Facts & Spins for May 2, 2024 Top Stories: US campus protest violence and police action roils at UCLA and Columbia, Ukraine laun ches its most significant attack on Crimea since the war began, New Zealand says it’s a 'long way' from deciding to join the AUKUS Defense Pact, Haiti’s transitional council names a new prime minister, Colombia’s president says military equipment has disappeared due to corruption, the UK government blocks a UAE-Backed takeover of the Telegraph, House Democrats announce they will protect Speaker Johnson from a motion to vacate, Florida’s six-week abortion ban goes into effect, Walmart is shutting down its health clinics and the US Dept. of Justice moves to reclassify marijuana.

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Facts & Spins for May 1, 2024 Top Stories: A German army captain admits to spying for Russia, while a former US National Security Agency employee is sentenced for trying to sell the Kremlin secrets, college campus protests continue to simmer across the US, Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will enter Rafah with or without a cease-fire, the Phillippines accuses China of damaging its vessels in the South China Sea, Ecuador is suing Mexico over the asylum situation of its former vice president, a Tory lawmaker is allegedly deported by Djibouti due to the African nation’s PRC ties, Donald Trump is fined $9K for violating his gag order in the New York “hush money” case, the US Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk’s challenge to a Tesla tweet agreement, and the US Food and Drug Administration begins testing ground beef for avian influenza.

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