House Proposes New TikTok Ban, Google Fires Employees After Israel-Linked Protest, Two Trump Jurors Dismissed, Sanctions Imposed on Iran/Venezuela, and More.

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  1. Senate Dismisses All Impeachment Charges Against Alejandro Mayorkas (1:26)

  2. House Includes New Version of "TikTok Bill" in New Foreign Aid Package (2:55)

  3. U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran-Affiliated Entities; U.S. Reimposes Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil Amid Election Corruption (4:02)

  4. Two Empaneled Jurors in Trump's Hush Money Case Dismissed; One for Identity Concerns, Other for Truthfulness Concerns (6:17)

  5. RFK Jr. Family Members Announce Endorsement of President Biden (9:04)

  6. Four States Experience 911 Outage; Three States Seemingly Unrelated to the Fourth (10:17)

  7. Google Fires 28 Employees for Protesting Contract Between Google and Israel (11:41)

  8. NOT EVERYTHING IS BAD: Good News of the Week (14:29)

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Senate Dismisses All Impeachment Charges Against Alejandro Mayorkas

https://www.vox.com/politics/24133356/mayorkas-impeachment-trial-senate-dismissed

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-expected-swiftly-end-mayorkas-impeachment-2024-04-17/

House Includes New Version of "TikTok Bill" in New Foreign Aid Package

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/tiktok-ban-measure-attached-to-house-foreign-aid-bill-boosting-odds-of-passage-7a946470

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran-Affiliated Entities; U.S. Reimposes Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/18/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-iran-sanctions/

https://www.state.gov/venezuela-sanctions-relief-expiration-of-general-license-44/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/18/us-reimposes-oil-sanctions-against-venezuela-over-election-concerns

Two Empaneled Jurors in Trump's Hush Money Case Dismissed

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jury-selection-trump-hush-money-trial-nyc-courtroom-rcna148296

https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/Letter-re-jury-selection-4-8-24.pdf

RFK Jr. Family Members Announce Endorsement of President Biden

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1781016516068012390

https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1780977861064794359

Four States Experience 911 Outage; Three States Seemingly Unrelated to the Fourth

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/us/911-lines-down-in-multiple-cities-officials-say/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4a_njO19go

https://abcnews.go.com/US/911-outages-reported-states-us/story?id=109371506

Google Fires 28 Employees for Protesting Contract Between Google and Israel

https://time.com/6966102/google-contract-israel-defense-ministry-gaza-war/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/tech/google-fires-employees-israel/index.html

NOT EVERYTHING IS BAD: Good News of the Week

https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-coast-guard-navy-rescue-fishermen-deserted-island-spelling-help-palms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikelot

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/micronesia-sailors-rescued-making-help-sign-palm-tree-leaves-rcna147327

https://www.today.com/parents/solar-eclipse-teacher-students-reunite-rcna147091

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