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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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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US MQ-9 Predator drone

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed the shooting-down of an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Predator drone
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Showdown: The blue states Trump aims to turn red in November

  • News source: FOX News
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It's been more than a half century since a Republican won Minnesota in a presidential election, but former President
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Trump to attend son's high school graduation Friday

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Trump is attending youngest son Barron Trump’s high school graduation in Florida on Friday, a break from his criminal trial in New York City.

Barron Trump, 18, will graduate from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday. The graduation ceremony is private.

Barron Trump will go to college, but it is unclear which university he has selected. The former president has previously floated the possibility of his son attending his own alma mater, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where Ivanka Trump...
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Inside Donald Trump and Speaker Johnson's mutually beneficial relationship

  • News source: FOX News
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was in New York for various events when he reached out to former President Trump to inform him he would be at the Manhattan courthouse, where Trump's criminal trial was taking place the very next morning.

Johnson made the decision himself and contacted Trump directly, a source close to the speaker told Fox News Digital. Multiple people said he rode with Trump in his motorcade on Tuesday morning.

"I came here… today on my own to support President Trump because I am one of hundreds of millions of people and one citizen...
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They Supported Biden in 2020. What Made Them Change Their Minds in 2024?

  • News source: Claire Cain Miller, Bianca Pallaro, Ruth Igielnik
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Frederick Westbrook, a retired Las Vegas hotel worker, voted for President Biden in 2020 — as a vote to get Donald J. Trump out of office. He now calls that “the biggest mistake of my life.”

“As a Black man in America, I felt he was doing unjust things,” he said of Mr. Trump. “He’s got a big mouth, he’s not a nice person.” None of that, in his view, has changed. But one thing has.

“Everything is just about the economy,” said Mr. Westbrook, who has started driving for Lyft to support himself on a fixed income in retirement. “I don’t really trust...
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Israel Resists Grand Bargain as U.S. and Saudis Work on Security Pact

  • News source: Edward Wong and Vivian Nereim
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Two years into President Biden’s term, his aides began negotiating with Saudi leaders to have the kingdom establish diplomatic relations with Israel. But when the Israel-Hamas war began last October, the talks withered.

American and Saudi officials have tried to revive prospects for a deal by demanding more from Israel — a cease-fire in Gaza and irreversible steps toward the founding of a Palestinian nation. Now those officials say they are close to a final agreement on the main elements of what the Saudis want from the deal: a U.S.-Saudi mutual...
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A Crucial Senate Race Could Come Down to One Question: Do I Trust You?

  • News source: Kellen Browning and Tailyr Irvine
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The rural dirt farmer versus the decorated Navy SEAL.

The longtime Democratic incumbent in a deep-red state versus the youthful conservative handpicked by Republicans to topple him.

The man who lost three fingers to a meat grinder versus the man who got shot — or maybe didn’t — in Afghanistan.

Montana’s high-profile race for Senate, which could decide the balance of power in Washington, is shaping up as a fight to see whose unique biography can best earn the trust of the state’s wary voters.

Republicans believe that the Democrat they are trying...
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Massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea causes power cutoffs in Sevastopol

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Russian authorities say a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea has caused power cutoffs in the city of Sevastopol and set a refinery ablaze in southern Russia
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North Korea test-fires a ballistic missile a day after US, South Korea held jet drill

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast a day after South Korea and the U.S. flew powerful fighter jets for a drill that the North views as a major security threat
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NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader LaPierre

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The National Rifle Association is kicking off its annual meeting in downtown Dallas, gathering for the first time in decades without Wayne LaPierre at the helm as board members prepare to elect his replacement
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French police kill man trying to 'burn synagogue'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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French police kill an armed man who aimed to set fire to Rouen synagogue, the interior minister says.
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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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Michael Cohen faces brutal questioning at Trump trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains how Donald Trump's lawyer accused Cohen of lying in his testimony.
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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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New Miss USA crowned after previous winner resigns

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Maui native Savannah Gankiewicz has taken the title after Noelia Voigt quit, citing mental health challenges.
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