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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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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.

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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

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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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White House pauses shipment of some weapons to Israel

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The White House last week paused a shipment of weapons to Israel, as Israeli leaders closed in on a decision to launch an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official said Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Wednesday in testimony to Congress that "we paused one shipment of high payload munitions."

Meanwhile, Israel's military announced Tuesday the launch of "targeted strikes" against Hamas in Rafah, which Israel has said is Hamas' last stronghold, after Israel's War Cabinet approved a military...
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2 young children die after being swept away by fast-flowing California creek

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Two young siblings died after being swept away by a rapidly flowing creek in Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains
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Hong Kong bans protest anthem after court case win

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The city's court has overturned a previous ruling to ban the song which was used by democracy protesters.
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US bomb delay is biggest warning yet for Israel

  • News source: BBC News - World
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By delaying a weapons shipment, the US is finally reaching for its biggest lever of influence over Israel.
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Comer cancels DC antisemitism hearing after Bowser, police 'finally' dismantle GWU encampment

  • News source: FOX News
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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., canceled a scheduled hearing with Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday, arguing that threatening to haul her before Congress to testify on growing antisemitic protests at George Washington University prompted police to "finally" dismantle the "unlawful" anti-Israel encampment on campus and surrounding public spaces.

"Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW’s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the...
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Trump responds to judge who threatened to toss him in jail over gag order: 'Give me liberty or give me death'

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Former President Trump took to social media on Wednesday with an unequivocal claim that keeping and expressing his constitutional rights were of the utmost importance to him, despite any penalty he could face amid a gag order imposed by a New York judge.

"Give me liberty or give me death," he wrote in an all-caps message on TRUTH Social, quoting the American Founding Father Patrick Henry.

The comment comes as Judge Juan Merchan said on Monday that he will consider jail time for Trump, should he continue to violate a gag order imposed upon him in...
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9 of 10 wrongful death suits over Astroworld crowd surge have been settled: lawyer

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An attorney says nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after the 2021 Astroworld festival have been settled, including one that was set to go to trial this week
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Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports

  • News source: Jim Tankersley
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President Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. There is little sign of one in official trade data, which show that Chinese steel imports are down sharply from last year and that the gap between what the United States sells to China and what it buys is at a post-pandemic low.

But the president’s aides are looking past those numbers and fixating on what they call troubling signs from China and Europe. That includes data showing China’s growing appetite to churn out big-ticket goods like cars...
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Democratic Minnesota state senator invokes 5th Amendment rights at ethics hearing over burglary charge

  • News source: FOX News
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Democratic Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell refused to testify Tuesday during an ethics panel regarding the burglary charge she faces for allegedly breaking into her stepmother’s home last month.

Mitchell invoked her Fifth Amendment rights and did not speak during her appearance in front of the panel, which is made up of two Democrats and two Republicans.

The panel, however, remained divided on a potential path forward regarding Mitchell’s future in the legislature following the charges.

"Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s actions are a clear violation of...
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