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Today's Political News Compilation - Friday, May 10, 2024

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Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol.




























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Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony

  • News source: Eric Tucker | Associated Press
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The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury.

Daniels' testimony about her time with Trump was by far the most awaited moment of the trial, which now enters its fourth week of witnesses as prosecutors come close to wrapping up their historic case.

But it wasn't all salaciousness. Manhattan jurors saw documentary evidence meant to directly tie Trump to the hush money payments that were sent to...
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America's debt tops $34 trillion, but commission to address it looks dead in Congress

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A promising start has given way to challenging political realities for supporters of a bipartisan commission to tackle the federal government’s growing debt challenges
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Woman says she will sue over Baby Reindeer character

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Fiona Harvey accuses Netflix, as well as writer Richard Gadd, of lying, in a Piers Morgan interview.
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Justice Thomas Denounces ‘the Nastiness and the Lies’ Faced by His Family

  • News source: Abbie VanSickle
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Justice Clarence Thomas denounced on Friday “the nastiness and the lies” that have shadowed him in recent years as public scrutiny has mounted over his wife’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election and luxury gifts he has accepted from billionaire friends.

It amounted to some of the most extensive public remarks he has made since revelations that he failed to disclose years of lavish trips from wealthy conservatives, like the Texas real estate magnate Harlan Crow, including on private jets and a superyacht.

“My wife and I, the last two or three...
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US doesn't have 'complete' info to say whether Israel broke law with American arms

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Biden administration, in a new report, said it could not compile enough evidence to prove that Israel used U.S.-supplied arms in violation of international law.
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Eurovision queen Loreen wants to write a boring song

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The two-time winner talks Eurovision, protests in Sweden and why she wants to write a song about tax.
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Court rules Pennsylvania borough ordinance cracking down on lawn signs is unconstitutional

  • News source: FOX News
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A federal appeals court panel has found that a small Pennsylvania town's ordinance designed to cut down on lawn signs is unconstitutional, saying that its resulting limitations on political lawn signs violates the free speech rights of residents.

The decision Thursday by a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling against Camp Hill Borough, a town of about 8,000 residents just outside the state capital of Harrisburg.

In the 11-page decision, Judge Stephanos Bibas rejected the borough's arguments that its...
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Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week
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Sam Rubin, beloved LA entertainment anchor and interviewer, dies at 64

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 years after fatal plane crash

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final day...
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Peru president’s brother held in corruption probe

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Nicanor Boluarte’s arrest comes weeks after President Dina Boluarte's home was raided over corruption allegations.
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Barron Trump 'declines' Republican convention role

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The former US president's youngest child, 18, has "prior commitments", according to his mother.
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These solar flares may lead to rare Northern Lights

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Unusual geomagnetic storms may make aurora borealis visible in places where it is not usually seen.
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Red carpets, racing and flames: Photos of the week

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.
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Why Modi's party is not fighting elections in Kashmir

  • News source: BBC News - World
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This is the first general election since India ended the special status of Kashmir in 2019.
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