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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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Biden and Trump, trading barbs, agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and September

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for their first presidential face-off to play out in just over a month.


























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Ukraine's defence lines stretched as Russian troops advance

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC's Jonathan Beale joins Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv as they try to shore up a weakened frontline.
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IDF posting abuse footage despite pledge to act

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Images shared online include Palestinian detainees draped in the Israeli flag and held in stress positions.
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Video shows crash that left truck hanging off bridge

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The driver of the truck was rescued after ending up dangling 75ft above the Ohio river in Kentucky.
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Israeli tank fire kills five IDF soldiers in north Gaza

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The reported friendly-fire incident in Jabalia is one of the deadliest since the war began.
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Modi’s India: A decade of popularity and polarisation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Indian PM Narendra Modi is eyeing a historic third term after a decade in power.
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'We were all under water': Afghans tell BBC of devastating flooding

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC goes to Afghanistan's Baghlan province, where hundreds have died in devastating flooding.
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Life-size family photos win top prize

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Lebohang Kganye has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for her exhibition Haufi nyana? I've come to take you home
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AOC, 'baby girl' Marjorie Taylor Greene trade barbs in fiery Garland hearing: 'Are your feelings hurt?'

  • News source: FOX News
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Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene had a heated exchange Thursday evening during what was supposed to be a contempt hearing for Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The House Oversight Committee had originally been convened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena to hand over an audio recording of President Biden’s interview with a special counsel.

The hearing quickly spiraled out of control, with lawmakers bickering with one another. Less than an hour after the hearing was...
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Scientists may have solved mystery behind Egypt's pyramids

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Scientists say the ancient wonders are likely to have been built along a now-dried up branch of the River Nile.
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At the scene of Slovak PM's shooting

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from the town of Handlova, on what the attack could mean for Slovakia's divided society.
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Reddit shares jump after OpenAI ChatGPT deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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OpenAI and Reddit reach deal that will give ChatGPT access to content on the social media platform.
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How Rich Candidates Burned Cash on Running for Office

  • News source: Chris Cameron and Maggie Astor
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The costly realm of campaign politics has claimed its share of the fortunes of yet another business magnate with aspirations to higher office.

Representative David Trone, Democrat of Maryland who co-owns the largest wine retailer in the country, poured more than $60 million of his personal fortune into his Senate campaign in Maryland, according to campaign finance reports filed to the Federal Election Commission. He lost the Democratic primary this week to Angela Alsobrooks, a county executive whose campaign had spent about a tenth of that amount...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pressed on questions over friend's $267,000 RV loan

  • News source: Josephine Rozzelle,CNBC and Rebecca Picciotto,CNBC
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Two leading Democratic senators are pressing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to reveal whether he repaid a wealthy friend any of the principal for a $267,230 loan he used to buy a luxury motorhome.

The letter to Thomas' lawyer, dated Tuesday, raises questions about potential tax violations by the conservative justice, who is the longest-serving member of the Supreme Court.

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., in their letter, assert that Thomas never repaid a significant portion of the principal loaned to him by his friend...
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Girlfriend of US Airman killed by Florida deputy speaks out

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The girlfriend of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was on the phone with Fortson when he was killed, is speaking out about the May 3 incident.
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U.S. announces effort to expedite cases of migrants who cross border illegally

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Biden administration on Thursday announced an effort to shorten the time it takes for U.S. immigration judges to decide the asylum cases of certain migrants who enter the country illegally along the border with Mexico.

Migrant adults released by federal border officials after crossing into the U.S. unlawfully will be eligible to be placed in the program, under a joint initiative between the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, which oversees the nation's immigration courts.

The effort's objective, senior U.S. officials...
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