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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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State Department issues travel alert for LGBTQ people, events abroad

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The U.S. State Department issued a caution alert, warning U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution related to violence against "LGBTQI+ persons and events.”
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Fox News invites Trump, Biden campaigns to vice presidential debate

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Fox News Media has invited the Trump campaign and the Biden campaign to participate in a vice presidential debate before the 2024 election.

In a letter to the campaigns, Fox News Media said it requested the opportunity to host a vice presidential debate, and said it would be available to do so on July 23, August 13, or dates "following both nomination conventions."

The proposed vice presidential debate would be hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, who Fox News Media President Jay Wallace said "are obvious choices as the faces of our...
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Reporter's Notebook: Washington is no longer the center of politics; it's now New York City

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When the U.S. Congress first convened on March 4, 1789, it did so at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan.

New York was the first seat of the incipient U.S. government. Congress decamped to Philadelphia a year later. Lawmakers eventually dropped anchor in what is now Washington, D.C.

But for all of the Congressional action in New York of late, one might think that Congress is "Lost in New York" this spring.

Start spreadin’ the news. Lots of members of Congress are leavin’ today. And Monday. And Tuesday. And Thursday. A host of Republicans now routinely...
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Fox News Politics: The 'Jerry Springer' Congress

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Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail.

What's happening:

- Trump heads to Minnesota GOP convention after son's high school graduation

- State Department warns Americans traveling overseas

- House rep revives ‘end the Fed’ push

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman called out spats between Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Green, and his fellow Democrat is not happy about it.

"In the past, I’ve described the U.S. House as The Jerry Springer...
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Messi's napkin contract promise sells for £762,400

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The napkin on which 13-year-old Lionel Messi's first Barcelona contract was signed is sold at auction - for £762,400.
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Ukraine Asks U.S. to Provide More Intelligence on Targets in Russia

  • News source: Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and
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Ukraine has asked the Biden administration to provide more intelligence on the position of Russian forces and military targets inside Russia as Ukrainian troops struggle to hold ground in the war, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials.

A group of Ukrainian Parliament members also met with members of Congress in Washington to press for the United States to allow Kyiv to use American weapons in Russia.

Ukraine’s requests have become more urgent in recent weeks as Russia has taken advantage of delays in shipments of American weapons and...
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UAW Loses Unionization Vote at Mercedes Factories in Alabama

  • News source: Jack Ewing
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Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Ala., voted on Friday against joining the United Automobile Workers, a stunning blow to the union’s campaign to gain ground in the South, where it has traditionally been weak.

The defeat came after Kay Ivey, Alabama’s governor, and other Republican leaders argued that a pro-union vote would choke off the investment that has transformed the state into a major auto producer. Hyundai and Honda also have large factories in Alabama that the U.A.W. is trying to organize.

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Body shaming, IQ insults and cross talk: House committee meeting devolves into chaos amid personal insults

  • News source: Rebecca Kaplan and Megan Lebowitz | NBC News
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Criticism of a member's "fake eyelashes" and another's intelligence. A question about discussing a member's "bleach blond, bad-built butch body."

A House Oversight Committee meeting Thursday night devolved into chaos amid personal attacks and partisan bickering in a rare evening session that was supposed to center on a resolution recommending Attorney General Merrick Garland be held in contempt of Congress.

According to NBC News, the already tense hearing was derailed when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to a question from Rep...
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Man in custody for punching actor Steve Buscemi

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A 50-year-old man has been taken into custody for allegedly assaulting actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street, authorities said.
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Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW

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Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW, a blow to the union's expansion in the South.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell working from home after positive COVID-19 test

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing symptoms
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Sen Durbin demands Justice Alito recuse from Trump cases after flying upside-down US flag

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from any cases related to the 2020 election on Friday following a revelation that an upside-down flag was flown at his home a week after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

"Flying an upside-down American flag—a symbol of the so-called ‘Stop the Steal’ movement—clearly creates the appearance of bias," said Durbin in a statement.

"Justice Alito should recuse himself immediately from cases related to the 2020 election and the January...
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Biden's privilege claim to keep special counsel interview under wraps a 'crude politics' move: experts

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden's assertion of executive privilege to avoid releasing audio recordings of his interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur is raising eyebrows among some legal experts.

The White House on Thursday revealed that Biden asserted executive privilege over the audio recordings at the request of Attorney General Merrick Garland. During a media briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said it was Garland's suggestion that "law enforcement files like these need to be protected."

"And so the president made his determination at...
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Potential Trump running mate rips Biden's outreach to Black voters: 'Always pandering'

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: As President Biden prepares for a weekend of Black voter outreach in the key battleground states of Georgia and Michigan, a high-profile Black Republican politician is accusing the president of election year "pandering."

"It’s always pandering," Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida argued in a national digital exclusive interview with Fox News. "This is what the Democrats do, especially in election years. You never see them in the Black community until it’s time to actually get votes, and they show up and want to give speeches."

The president...
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Trans middle school athlete whose presence stirred protests is accused of sexual harassment

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West Virginia high school track athlete Adaleia Cross is joining a national Title IX lawsuit after alleging a transgender 13-year-old teammate sexually harassed her during practices and in the school's locker room.

B.P.J., which is how court documents refer to the transgender athlete at the center of the allegations and another West Virginia lawsuit, allegedly made "several offensive and inappropriate sexual comments" to Cross throughout the school shot put season. The interactions allegedly escalated to more "aggressive, vile, and disturbing"...
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