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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, May 21, 2024

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Donald Trump’s lawyers have rested their defense in the former president’s New York hush money trial, bringing the case one step closer to final arguments. (AP Video: John Minchillo)

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Defense rests without ex-President Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money criminal trial, moving the case closer to the moment when the jury will begin deciding his fate.


























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Afghan evacuee vetting process 'fragmented' with 'vulnerabilities,' watchdog warns

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A report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is faulting the government’s parole processes surrounding the resettling of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees after the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

"DHS has a multifaceted but fragmented process for identifying and resolving issues for noncitizens with derogatory information, including [Operation Allies Welcome] parolees. This siloed approach creates potential gaps in DHS components’ responsibility for terminating parole, initiating removal proceedings, or monitoring...
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Speaker Johnson's office exodus: 4 top aides unveil departure plans

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Four top aides in House Speaker Mike Johnson's office announced plans to depart within 24 hours of each other, roughly seven months since he took the helm of the House of Representatives.

Johnson policy advisers Brittan Specht, Jason Yaworske and Preston Hill are leaving the Louisiana Republican's office to join Michael Best Strategies, a lobbying firm with offices in Washington, D.C., Wisconsin, Colorado, Texas, and other states, the speaker's office confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Specht, Yaworske and Hill had also worked in ousted former House...
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HHS moves to debar EcoHealth Alliance president over failure to comply with grant procedures

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) commenced formal debarment proceedings against Dr. Peter Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance – a firm that used taxpayer funds to conduct gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The move took place on Tuesday evening, according to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, and came one week after HHS implemented an immediate, government-wide suspension on all funds allocated to EcoHealth Alliance.

In a Tuesday letter to Daszak, a...
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Austrian man discovers mammoth bones in wine cellar

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A winemaker makes the extraordinary discovery of bones dating back 30,000 years ago during renovations.
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'Screaming in agony': Passengers recall horror onboard flight

  • News source: BBC News - World
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One passenger said he heard a woman "screaming in agony" and saw another with a "gash on her head".
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Trump Falsely Claims Biden Administration Was ‘Locked & Loaded’ to Kill Him

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Former President Donald J. Trump accused the Biden administration on Tuesday of having been prepared to kill him during a 2022 search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla., making the false claim that President Biden was “locked & loaded” in a fund-raising email.

The claim relied on a misrepresentation of a standard Justice Department policy on the use of deadly force in its operations.

“BIDEN’S DOJ WAS AUTHORIZED TO SHOOT ME! It’s just been revealed that Biden’s DOJ was authorized to use DEADLY...
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Staffing Crisis at Federal Prisons Highlighted in Oregon

  • News source: Glenn Thrush
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An inmate at a federal prison in Oregon faked a suicide attempt to obtain medical treatment for a serious infection because health care staffing levels were so low that patients were forced to wait days, or even weeks, for basic care, an independent watchdog found.

The work force shortages at the prison, Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan, reflect a broader staffing crisis at dozens of facilities run by the Bureau of Prisons, according to a report released Wednesday by Michael O. Horowitz, inspector general of the Justice Department. It has...
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Louisiana House approves bill to classify abortion pills as controlled substances

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Washington — The Louisiana House approved legislation Tuesday that would classify the drugs used in medication abortions as controlled substances, criminalizing possession of the drugs without a prescription.

The bill passed 64 to 29 in the GOP-controlled state House, and if it's signed into law, Louisiana would become the first state to classify misoprostol and mifepristone — the two drugs used in a regimen to terminate early-stage pregnancies — as controlled substances.

The controlled substances designation typically occurs when a drug is...
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Biden's lead in New York drops to single digits as Trump vows to win state

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President Biden's lead over former President Trump in New York has dropped to single digits, according to a Wednesday poll from Sienna College.

Biden maintains a lead over Trump with 47% of the vote, compared to the former president's 38%. This is a slight narrowing of the gap since last month, when Biden led Trump 47%-37%.

New York voters remain deeply polarized over the two candidates, however, with 32% of voters saying a Biden victory will "irreparably harm America," and 41% saying the same about a Trump victory.

Just 18% of voters, including...
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Exclusive: Missouri AG torches Kansas City's 'retaliation' against Chiefs kicker expressing Christian beliefs

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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey isn't holding back on his criticism of the Kansas City mayor's office after it doxxed Chiefs kicker
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Exodus from Speaker Johnson's office: 4 top aides unveil departure plans

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Four top aides in House Speaker Mike Johnson's office announced plans to depart within 24 hours of each other, roughly seven months since he took the helm of the House of Representatives.

Johnson policy advisers Brittan Specht, Jason Yaworske and Preston Hill are leaving the Louisiana Republican's office to join Michael Best Strategies, a lobbying firm with offices in Washington, D.C., Wisconsin, Colorado, Texas, and other states, the speaker's office confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Specht, Yaworske and Hill had also worked in ousted former House...
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'Worse than doing nothing': GOP rips into Schumer-backed border bill

  • News source: FOX News
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House GOP claims Hunter Biden lied under oath multiple times during congressional deposition

  • News source: FOX News
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House Republicans said they obtained information to prove "indisputably" that Hunter Biden lied under oath multiple times during his congressional deposition earlier this year, Fox News Digital has learned.

The House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday held a mark-up session to discuss documents protected under IRS code 6103 — a portion of the tax code that keeps certain information confidential. Discussing that material without it being properly released by the House Ways & Means Committee is considered a felony.

The panel voted on Wednesday to release that information.

"Hunter Biden has shown once again he believes there are two systems of justice in this country – one for his family, and one for everyone else. Not only did Hunter Biden refuse to comply with his initial subpoena until threatened with criminal contempt, but he then came before Congress and lied," House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith told Fox News Digital Wednesday. "The Ways and Means Committee’s investigation, and the documents released today, are not part of a personal vendetta against Hunter Biden, but are meant to ensure the equal application of the law."

Smith said the documents the committee obtained reveal that Hunter Biden lied at least three times during his deposition.

Smith noted that "lying during sworn testimony is a felony offense that the Department of Justice has prosecuted numerous individuals for in recent years, and the American people expect the same accountability for the son of the President of the United States."

"Hunter Biden’s lies under oath, and obstruction of a congressional investigation into his family’s potential corruption, calls into question other pieces of his testimony," Smith said. "The newly released evidence affirms, once again, the only witnesses who can be trusted to tell the truth in this investigation are the IRS whistleblowers."

Hunter Biden has been charged in two separate jurisdictions stemming from Special Counsel David Weiss’ years-long investigation into him.

The first son pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges in U.S. District Court for Delaware. He was charged with making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm; making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a licensed firearm dealer; and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.

The first son also pleaded not guilty to federal tax charges in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California — specifically, three felonies and six misdemeanors concerning $1.4 million in owed taxes that have since been paid.

Weiss alleged a "four-year scheme" when the president's son did not pay his federal income taxes from January 2017 to October 2020 while also filing false tax reports. Weiss filed the charges in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler approached Congress earlier this year, alleging that prosecutorial decisions made throughout the federal investigation into the president’s son were impacted by politics.

Shapley and Ziegler have said they were frustrated that the
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Zuma lashes out at judges after election ban

  • News source: BBC News - World
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South Africa's ex-president says the constitution must change after being barred from running for parliament.
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