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Today's Political News Compilation - Thursday, May 9, 2024

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US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States warned on Thursday that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries out plans for an all-out assault on Rafah, the militants’ last major stronghold in Gaza. The warning was backed by a new threat from President Joe Biden: He says he will pause more offensive military assistance to Israel if it goes through with the operation in a city where more than 1 million civilians are sheltering.


























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Stormy Daniels Fights Back

  • News source: Jesse McKinley
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Over her two days in court, Stormy Daniels became the can’t-look-away center of the trial of Donald Trump, a man who typically dominates any room he’s in.

On Tuesday, the first day of her more than seven hours of testimony and cross-examination, Daniels told a story in graphic detail of a brief sexual encounter with Trump, down to the lack of a condom, how they had lain on the bed and how she had felt before, during and after.

It was hard to listen to at times, and sometimes hard to follow: Appearing nervous, Daniels often spoke a mile a minute and...
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Fresh Off Defeat in Speaker Fight, Greene Is ‘Thrilled’ With the Chaos She Wrought

  • News source: Annie Karni
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As Republicans and Democrats booed her loudly Wednesday when she called a snap vote on the House floor to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, paused briefly to narrate the drama to viewers back home.

“This is the uniparty, for the American people watching,” Ms. Greene sneered, peering over her glasses at her colleagues like a disappointed schoolteacher.

Ms. Greene went on to take her shot at Mr. Johnson and miss, an outcome that she knew was a certainty. The vote to kill her attempt to remove him...
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Former Representative Jeff Fortenberry Charged With Lying to Federal Authorities

  • News source: Eileen Sullivan
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Former Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska has been charged with lying to federal authorities during a campaign finance investigation, renewing a case that an appeals court had overturned.

A grand jury in Washington indicted Mr. Fortenberry, a Republican, on two counts of lying to the F.B.I., according to the indictment, which was filed on Wednesday.

Mr. Fortenberry was convicted in 2022, but late last year a three-judge appeals court panel reversed that decision, saying he had been tried in the wrong venue.

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Former GOP Rep. Fortenberry charged with lying about illegal campaign contribution

  • News source: FOX News
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Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire's illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign, reviving a case that was derailed by an appellate court.

A federal jury convicted the Nebraska Republican in 2022, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Fortenberry's conviction last year, ruling that the case should not have been tried in Los Angeles.

A grand jury in the nation's capital indicted Fortenberry on Wednesday on two counts: falsifying and concealing material facts and...
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Taxpayer-funded ID program for illegal immigrants expected to begin this summer

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is eyeing a summer rollout for a controversial ID card pilot program for illegal immigrants being released into the U.S. And the agency hopes it will modernize the documentation process for removal proceedings.

The ICE Secure Docket Card program was first reported on in 2022, and Fox Digital obtained images of the card last year. Now, ICE is planning a limited rollout of the program.

ICE confirmed to Fox News Digital this week the pilot program is expected to commence this summer with the...
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Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods is rescued after stirring the nation

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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About 24 hours after it was first spotted and with people clamoring for the rescue of a horse social media users nicknamed Caramelo, a team in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state have successfully removed Caramelo, providing a dose of hope to a beleaguere...
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California surf contest told to let trans woman compete

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The California Coastal Commission says a longboarding contest must allow a transgender surfer to participate in the women's division.
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Passengers flee burning plane that skidded off runway

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Footage posted to social media shows chaotic scenes in Senegal's capital, Dakar.
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Saudi forces 'permitted to kill' for new eco-city

  • News source: BBC News - World
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An ex-intelligence officer tells the BBC he was permitted to shoot dead those resisting eviction.
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Israel ‘Smashing Into Rafah’ Will Not Eradicate Hamas, Biden Aide Says

  • News source: Erica L. Green
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A White House spokesman warned on Thursday that Israel “smashing into Rafah” will not eradicate Hamas as he urged the country to find alternatives to the long-threatened assault on a city where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering.

John F. Kirby, a White House national security spokesman, said President Biden shares Israel’s goal of eradicating the terrorist group that attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostages.

But Mr. Biden has grown increasingly wary of a major assault in the densely...
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Boeing Locks Out Firefighters in Contract Dispute, and Biden Weighs In

  • News source: Niraj Chokshi
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Contract negotiations between Boeing and a union representing firefighters at some of the company’s commercial plane factories broke down last week. On Thursday, President Biden called on both sides to return to the negotiating table.

The company locked out about 125 workers represented by a chapter of the International Association of Firefighters union on Saturday after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract, said Casey Yeager, the president of the union chapter, I-66. The previous contract expired on March 1, but the firefighters, who...
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Mike Pence accuses Biden of impeachment hypocrisy amid Israel arms threat

  • News source: FOX News
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Shortly after President Biden announced Wednesday that he would withhold weapons from Jerusalem if Israel entered the southern Gaza city of Rafah, former Vice President Mike Pence accused him of hypocrisy, in light of how his former boss was impeached on similar grounds.

On Wednesday, Biden lamented Gazan civilian casualties to CNN host Erin Burnett, telling her he "made it clear if they go into Rafah… I'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah; to deal with the cities, to deal with that problem."

"We're going...
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Anti-Israel occupiers could lose federal student loans under new GOP Senate bill

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Republicans are threatening the federal financial aid provided to college students who commit crimes during the anti-Israel protests sweeping universities across the country.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., introduced the No HAMAS Act on Thursday, joined by eight other Republicans, including Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Steve Daines, R-Mont.

"Mobs of pro-Hamas students have flagrantly violated the law, destroyed campus property, and resorted to violence against fellow students and law enforcement. Hardworking taxpayers shouldn’t...
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House GOP drafting Biden impeachment articles over Israel aid cutoff threat

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., is preparing impeachment articles against President Biden over his threat to halt U.S. offensive aid to Israel, the first-term lawmaker told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

Mills accused Biden of forcing Israel into a "quid pro quo" situation by leveraging U.S. dollars against the Israeli government's actions in Gaza, drawing parallels to Democrats' first impeachment of former President Trump over his handling of Ukraine aid.

"The House has no choice but to impeach President ‘Quid pro Joe’ Biden. As Vice...
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FBI slams 'false and insulting' claim it urged more warrantless wiretaps on Americans

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: The FBI is disputing claims that the bureau has been urging employees to increase the use of warrantless wiretapping on U.S. soil.

"Yesterday's reporting in Wired magazine is a complete misrepresentation of the FBI Deputy Director’s email to the FBI workforce," a spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Thursday. "Their allegation that the FBI instructed its employees to violate the law or FBI policies is categorically false and insulting."

At the heart of the issue is the FBI's use of – and its directions to employees about – the...
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