US military admits that air strike killed civilian in Syria last year | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Police shoot rubber bullets at UCLA protesters as encampment cleared (www.newsweek.com)
Columbia students are sick at heart — just as we were in ‘68 (wagingnonviolence.org)
Most of the leadership of the Columbia strike in 1968 was young men like myself. That no longer appears to be the case — either at Columbia or the other university protests around the country....
Group submits abortion-rights ballot petitions as opponents pledge legal challenge • South Dakota Searchlight (southdakotasearchlight.com)
Labour threatened with legal action over ‘voter fraud’: Sam Tarry, Angela Rayner’s former partner, claims online voting system has been used to disadvantage candidates (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Sam Tarry, Angela Rayner’s former partner, claims online voting system has been used to disadvantage Left-wing candidates...
Stuck in court, Trump turns his criminal trial into his campaign (www.independent.co.uk)
The sky-high stakes of the Maryland Senate race (wapo.st)
Pro-Palestinian Columbia students occupy academic building (www.politico.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14855490...
Greene leaves them guessing on threat to oust Speaker Johnson [Mychael Schnell and Mike Lillis | 04/29/24 | TheHill] (thehill.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14849171...
Gaetz gets last-minute primary challenger in Florida [Miranda Nazzaro | 04/29/24 | TheHill] (thehill.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14848466...
Students refuse to leave Columbia University encampment after being threatened with suspension (www.independent.co.uk)
Over 100 Human Rights Groups Blast Biden And Congress For Suspending Critical Palestine Aid (www.huffpost.com)
More than 100 immigrant, refugee, human rights and humanitarian organizations sent a letter Monday demanding Congress and President Joe Biden reinstate funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency....
Not even Leonard Leo could turn Brent Orrin Hatch into Utah's next senator (www.motherjones.com)
RNC urges police to extend protestor restrictions around Milwaukee convention venue [Lauren Irwin | 04/27/24 | TheHill][ (thehill.com)
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has reportedly sent a letter to the Secret Service asking them to keep protesters further away from the Milwaukee convention venue in July....
Gaza protests shadow White House correspondents’ dinner [Farnoush Amiri and Ellen Knickmeyer | April 27, 2024 | LATimes] (www.latimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14779461...
Morehouse students criticize Biden as commencement speaker: ‘A political pawn to get Black votes’ (www.theguardian.com)
Flashback: 11 years ago "US supreme court finalizes gift of immunity to the telecom giants" (www.theguardian.com)
Five Major Climate Policies Trump Would Probably Reverse if Elected (www.nytimes.com)
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Hamas: An Evolving Stance Towards a Two-State Solution with Israel (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries including the United States and European nations,
USC cancels main graduation ceremony after protest controversies (www.ktla.com)
Live Updates: Tabloid Publisher Resumes Testimony in Trump Trial (www.nytimes.com)
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Rare visit by House speaker to campus escalates tension at Columbia [WaPo gift link] (wapo.st)
TikTok’s Pro-China Tilt [NYT Gift Article] (www.nytimes.com)
Credit to @Dark_Arc who posted this to the !News community (hope you don’t mind I stole your gift article link!)
US preparing $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine, officials say (www.reuters.com)
Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison (theintercept.com)
Imran Khan is currently incarcerated on corruption charges that are widely seen as politically motivated. Khan, who is regarded as the most popular politician in Pakistan, was removed from power in an April 2022 no-confidence vote orchestrated by the country’s powerful military establishment and encouraged by the U.S. Since...
