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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, May 8, 2024

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Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally

President Joe Biden says he will not supply offensive weapons that Israel can use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there.






























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Stormy Daniels returning to the stand at Trump trial today

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Stormy Daniels' rapid-fire and sensational testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial is set to continue for a second day Thursday.
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Barron Trump to play role in Republican convention

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He will be among those who nominate his father, Donald Trump, as a candidate for November's election.
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Disney and Warner to bundle streaming services

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The media giants are under pressure to attract more subscribers to their streaming services.
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Horse stranded on rooftop and airport floods in Brazil

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Aerials show a horse stranded on a rooftop and a flooded airport in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul.
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How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel

  • News source: Karen Yourish, Danielle Ivory, Jennifer
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The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, traveled to Columbia University two weeks ago to decry the “virus of antisemitism” that he said pro-Palestinian protesters were spreading across the country. “They have chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them,” he said to jeers from protesters. “They have shouted racial epithets. They have screamed at those who bear the Star of David.”

Former President Donald J. Trump chimed in. President Biden, he wrote on Truth Social, “HATES Israel and Hates the Jewish people.”

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Harris Warns of Supreme Court’s Future Rulings: ‘I Worry About Fundamental Freedoms’

  • News source: Lisa Lerer
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Vice President Kamala Harris attacked the conservative-controlled Supreme Court on Wednesday, warning that its future decisions could limit a broad range of civil rights and personal freedoms for many Americans.

In an interview with The New York Times, she expanded on her criticism of the court’s decision to overturn federally guaranteed abortion rights in 2022, going beyond President Biden’s past comments to raise direct alarms about Justice Clarence Thomas and the broader direction of the court.

“This court has shown itself to be an activist...
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A Former Guantánamo Prisoner’s New Life

  • News source: Carol Rosenberg and Natalie Keyssar
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On the 15th night of Ramadan in a suburb of Belize City, Majid Khan and his family of four sat down for a traditional iftar meal to break the daylight hours fast. There was a leg of a lamb that Majid, a former Guantánamo detainee, had slaughtered himself, sweets brought by a sister in Maryland, dates from Saudi Arabia.

The mood was a bit boisterous, but not enough to disrupt the sleep of baby Hamza, who was born two weeks earlier at a hospital in the Central American city. The talk was small, about whether the biryani dish was too spicy and how the...
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Alabama lawmakers strengthen penalties for falsely reporting a crime after Carlee Russell kidnapping hoax

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A bill increasing penalties for falsely reporting a crime to law enforcement is heading to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's desk.

Lawmakers in the Yellowhammer State passed the bill on Wednesday with a 32-0 vote in the Senate.

Many in the state called for harsher penalties for making a false police report after Carlee Russell faked her own kidnapping off Interstate 459 in the city of Hoover last summer – a case that drew national attention.

CARLEE RUSSELL PLEADS GUILTY TO FAKE KIDNAPPING REPORT CHARGES IN ALABAMA

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Biden national security adviser's wife launches run for House seat in key swing state

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A former Biden Administration senior official, and wife of the president's national security adviser, is launching a bid for Congress in a 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, on Thursday announced her candidacy for the open seat in New Hampshire's Second Congressional District.

"I know how to get things done and deliver for...
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FIRST ON FOX: Biden gets boost from major health care group warning Trump poses 'threat to public health'

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FIRST ON FOX: President Biden is getting a boost from a major group of former medical officials who say they are concerned about the "threat" former President Trump poses to public health.

The group of 48 individuals is led by Dr. Andrew Gurman, former president of the American Medical Association (AMA), and includes six other former AMA presidents, a former U.S. surgeon general, four former acting surgeons general, a number of other former deputy and assistant surgeons general and former representatives of the American College of Physicians.

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Democrats seek to make GOP candidates pay for threats to reproductive rights

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St. Charles, Missouri — Democrat Lucas Kunce is trying to pin reproductive care restrictions on Sen. Josh Hawley, betting it will boost his chances of unseating the Republican incumbent in November.

In a recent ad campaign, Kunce accuses Hawley of jeopardizing reproductive care, including in vitro fertilization. Staring straight into the camera, with tears in her eyes, a Missouri mom identified only as Jessica recounts how she struggled for years to conceive.

"Now there are efforts to ban IVF, and Josh Hawley got them started," Jessica says. "I...
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Ohio AG defends letter warning 'woke' masked anti-Israel protesters they face prison time: 'We have a society'

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Ohio’s Republican Attorney General is pushing back against critics after warning that anti-Israel protesters wearing masks are facing potential prison time due to state law and XXX

"The First Amendment protects you and saying whatever it is you have to say. Even hateful things are protected by the First Amendment," Ohio AG Dave Yost told Fox News Digital this week. "The First Amendment, though, was always designed to be a shield against the government. It's not a sword against your fellow students and they have rights too. Your First Amendment...
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NY v. Trump to resume with cross-examination of Stormy Daniels after judge denies request for mistrial

  • News source: FOX News
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The unprecedented criminal trial of former President Trump resumes Thursday morning with continued cross-examination of adult film actress Stormy Daniels after the 2024 presumptive presidential nominee and his attorneys were denied in their motion for a mistrial amid her salacious and "unnecessary" testimony.

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 ahead...
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West Virginia AG blasts DEA for concealing 'critical' opioid database

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: The West Virginia attorney general is calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Commerce to explain their decision to limit public access to a "critical" database on opioid provider registrations.

The Controlled Substances Act Registration Information Database, which was previously available to the public, has been restricted since January 2021 to a case-by-case, agency-approved basis only. The database, which was used to provide real-time information about active and retired DEA registrations, is now...
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U.S. pauses arms shipment to Israel over Rafah concerns

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The U.S. last week halted a weapons shipment to Israel over concern about the humanitarian impact of a possible Israeli ground operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. More than one million Palestinians are taking shelter in Rafah after evacuating other parts of Gaza. Margaret Brennan has the latest.
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