opinion. The second doctor stated...
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College anti-Israel agitators could be sent to Gaza under new House GOP bill

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A new House Republican bill would send any person charged and convicted for illegal activity on a college campus to Gaza for at least six months.

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., introduced the bill on Wednesday alongside Reps. Randy Weber, R-Texas, and Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., in response to the ongoing anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses across the country.

Several of those protests have turned violent, with clashes between police and activists, as well as hundreds of activists being arrested across multiple campuses.

While Ogles'...
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House GOP goes after 'convicted liar' Michael Cohen, urges Justice Department to investigate recent lies

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican congressional committee chairmen are again referring ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen to the Justice Department for lying to Congress, Fox News Digital has learned.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer had previously referred Cohen to the Justice Department after Cohen allegedly lied to Congress in a February 2019 hearing.

Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to campaign finance violations, making false statements to Congress and tax evasion. He was sentenced to three...
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Felony charge in store for anti-Israel radicals who break little known law

  • News source: FOX News
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost warned university presidents on Monday of a historic state law that could mean masked anti-Israel demonstrators on college campuses could face felony charges.

A violation of the so-called "anti-disguise" law, which says that "no person shall unite with two or more others to commit a misdemeanor while wearing white caps, masks, or other disguise," is a fourth-degree felony punishable by between six and 18 months in prison.

"Those guilty may also pay up to $5,000 in fines and spend up to five years on community...
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Blue state pol who backed law enabling Trump suit now says it's 'unconstitutional' amid rape claim

  • News source: FOX News
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A New York state senator is pushing back against a law he originally voted for amid his own fight against accusations of rape, arguing now that the law is unconstitutional.

Democratic State Sen. Kevin Parker argued in a court filing earlier this month that the Adult Survivors Act, a law that he voted in favor of, was unconstitutional, according to a report from the New York Post.

Parker’s argument comes as he faces a lawsuit over allegations he raped Olga Jean-Baptiste in 2004 while the two were working together on Haiti relief efforts, accusations...
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Biden's Iran envoy kept classified material on personal email, cellphone that was hacked: GOP lawmakers

  • News source: FOX News
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Republican lawmakers revealed "troubling allegations" against President Biden’s embattled special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, who is said to have stored classified material on a personal email account and cellphone that were later accessed by a "hostile cyber actor."

The top Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees sent a letter to the State Department on Monday requesting confirmation of their findings against Malley, who was placed on unpaid leave last June and had his security clearance suspended amid a...
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WATCH: Pup holds mini umbrella in the rain

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Trump Super PAC to join TikTok with @MAGA handle

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Former President Trump’s Super PAC has launched a @MAGA TikTok — the first entity connected to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to join the video sharing social media platform, Fox News Digital has learned.

Make America Great Again Inc. (MAGA Inc) has launched @MAGA, with officials connected to the PAC telling Fox News Digital TikTok will be yet another social media vehicle to distribute Trump campaign messaging, rapid response, and content supporting Trump’s 2024 election efforts.

"There’s millions of voters on...
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Trump, House Dems defend Texas congressman accused of accepting Mexican bribes, but for very different reasons

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Trump and the Democratic House Caucus both came to the defense of Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, who was indicted for allegedly taking bribes to benefit a Mexican bank and the Azerbaijan government.

While Trump and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., both nodded to Cuellar's respectable reputation, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee went a step further, accusing President Biden of using the Justice Department to retaliate against the Democratic congressman for demanding tougher border security policies –...
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Top Biden adviser's wife on verge of launching run for House seat in key swing state

  • News source: FOX News
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A former Biden administration senior official and the wife of the president's national security adviser is on the verge of launching a bid for Congress in the key northeastern battleground state where she was born and raised.

Maggie Goodlander, the wife of national security adviser Jake Sullivan and a former top lawyer in Biden's administration who served as a deputy assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, is likely to announce her candidacy for the open seat in New Hampshire's Second Congressional District, Democratic sources confirm...
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Brutal summer heat expected in US as planet records 11th consecutive warmest month

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Earth has just experienced its 11th-hottest month on record -- a preview of the brutal temperatures forecast for the summer, according to scientists.
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Mexico hit by hours of rolling blackouts after high temps, low power generation

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Mexico has been hit by hours of rolling blackouts late Tuesday due to high temperatures and temporary drops in electrical power generation
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