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PoliticsAssociated Press
Democrats say they will save Speaker Mike Johnson's job if Republicans try to oust him
House Democrats will vote to save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s job should some of his fellow Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position, Democratic leaders said Tuesday, likely assuring for now that Johnson will avoid being ousted from office like his predecessor, former Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Johnson, R-La., has come under heavy criticism from some Republicans for moving forward with aid for Ukraine as part of a $95 billion emergency spending package that passed this month.
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USNBC News
Five Republican-led states sue over Biden's new Title IX transgender protections
Five Republican-led states have sued the Biden administration over its new rules expanding Title IX to protect transgender students.
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PoliticsNBC News
Trump meets privately with former GOP rival Ron DeSantis
Former President Donald Trump met privately over breakfast with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday.
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PoliticsAssociated Press
GOP leaders still can't overcome the Kansas governor's veto to enact big tax cuts
Republican legislators narrowly failed again Monday to enact a broad package of tax cuts over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto, making it likely that lawmakers would end their second annual session in a row without major reductions. The state Senate voted 26-14 to override Kelly's veto of a package of income, sales and property tax cuts worth about $1.5 billion over the next three years, but that was one vote short of the necessary two-thirds majority. Three dissident Republican senators joi
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USNBC News
Far-right news network OAN retracts article about Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels
The retracted article from One America News Network said Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen had an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels.
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PoliticsABC News
Hunter Biden threatens to sue Fox News for airing 'revenge porn'
Attorneys representing President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden are threatening to sue Fox News for violating "revenge porn" laws and publishing since-discredited bribery allegations as part of a scheme to "paint him in a false light," according to a letter obtained by ABC News. The letter, which Hunter Biden's counsel transmitted to attorneys at Fox News last week, includes a request for the conservative news outlet to "preserve all documents potentially relevant to the allegations in this lette
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PoliticsThe New York Times
Trump Wants to Prosecute Biden. He Also Thinks Presidents Deserve Immunity.
When a lawyer for former President Donald Trump argued before the Supreme Court last week that his client should be immune from charges of plotting to subvert the last election, he asked the justices to picture a world in which former presidents were ceaselessly pursued in the courts by their successors. “Could President Biden someday be charged with unlawfully inducing immigrants to enter the country illegally for his border policies?” the lawyer, D. John Sauer, asked. What Sauer did not mentio
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WorldThe New York Times
U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing
New details of the Biden administration’s signature conservation effort, made public this month amid a burst of other environmental announcements, have alarmed some scientists who study marine protected areas because the plan would count certain commercial fishing zones as conserved. The decision could have ripple effects around the world as nations work toward fulfilling a broader global commitment to safeguard 30% of the entire planet’s land, inland waters and seas. That effort has been hailed
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PoliticsNBC News
Judge in hush money trial threatens Trump with jail after holding him in contempt for violating gag order
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money case held the former president in criminal contempt over posts on Truth Social that he said violated a gag order barring any attacks on jurors and witnesses and warned Trump he could be jailed for further violations.
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PoliticsBusiness Insider
Biden is taking a swing at winning Florida, hopeful that abortion can boost Democrats in the GOP-trending state
A Biden victory in Florida would give him considerable breathing room as he's also aiming to hold key swing states that he flipped in 2020.
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WorldReuters
Families of Americans held abroad want more help, information
Families of Americans still detained in foreign countries despite recent prisoner swaps arranged by the Biden administration pleaded on Tuesday at least for more information about their loved ones, while waiting and hoping for their release. "I literally have no idea what steps are being taken to rescue my husband," Anna Corbett, whose husband Ryan Corbett has been detained in Afghanistan, told a congressional committee. Corbett was one of relatives and representatives of nine Americans detain
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PoliticsHuffPost
Trump Says He'd Use Local Police For His Massive Immigration Crackdown
Local law enforcement that won't participate "won't partake in the riches," the presumptive GOP presidential nominee vaguely threatened in a new interview.
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PoliticsPolitico
Education secretary initially ducks talk of campus protests with lawmakers
A number of Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, in recent days have called on Cardona to cut off federal funds of colleges and universities for not cracking down hard enough of antisemitism.
