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

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Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

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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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North Korean leader Kim supervises latest test of new multiple rocket launcher

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test firing of a new multiple rocket launch system the country plans to deploy to its forces starting this year as it bolsters its lineup of weapons targeting South Korean population centers
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'Diddy' Combs asks judge to dismiss 'false' claim he, others raped 17-year-old girl

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Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two other men raped a 17-year-old girl in a New York recording studio in 2003
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Brazil floods drive thousands from their homes

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Heavy rains wreak havoc in southern Brazil, leaving many homeless and raising fears of further chaos.
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At least 60 killed in Afghanistan flash flooding

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 100 people are injured, according to officials, as torrents of water sweep through entire villages.
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Ros Atkins on... How different countries protect children online

  • News source: BBC News - World
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BBC Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at what what is being done to prevent minors seeing harmful content.
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Australia tries to stop a violence against women 'epidemic', starting with schools

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As the nation reels from the Bondi Junction stabbings, what can be done to shift behaviour?
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Clarence Thomas says he receives 'nastiness' from critics, describes D.C. as a 'hideous place'

  • News source: FOX News
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday at a judicial conference that he and his wife have been subjected to "nastiness" and "lies" over the past several years and criticized Washington, D.C., as a "hideous place."

Thomas delivered remarks at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel at the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference. The justice was answering a question about working in a world that appears to be mean-spirited when he pushed back on his critics.

"I think there’s challenges to that," Thomas said. "We're in...
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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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