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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Biden and Trump, trading barbs, agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and September
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for their first presidential face-off to play out in just over a month.
Speaker Mike Johnson echoes Trump's 'frustration' with cases and believes threats to his gavel are behind him
In a wide-ranging sit-down with NBC News, the House speaker discussed what he called a "spontaneous" trip to visit Donald Trump in New York and his plans for 2025.
www.nbcnews.comNow armed with AI, America's adversaries will try to influence election, security officials warn
Top U.S. security officials say America’s foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming U.S. elections.
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Here are all the restrictions Biden's team demanded in their Trump debate offer
President Biden's offer to debate former President Trump came with significant strings attached, limiting the nature of the 2024 debates.
Donald Trump asks New York’s high court to intervene in fight over gag order in hush money trial
Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors and others connected to his hush money criminal trial.
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Yemeni security forces deploy in Aden as anger simmers over lengthy power outages
Yemeni authorities have deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden, in preparation for the latest in a series of protests over hours-long electricity outages caused by a shortage of fuel for power stations
Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico shot multiple times in attempted assassination
Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday after a political event in an attempted assassination that shocked the small country and reverberated across Europe.
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Sen. Bob Menendez "put his power up for sale," prosecutor argues in bribery trial
A lawyer for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez sought to pin the blame on his wife, Nadine Menendez.
www.cbsnews.comReported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem
U.S. officials say the number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year. A confidential survey also found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact.
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'He's had it': Biden's patience with Israel may be wearing thin as Rafah questions linger
President Joe Biden's pause of an arms shipment and a State Department report on Israel's conduct in Gaza are a turning point for the Democrat.
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Slovak PM Robert Fico in hospital after shooting
Robert Fico was attacked outside a cultural centre in the town of Handlova, and a suspect was detained.
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White House says Pres. Joe Biden expresses alarm and deep concern over the shooting of Slovakia's PM
The White House says President Biden and the First Lady are praying for a swift recovery and their thoughts are with his family and the people of Slovakia.
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Embattled Georgia DA Fani Willis and Trump trial judge hit the campaign trail | CNN Politics
In the high-stakes criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia, the defendant isn’t the only one campaigning.
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Police descend on UC Irvine campus as protesters occupy lecture hall
Protesters entered the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall on the UC Irvine campus on Wednesday.
Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote
The Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.
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Romney says if he were president he would have immediately pardoned Trump | CNN Politics
Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney said that if he were President Joe Biden he would have “immediately pardoned” former President Donald Trump.
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Bernie Sanders admits Biden is ‘not popular’ but says he’s ‘not running against God’ - Washington Examiner
Bernie Sanders admitted that Joe Biden isn't popular, but he shared the importance, as he sees it, of supporting him against Donald Trump.
www.washingtonexaminer.comLawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife
A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is blaming the politician’s wife for his legal problems. Avi Weitzman told a jury at the start of Menendez's corruption trial on Wednesday that the Democrat wasn’t aware his spouse had taken gifts from a trio of businessmen.
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There's 'no humanitarian catastrophe' in Rafah, Netanyahu insists
Israel is "fulfilling our obligation to (Rafah's) humanitarian needs," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.
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Biden aides fear president may be too worried to do his job after Hunter Biden trial begins: report
President Biden worries about Hunter Biden every day, and he could become majorly distracted by the issue when his son's trial begins in June, aides say.
'Politics for profit': Prosecutor calls Sen. Bob Menendez 'corrupt' in opening statements of bribery case
The New Jersey Democrat has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer told jurors the allegation he's corrupt is "outrageously false."
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Sen. Chuck Grassley calls Trump trial a 'political lynching' but says he's too busy to go
Sen. Chuck Grassley said he has not been paying close attention to Trump’s criminal hush money trial, which is continuing in New York City this week.
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RFK Jr. says he'll debate Biden, Trump moments after president laughs him off
President Biden laughed off questions of a third debate with Trump and possibly including Robert Kennedy Jr., who later posted to X he would be in the debate.
Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel has amassed enough troops for full-scale incursion of Rafah, US officials
More than six months after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip.
The jurors in Trump's hush money trial are getting a front row seat to history — most of the time
A gag order. Legal wrangling over witness testimony. Angry denouncements of the judge overseeing the case.
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