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Today's Political News Compilation - Friday, May 24, 2024

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Kennedy blasts Biden, Trump over pandemic measures in pitch at Libertarian convention

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accused Joe Biden and Donald Trump Friday of trampling on personal liberties in response to the pandemic that spanned their presidencies.

Kennedy, who has long claimed to be a victim of government and media censorship of his unorthodox views, said Americans have lost faith in their leaders and institutions, and he pledged to restore it.

























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Defense Secretary Austin resumes duties following medical procedure

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Austin to temporarily transfer duties to deputy as he undergoes medical procedure for bladder issue.
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Race to rescue villagers trapped after Papua New Guinea landslide

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Emergency crews are racing to rescue scores of people feared trapped after a landslide in Papua New Guinea.
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No sign Israel will change course after Gaza ruling

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israel condemns a ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering it to stop its offensive.
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Prosecutors Seek to Bar Trump From Attacking F.B.I. Agents in Documents Case

  • News source: Alan Feuer
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Federal prosecutors on Friday night asked the judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case to bar him from making any statements that might endanger law enforcement agents involved in the proceedings.

Prosecutors said Mr. Trump had recently made “grossly misleading” assertions about the F.B.I.’s search of Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida, two years ago. The request came just days after the former president falsely suggested that the F.B.I. had been authorized to shoot him when agents descended on...
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Prosecutors in classified files case seek to bar Trump from making statements endangering law enforcement

  • News source: Eric Tucker | Associated Press
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Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution.

The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in August 2022 were “authorized to shoot me” and were “locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger.”...
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Feds seek to bar Trump from making statements that endanger law enforcement

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that "pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents" participating in the prosecution.

The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in August 2022 were "authorized to shoot me" and were "locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger."...
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Special counsel seeks to bar Trump from making statements endangering law enforcement

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Special counsel Smith seeks order from the judge barring Trump from making statements that pose a risk to law enforcement.
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Trump, RFK Jr. in split-screen showdown at Libertarian National Convention

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A split-screen showdown between Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will occur this weekend at the Libertarian National Convention.
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Louisiana classifies abortion drugs as controlled, dangerous substances after Gov. Landry greenlights proposal

  • News source: FOX News
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First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate.

The measure affects the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, which are used in medication abortions, the most common method of abortion in the U.S.

BLUE STATE GOV SIGNS BILL TO HELP DOCTORS EVADE NEIGHBORING STATE'S ABORTION LAW: 'OPPRESSIVE...
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Kenya police to arrive in Haiti in 'three weeks'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC sat down with Kenya's president during his three-day trip to Washington DC to talk about Haiti and other crises.
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How films stars faded - and pop stars took over

  • News source: BBC News - World
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While fans can't get enough of pop stars at stadium tours, things do not look so rosy for movie stars.
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US missionaries killed in Haiti gang violence

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee from months of widespread gang violence in Haiti.
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'It was chaos': Four dead in Majorca building collapse

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Eyewitnesses tell the BBC they heard what sounded like an explosion as a two-storey restaurant collapsed, killing four.
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Jodi Picoult: ‘It’s not a badge of honour to be banned’

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The author discusses free speech, her latest novel and Shakespeare theories at the Hay Festival.
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Man insults judge who sentenced him to 12 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot

  • News source: Michael Kunzelman
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A New Jersey electrician who repeatedly attacked police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in prison by a judge who called him “a menace to our society.”

Christopher Joseph Quaglin argued with and insulted U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden before and after the judge handed him one of the longest prison sentences among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.

“You're Trump's worst mistake of 2016,” Quaglin told McFadden, who was nominated to the court by then-President Donald Trump in 2017...
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