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Today's Political News Compilation - Thursday, May 16, 2024

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House Republicans ditch their day jobs to stand with Trump, while legislating languishes

Leaving Washington behind, prominent far-right House Republicans who have repeatedly thrown this Congress into chaos showed up Thursday at Donald Trump’s hush money trial to do what they do best.

They stood outside Trump Tower filming their support for the indicted former president. They filed into the Manhattan courthouse “standing back and standing by,” as Rep. Matt Gaetz put it — invoking Trump’s call to the extremist Proud Boys. They were admonished to put down their cell phones.


























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Trump speaks in battleground state he vowed to avoid after losing twice

  • News source: FOX News
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It's been more than 50 years since a Republican won Minnesota in a presidential election, but former President Trump says he's got "a really good shot" of breaking the losing streak this November in his 2024 rematch with President Biden.

The former president is in the reliably blue state Friday evening to headline the Minnesota GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan fundraising dinner.

Trump lost Minnesota by just 1½ points in his 2016 presidential election victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Four years ago, he lost the state to President Biden...
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Special Counsel urges judge to reject Hunter Biden's request to delay tax trial

  • News source: FOX News
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Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to deny Hunter Biden's request to delay his upcoming California tax trial in what is expected to be a busy summer for the president's son, who also faces a separate criminal trial in Delaware.

In his motion, Special Counsel David Weiss said Biden's attorney, who is representing him in the California and Delaware cases, previously agreed to the trial dates last year.

"No defendant would be afforded a continuance because he wrongly chose to lodge a jurisdictionless appeal, and this defendant should be treated...
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Justice Samuel Alito faces scrutiny over report about upside-down flag

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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There's mounting criticism of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after a report that a symbol used by election deniers was once displayed outside his home. Scott Macfarlane has more on how Alito is responding.
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IRS whistleblowers ask judge to toss Hunter Biden lawsuit against the tax agency

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Two IRS employees who were granted whistleblower protections to share their concerns about the government's alleged mishandling of the investigation into Hunter Biden are asking a federal judge to toss out a civil lawsuit brought by the president's son against the federal tax agency.

Those whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, also have asked to intervene in the matter, arguing that the IRS has a conflict of interest in trying to defend their decision to speak out publicly and to Congress about their experience investigating the...
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Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died
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7 decades since Brown v. Board of Education, how diverse are US schools?

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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It has been 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education, but an ABC data analysis shows that racial demographics still vary significantly in the U.S. education system.
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Diddy allegedly seen assaulting former girlfriend in hotel surveillance video: Report

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Sean "Diddy" Combs was allegedly seen physically assaulting his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in 2016 on hotel surveillance video obtained by CNN.
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Oregon man charged with murder in suspicious deaths of 3 women in 'complex' case: DA

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Oregon authorities have identified and charged a suspect in the 2023 deaths of three women -- Charity Lynn Perry, 24, Bridget Leanne Webster, 31, and Joanna Speaks, 32.
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Mayorkas forced to admit more migrants have crossed US border under Biden than Trump: 'Several million people'

  • News source: FOX News
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday admitted that the number of migrants who have crossed the southern border under his watch outpaces that under the Trump administration — but blamed a number of hemispheric factors and a "broken" system for the border crisis.

Mayorkas was asked at an event at The Economic Club in Washington, D.C., about the border crisis, and the historic numbers of migrants the U.S. has been seeing in recent years. There were more than 2.4 million migrant encounters in FY 23, and that mark could be broken in...
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Nathan Wade's estranged wife says he’s failed to pay spousal support since resigning from Fani Willis' office

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The estranged wife of ex-special prosecutor Nathan Wade said in a Georgia court filing Friday that Wade claims his resignation from his post at the Fulton County District Attorney's office "constitutes a substantial change in circumstance, rendering him unable to meet his financial obligation" in their divorce proceedings.

Wade was hired in 2021 by DA Fani Willis to help prosecute the sweeping election interference case against former President Trump. She was accused by Trump and co-defendants of having an "improper" affair with Wade.

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The Good News for Biden in Our Battleground Polls

  • News source: Jess Bidgood
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It’s the weekend! Tonight, we’re looking at a bright spot for Biden in our battleground polls — and, inspired by a certain Supreme Court justice, we want to hear your stories of political spats with your neighbors.

A series of polls of battleground states released this week was full of doom and gloom for President Biden. He is trailing Donald Trump in five key states he won in 2020, with Nevada and Georgia looking all but out of reach.

But follow me deeper into the data, where there is a bright spot for his campaign, and for other Democrats, too...
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Boeing whistleblower John Barnett died by suicide, police investigation concludes

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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An extensive law enforcement investigation has determined the cause of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett's death was suicide, according to documents released Friday by the Charleston Police Department.

Barnett had been in Charleston, South Carolina, giving testimony in his whistleblower case against the embattled aerospace company, when on March 9 he was found dead from a gunshot wound in his car in the parking lot of his hotel. He was 62.

An initial investigation by the county coroner had concluded Barnett's death was an "apparent" suicide, but...
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Worldwide alert warns of violence against LGBTQ community

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The State Department on Friday issued a worldwide caution security alert, warning of "the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests."

The threat warning is a result of intelligence citing threats by ISIS against Pride events in parts of Europe, three sources told CBS News.

The State Department bulletin cites "increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQI+ persons and events." The last such global threat warning was issued in October 2023...
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Lawmakers clash after 'fake eyelashes' comment

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The fiery exchange began when Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene criticised Democrat Jasmine Crockett.
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Lawmakers clash after 'fake eyelashes' comment

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The fiery exchange began when Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene criticised Democrat Jasmine Crockett.
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