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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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Top moments from US v. Menendez reveal wads of cash stashed around New Jersey home: PHOTOS

  • News source: FOX News
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New photos admitted as evidence in the U.S. v. Menendez trial shed light on discoveries made by federal agents during their raid of the New Jersey senator's home.

Nearly $500,000 in cash and $150,000 in gold bars were strategically concealed throughout his cluttered New Jersey home, including a hefty stack of bills crammed inside a Timberland boot.

This week, jurors were presented with numerous photographs capturing scenes inside the Englewood Cliffs residence where the Democratic senator and his wife, Nadine, live. Nadine's trial was delayed...
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2024 wild card: Could Trump criminal trial verdict rock White House race?

  • News source: FOX News
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With closing arguments in former President Trump's criminal trial scheduled for early in the week ahead, a pending verdict in the historic case could have serious consequences in the 2024 election between the former president and President Biden.

Trump holds the slight edge right now both in national polling and in public opinion surveys in most of the crucial battleground states that will likely decide their election rematch.

However, Trump could potentially be convicted on some or all of the nearly three-dozen state felony charges he faces in his...
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Jackie Robinson rebuilt in bronze in Colorado after theft of statue from Kansas park

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations
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Alec Baldwin request to drop Rust manslaughter case denied

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The actor was charged earlier this year over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a film set in 2021.
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Top UN court orders Israel to stop Rafah offensive

  • News source: BBC News - World
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In a dramatic move, the court supported a South African request to get Israel to halt its operation.
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Cynthia voted for Nelson Mandela. Now she's abandoning his successors

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The ruling ANC party has not delivered the change in South Africa that some had hoped for.
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Israeli activists battle over Gaza-bound aid convoys

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israeli protesters have tried to block border crossings, or even attacked aid convoys bound for Gaza.
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How film 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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Uvalde families sue Meta, video game creator and gunmaker

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The lawsuits allege the companies preyed upon "vulnerable" young men like the 18-year-old Uvalde gunman.
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Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock dies at 53

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The film-maker famously lived on a diet of McDonald’s food for an entire month for the 2004 movie.
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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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