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PoliticsBusiness Insider
Trump won't rule out election violence if he loses to Biden in November: 'It depends'
Former President Donald Trump said in an interview with Time that "it always depends on the fairness of an election."
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PoliticsReuters
Biden signs new memo to boost security of US critical infrastructure
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a new national security memorandum to boost the resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure, replacing a decade-old policy. The White House said it was launching a "comprehensive effort to protect U.S. infrastructure against all threats and hazards, current and future." The directive empowers the Homeland Security Department to lead the government-wide effort to secure U.S. critical infrastructure and to submit regular National Risk Management plans summari
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WorldAssociated Press
This radical economist became Argentina's president railing against politicians. Now he needs them.
When interviewed about his plans after a shock electoral victory last fall, Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei gave his go-to answer in a blink: “To exterminate inflation." Driven by a single-minded obsession with slashing spending to tame inflation — now nearing 300% — the former television commentator with just two years’ experience in Congress made clear from the start he had little interest in anything but economic deregulation. Milei, who ran against “thieving politicians,” has run
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USAssociated Press
US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration
President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on new steps to crack down on illegal migration that include tougher enforcement on railways, on buses and in airports as well as increased repatriation flights for migrants from both the U.S. and Mexico. Biden and López Obrador said they are directing their national security aides to “immediately implement concrete measures” to reduce the number of illegal border crossings. John Kirby, the White House's n
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PoliticsBusiness Insider
Trump can attend his son Barron's high school graduation after all
Donald Trump will get a break from his criminal trial to attend Barron's high school graduation next month.
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WorldAssociated Press
The US is building a pier off Gaza to bring in humanitarian aid. Here's how it would work
The U.S. and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. Nearly two months after President Joe Biden gave the order, U.S. Army and Navy troops are assembling a large floating platform several miles off the Gaza coast that will be the launching pad for deliveries. The relief is desperately needed, with the U.N. saying people in Gaza are on the brink of famine.
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USAssociated Press
EPA bans consumer use of a toxic chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause cancer
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems. The EPA said its action will protect Americans from health risks while allowing certain commercial uses to continue with robust worker protections. The rule banning methylene chloride is the second risk management rule to be finalized by President Joe Biden's administrati
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PoliticsNBC News
Trump says Republicans always wanted to leave abortion law to states. That's false.
Donald Trump is playing down the prospect of nationwide abortion restrictions, falsely saying Republicans have long sought to leave abortion law to states.
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WorldHuffPost
EU Commission President Doesn't Rule Out A TikTok Ban For The Bloc
"We know exactly the danger of TikTok," Ursula von der Leyen said nearly a week after President Joe Biden signed U.S. legislation threatening a nationwide ban.
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WorldThe New York Times
Biden Team Sees Narrow Window for Deal on Cease-Fire and Hostages in Gaza
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his national security team see a narrow window to finally seal an agreement that would at least temporarily halt the war in the Gaza Strip and possibly end it for good even as they deflect pressure from college campus protests to abandon Israel in its fight against Hamas. Several factors converging at once have renewed the administration’s hopes that it can break through the stalemate in the next week or two. Biden’s team wants to capitalize on the successful
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PoliticsReuters
Judge fines Trump $9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order. In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to serve as a deterrent for the wealthy businessman-turned-politician and lamented he did not have the authority to impose a higher penalty. Merchan had imposed the gag order to prevent Trump from criticizing wit
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PoliticsReuters
US reforms green law to speed clean energy, infrastructure permits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects that officials said would speed up approval of anything from power transmission from wind and solar farms to semiconductor manufacturing. The reforms are the second and final phase of adjustments to the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, by the administration of President Joe Biden, a Democrat. It was in response to an overhaul of the bedrock environmental law by former P
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USAssociated Press
Florida Democrats hope abortion and marijuana questions draw young voters despite low enthusiasm
Jordan Vassallo is lukewarm about casting her first presidential ballot for President Joe Biden in November. Vassallo will be voting for a constitutional ballot amendment that would prevent the state of Florida from prohibiting abortion before a fetus can survive on its own — essentially the standard that existed nationally before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional protections to abortion and left the matter for states to decide. Passage of the amendment would wipe away Flor
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PoliticsAssociated Press
New York special election will fill vacancy in Congress created by resignation of Democrat Higgins
Voters in an upstate New York congressional district will choose between a Democrat regarded by many as the natural successor to the longtime congressman who vacated the seat earlier this year and a Republican with crossover appeal in a special election Tuesday. Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins, who arrived in Congress in 2005, resigned in February to become president of Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo. With Republicans holding a narrow margin in the U.S. House, even a race for a seat wi
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PoliticsAssociated Press
Judge raises threat of jail as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 at hush money trial
Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. Prosecutors had alleged 10 violations, but New York Judge Juan M. Merchan found there were nine. Trump stared down at the table in front of him as the judge read the ruling, frowning slightly.
