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5 Things You Need to Know for Friday,

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April 26. Rona

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Graff testified today in the historic criminal

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hush money trial of former President Donald

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Trump. Graff served as Trump's

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executive assistant for decades and testified

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that two contacts she maintained at

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the Trump Organization were for Karen

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McDougal and Stormy Daniels. Both

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women say they had affairs with Trump and

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were paid to keep quiet, which Trump denies.

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CNN's Laura Coates described how Graff may

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contribute to the case. Pro-Palestinian

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student encampments across the country's higher

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education institutions have

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helped inspire other students across the world.

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CNN's Melissa Bell is in the heart

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of Paris, where students are demanding their

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institutions break ties with Israeli companies and

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entities. As

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a campus protest continue, a bipartisan push is

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emerging on Capitol Hill to

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impose a third-party anti-Semitism monitor

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on any college or university

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receiving federal funding in an effort

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to combat anti-semitism. More

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aid for Ukraine is on the way. US Defense

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Secretary Lloyd Austin made the announcement of

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the largest aid package to date. Also

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pleased to announce today an additional

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commitment of six billion dollars

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through our Ukraine security assistance

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initiative. It will include

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critical interceptors for Ukraine's Patriot

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and NASAM's air defense systems,

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more counter-drone systems and support

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equipment, significant amounts

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of artillery ammunition and

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air-to-ground munitions and

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maintenance and sustainment support.

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The package will allow the US to

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purchase new equipment produced by the American

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defense industry for the Ukrainian

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military. This comes just days after

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the US announced a one billion dollar package

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that would provide equipment to Ukraine from

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US stocks. A

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new report from Human Rights Watch has found

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that Burkina Fossil's military in February summarily executed

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about 223 villagers including at least 56 children.

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The watchdog

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reports it was part of a campaign against

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civilians accused of collaborating with

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jihadist militants. A regional

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prosecutor based in Burkina Fossil first flagged the

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killings in a statement on March 1st. Human

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Rights Watch conducted its own

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investigation by interviewing witnesses and

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local civil society activists and

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reviewing footage shared by survivors.

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This spokesperson for the Burkina Fossil

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government did not respond to phone calls

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seeking comment on the watchdog's report. Up

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next the mental cigarette ban is on

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hold. Welcome

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Bob. US Health and Human Services

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Secretary Xavier Besser said Friday that

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a proposed ban on mental cigarettes

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in the US will quote take

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significantly more time adding quote it's

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clear that there are still more

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conversations to have. All flavors

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and cigarettes were were banned in 2009,

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but menthol was left out after lobbying

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from the industry. The U.S.

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Food and Drug Administration first said in April 2022

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it will ban the popular mint flavor, setting

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a deadline of August 2023. But

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that deadline was moved to March after

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more lobbying. A coalition of

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civil rights and medical organizations sued the FDA

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earlier this month for missing that deadline. Now

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that's all for us today, but remember to tune in

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tomorrow for your weekly dose of 5 Good Things. I'll

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