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OnPolitics: House Speaker Mike Johnson's job is in jeopardy
House Speaker Mike Johnson's job is in danger after another conservative hardliner publicly came out in support of forcibly removing him.
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NBC News
FDA winds down part of lead-contaminated applesauce probe
The FDA said Tuesday it’s winding down its response efforts for its investigation into lead-contaminated cinnamon applesauce pouches from WanaBana.
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Yahoo News
Yahoo News/YouGov poll: 57% of Americans — a new high — say Trump’s alleged crimes are ‘serious’ as hush money trial begins
The survey found similar increases in the perceived seriousness of Trump’s other alleged felonies as well.
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Associated Press
Georgian police fire tear gas to break up protest against so-called 'Russian law'
Police in the capital of Georgia on Tuesday unleashed tear gas to break up a large demonstration outside the country's parliament to protest a proposed law that would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Opponents say the proposal would obstruct Georgia's long-sought prospects of joining the European Union and denounce it as “the Russian law” because of similar legislation used by Moscow to stigmatize independent news media and organizations seen as being at odds with the Kremlin. The law says non-commercial organizations and news media that receive 20% or more of their funding from overseas would have to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” — the only change in wording from the draft law withdrawn last year, which said that relevant groups must register as “agents of foreign influence.”
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Reuters
Blinken to raise China's support for Russia's defense industrial base during visit
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on an upcoming visit to China is expected to raise U.S. concerns Beijing is helping Russia build up its defense industrial base to fight the war in Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday. The U.S. has warned China not to aid Moscow's war effort since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which came just weeks after Russia and China declared a "no limits partnership."
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CBS News
Federal judge denies request from "El Chapo" for family phone calls, visits
"El Chapo" asked for intervention from the judge in the letter for the "unprecedented discrimination against me."
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Reuters
Trump has an edge over Biden on economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
U.S. voters view Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as better for the economy than President Joe Biden , as the incumbent's approval rating ticked lower in April from the previous month, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Some 41% of respondents in the three-day poll, which closed on Sunday, said Trump, who is expected to face Biden in the Nov. 5 presidential election, has the better approach to the economy, compared to 34% who picked Biden. Trump's advantage on the economy, which at seven percentage points was well outside the poll's margin of error, compared to advantages of three points in March and six in February.
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Reuters
Qatar rejects US congressman's criticism of its mediation efforts in Gaza
CAIRO (Reuters) -The Qatari embassy in the U.S. expressed surprise on Tuesday at comments made by a U.S. Democratic congressman regarding the Gaza hostage crisis and his threat to "reevaluate" the U.S. relationship with Qatar. Congressman Steny Hoyer said on Monday that Qatar, which along with Egypt is mediating negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, should tell Hamas there will be "repercussions" if the militant Palestinian group "continues to block progress towards releasing the hostages and establishing a temporary ceasefire".
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Reuters
Astronomers detect Milky Way's second-largest known black hole
Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that of our sun, the biggest one known in the Milky Way aside from the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy. The newly identified black hole is located about 2,000 light-years from Earth - relatively close in cosmic terms - in the constellation Aquila, and has a companion star orbiting it, researchers said on Tuesday. Black holes are extraordinarily dense objects with gravity so strong that not even light can escape, making it difficult to spot them.
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Reuters
Smartmatic, One America News settle election defamation lawsuit
Smartmatic has settled a lawsuit accusing right-wing television network One America News of defamation by falsely claiming that the voting technology company rigged the 2020 U.S. presidential election to help Joe Biden beat Donald Trump. Terms of the settlement are confidential, Smartmatic's lawyer Erik Connolly said, but the company voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit filed in 2021 against OAN in Washington, D.C.
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AFP
US Fed's Powell says inflation fight may take 'longer than expected'
The US Federal Reserve's ongoing fight against inflation could take "longer than expected," the head of the US central bank said Tuesday, further paring back the chances of early rate cuts. In March, Fed policymakers penciled in three rate cuts for this year, leading markets to price in the first of them as early as June.
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AFP
Will Israel have to choose between Iran retaliation and Gaza assault?
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran's unprecedented attack and to send troops into Gaza's overcrowded Rafah area in its war against Hamas, but experts say it cannot achieve both goals simultaneously.Israel says it must send ground troops into the far-southern city to destroy Hamas battalions there, despite international concern for the fate of about 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah, mostly displaced by violence elsewhere in Gaza.
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Time
The U.K. Advances Bill that Would Create World’s Only Generational Smoking Ban
Lawmakers are expected to pass an effective lifetime ban on smoking for those under the age of 15.
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AFP
Milan design fair opens with sustainability and David Lynch
One of the world's leading design events, the Salone del Mobile, opened in Milan on Tuesday, marked by sustainability, craftsmanship and two "thinking rooms" from David Lynch.Among the fair's main attractions are two identical "thinking rooms" designed by Lynch, conceived as symbolic doors through which a visitor must pass to become immersed in the exposition.
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Associated Press
Ukraine prime minister calls for more investment in war-torn country during Chicago stop of US visit
Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal kicked off a United States visit Tuesday with multiple stops in Chicago aimed at drumming up investment and business in the war-torn country. Shmyhal's trip comes comes as Congress is considering an aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies. “We would warmly welcome the participation of Illinois companies in projects related to the recovery of Ukraine,” he told reporters, calling it the country's “most difficult time” in recent history.
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NBC News
Object that crashed into Florida home came from space station, NASA confirms
A piece of metal that crashed through a Florida home was a piece of space junk from the International Space Station, according to NASA.
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Time
‘I Just Couldn’t Do It.’ It’s Going To Be Very Hard to Find a Neutral Trump Jury
With very few Americans without an opinion of Donald Trump, it will be hard to find a truly neutral jury in the New York hush-money case.
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CBS News
UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare cyberattack cost it $872 million
The $872 million most likely excludes any amount UnitedHealth may have paid to hackers in ransom.
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CNN
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s arguments over obstruction charge used against January 6 rioters
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority indicated Tuesday that it may toss out a charge prosecutors have lodged against hundreds of people who took part in the January 6, 2021, riot on the US Capitol, a decision that could force the Justice Department to reopen some of those cases.
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CNN
What’s the cheapest way to the edge of space? Ride a balloon
Spanish startup HALO Space hopes to begin commercial flights to near-space in 2026. The flights will last around six hours and prices start at $164,000 a ticket.
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