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WorldAssociated Press
El Salvador's congress approves changes to reform constitution, a move critics call anti-democratic
El Salvador's Congress, which is controlled by President Nayib Bukele New Ideas party, on Monday approved a change to an article of the Constitution to facilitate larger constitutional reforms without having to wait until after the election of a new legislature. The move further consolidates power in the hands of Bukele and his party, with some critics saying it opens a possible path for the leader to stay in power. Previously, constitutional reforms had to be proposed and approved in one legi
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PoliticsAssociated Press
Ethics committee dismisses complaint against Missouri speaker
A panel of lawmakers dismissed on Monday an ethics complaint against Speaker Dean Plocher, breaking from a Republican who argued that Plocher used his power as the House leader to block an investigation. Members voted 7-2 to dismiss allegations against Plocher for misuse of taxpayer dollars, using his influence to push a pricey contract with a company with ties to his employer, and retaliating against staffers who raised complaints. “From the outset of this investigation, I’ve maintained my in
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TechnologyNBC News
Biden administration to require advanced safety tech on all new cars and trucks
The Biden administration plans to require that all new cars and trucks come with pedestrian-collision avoidance systems that include automatic emergency braking technology by the end of the decade.
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PoliticsNBC News
Matt Gaetz becomes latest Kevin McCarthy defector to draw a primary challenger: From the Politics Desk
Matt Gaetz is the latest House Republican who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker to draw a primary challenger in the 2024 elections.
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PoliticsReuters
Biden to deliver Morehouse commencement address over student, faculty concerns
U.S. President Joe Biden has no plans to abandon giving the commencement address at Morehouse College, a historically Black men's college in Georgia on May 19, White House officials said on Monday, shrugging off criticism from some faculty and students over his Israel policies. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Monday that Biden would proceed as planned at the historic college founded in 1867, whose alumni also include civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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USNBC News
George Santos says he will revive his drag queen persona on Cameo
Former Republican Rep. George Santos announced that he will revive his drag queen persona in customized videos for sale on Cameo.
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PoliticsHuffPost
Gov. Greg Abbott Says Texas Education Agency Will Ignore Title IX Revisions
The Biden administration announced a more inclusive rewrite of the law to add protections for abuse survivors, students' parents and LGBTQ+ students.
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PoliticsThe Guardian
Trump claims ‘full and enthusiastic support’ of DeSantis after Florida meeting
Relations have been frosty between the Florida governor and the former president since the Republican presidential primary began
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USThe Guardian
Kamala Harris visits Atlanta to tout investments in minority communities
The vice-president returned to the city, pressing the case to Black voters that the Biden administration has been there for them
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USAssociated Press
Congress honors deceased Korean War hero with lying in honor ceremony
Congress gave one of its highest final tributes on Monday — a lying in honor ceremony at the Capitol — to Ralph Puckett Jr., who led an outnumbered company in battle during the Korean War and was the last surviving veteran of that war to receive the Medal of Honor. Puckett, who retired as an Army colonel, died earlier this month at the age of 97 at his home in Columbus, Georgia. The lying in honor ceremony at the Capitol is reserved for the nation's most distinguished private citizens.
