May 17, 2024 Top Stories: Completed Gaza pier, Putin-Xi summit and Romney’s pardon comments

Facts & Spins for May 17, 2024 Top Stories: The Gaza aid pier is completed by the US military, Presidents Putin and Xi make a joint statement in Beijing about their global ties, Italy’s League Party works to remove the EU flag from public offices, YouTube blocks access to a banned protest anthem in Hong Kong, Pres. Joe Biden claims executive privilege in his classified docs probe, Mitt Romney suggests that Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump, the US government suspends funding for the EcoHealth Alliance, the US Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use maps with two majority-Black districts, Chinese electric vehicle company Nio launches a cheaper rival to Telsa’s Model Y and the Dow Jones briefly eclipses 40,000 for the first time ever.

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