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USAssociated Press
Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students
Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions. “This is federal government overreach, but it’s of a degree and dimension like no other,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a news conference Monday. One lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Cou
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USYahoo News
Was it legal for Kristi Noem to shoot her puppy — and what other options did she have?
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a possible running mate for former President Donald Trump is catching heat over shooting and killing her "untrainable" hunting dog on her farm. Animal humane societies give alternatives to euthanasia.
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PoliticsNBC News
Biden officials will have a minimal presence at college graduations as campuses erupt in protests
WASHINGTON — Amid growing protests on college campuses by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the White House is planning for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to have a minimal presence for a traditional rite of spring: delivering commencement addresses.
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USAssociated Press
Kansas bill to limit gender-affirming care for transgender minors dies after failed veto override
A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Kansas died Monday when two Republicans switched their votes and prevented the Republican-controlled Legislature from overriding the Democratic governor's veto of the measure. The Kansas House voted 82-43 to overturn Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a bill that also would have barred state employees who work with children from promoting social transitioning for kids who question or struggle with their gender identities. Republicans wh
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PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump and DeSantis meet to make peace and discuss fundraising for the former president's campaign
The governor, during the conversation, committed to helping Trump as he faces President Joe Biden in the general election, said the person. The meeting, which was first reported by The Washington Post, was orchestrated by Florida real estate investor Steve Witkoff, and took place at his Shell Bay Club in Hollywood, Florida. On Monday, Trump said the two had had “a great meeting yesterday” and that he was “very happy to have the full and enthusiastic support of Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida.
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WorldReuters
Blinken says he'll press Israel on more humanitarian aid to Gaza
The U.S. has seen measurable progress in the humanitarian situation in Gaza, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, but he cautioned that it still wasn't sufficient and vowed to press Israeli officials later this week to do more. Blinken’s remarks during a Middle East trip to check in on humanitarian aid to Gaza come about a month after Biden issued a stark warning to Netanyahu, saying Washington’s policy could shift if Israel fails to take steps to address civilian harm, humani
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PoliticsNBC News
Poll: Biden and Trump supporters sharply divided by the media they consume
Supporters of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are sharply divided by, among other things, the sources they rely on to get their news.
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PoliticsThe New York Times
How Donald Trump has slowed the cases against him
It now seems likely that Donald Trump will be able to run for president this year without having faced any legal penalties for his effort to overturn the last presidential election. To many of his supporters, of course, this outcome is just. But it is also striking. Most Americans believe that Trump committed serious crimes, polls show. He chose not to order the authorities to stop a violent attack on the Capitol, even when his vice president was in danger. And he directed state election officia
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PoliticsThe New York Times
Trump and DeSantis Meet for First Time Since Bruising Primary
Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met Sunday morning, according to three people briefed on the meeting, the first time they’ve done so since the end of a bruising Republican presidential primary that Trump won while relentlessly attacking DeSantis. The meeting — which took place in Hollywood, Florida, according to one of the people briefed on the meeting — was the result of a weekslong effort by a longtime friend of Trump, real estate investor Steve Witkoff, who also has a relationship
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PoliticsLA Times
Many O.C. residents deny Trump election results, potentially swaying key races, poll finds
In a purple county with several contests that could shape the balance of power in Congress, doubts about elections could keep voters away in November — particularly conservatives.
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PoliticsReuters
US VP Harris courts Black voters with economic opportunity tour
ATLANTA (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris started a multistate tour on Monday in Atlanta, to tout economic opportunities for Black Americans, as Democrats try to mobilize a critical voting base ahead of November’s election. A major focus of the tour is energizing and engaging Black men, a key demographic that polls suggest has lost faith in the Democratic Party. A recent Wall Street Journal poll of seven swing states found that some 30% of Black males said they were either definite
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WorldBusiness Insider
China is gunning for the chief scientist of its COVID vaccine project, accusing him of 'serious discipline and law violations'
Yang Xiaoming was kicked from the National People's Congress earlier this month. He was in charge of the team that created the Sinopharm vaccine.
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