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☆ Harris Warns of ‘Profound Threat’ to America’s Freedoms
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris warned on Monday that American freedom was “under profound threat” in a speech honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in South Carolina, amplifying a message that the Biden administration has made a rallying cry of its re-election bid. Ms. Harris used her keynote address at a South Carolina N.A.A.C.P. She urged the crowd of more than 100 to continue to fight for the constitutional promises Dr. King spent his life holding America accountable for. Ms. Harris criticized “extremists” who have passed laws rolling back voting rights and reproductive rights, orchestrated book bans and denied parts of the nation’s Black history.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Martin Luther King Jr, Biden, Harris, King, ” Organizations: South Carolina N.A.A.C.P, Republican Locations: South Carolina

Henry A. Kissinger, the former secretary of state who died this week, was a go-to adviser for many American presidents over his decades in politics. Here are some thoughts and stories over the years from several of those presidents, expressing awe, exasperation and sharp criticism. President Biden“I’ll never forget the first time I met Dr. Kissinger. I was a young senator, and he was secretary of state — giving a briefing on the state of the world,” the president said in a statement Thursday. Jill and I send our condolences to his wife Nancy, his children Elizabeth and David, his grandchildren, and all those who loved him.”

Persons: Henry A . Kissinger, Biden “ I’ll, Kissinger, “ Long, Jill, Nancy, Elizabeth, David, ”

☆ Biden Navigates Divisions Over Gaza Inside the White House and Beyond
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Mr. Biden had invited a small group of prominent Muslim Americans to the White House to discuss Islamophobia in America. They told him that his embrace of Israel after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks was seen by many as permission for Israel’s bombing in Gaza. The private meeting, which had been scheduled for 30 minutes, stretched to more than an hour, attendees said. Mr. Biden waved off aides who tried to pull him out of the room as he listened to the criticism and shared his own experience with loss and grief. “He listened, he did show empathy and he promised to do better, particularly on humanizing Palestinians.”

Persons: Biden’s, Biden, “, ”, Wa’el Alzayat Locations: Israel, America, Gaza, Chicago

The Israeli prime minister’s office said the released hostages included a 12-year-old boy and multiple members of four other families. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli government, which had offered to extend the pause by one day for every additional 10 hostages released. Under the initial deal, Hamas agreed to release 50 women and children taken hostage during the Oct. 7 attack. In return, Israel agreed to free 150 women and minors held in Israeli jails, among other terms. Before Monday, Hamas had released 39 Israeli hostages under the deal, while Israel had freed 117 Palestinian prisoners.

Persons: —, Israel, Daniel Hagari, “ We’re, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, John F, Kirby, we’ve, ” Mr, Diaa Rashwan, Rashwan, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, Thani, Isabel Kershner, Iyad Abuheweila, Erica L, Green, Edward Wong Organizations: West Bank, Associated Press, National Security Council, State Information Service, Hamas, Financial Times Locations: Israel, Gaza, West, Ramallah, Gaza City, Washington, United States, Egypt, Qatar, Thani, al

☆ U.S. Has Warned Israel to Fight More Surgically in Gaza, Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The United States has warned Israel that it must fight more surgically and avoid further mass displacement of Palestinians in its war against Hamas to avoid a humanitarian crisis that overwhelms the world’s ability to respond, according to senior Biden administration officials. The United Nations has said the fighting has already displaced most of Gaza’s population of 2.2 million. The statements are the Biden administration’s strongest warning to Israeli officials to date about the next phase of their military operation. Gazan health officials say at least 13,000 people were killed during the nearly 50-day Israeli bombardment and ground invasion that followed. The Biden administration officials said the United States was planning to take advantage of the extra time.

Persons: Israel, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, John F, Kirby, “, ” Mr, ” Organizations: Biden, United Nations, White, National Security Council Locations: States, Israel, Gaza, United States, Egypt

☆ The Biden administration is on a mission to crack down on junk fees. Here's who's fighting to keep them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden earlier this year said his administration would crack down on hidden fees. WaPo examined federal lobbying files and hundreds of filings that were sent to federal agencies. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFrom a dizzying array of airline fees to add-ons tacked on to concert ticket prices, Americans are fed up with hidden fees. AdvertisementThe Post analyzed federal lobbying files and filings sent to federal agencies as the administration pushes to save US consumers from collectively spending billions of dollars in fees each year.

Persons: Joe Biden, WaPo, —, Biden, Doug Mullen, Dan Wall Organizations: Service, The Washington, Travelers, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Department of Transportation, Airlines for, Airlines, America, Live, Post Locations: Airlines for America

☆ Inside the Desperate Effort to Evacuate Young Cancer Patients From Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Sharon Lafraniere | Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They are some of the most vulnerable in Gaza. Over the past 10 days, 21 children with cancer have been evacuated from Gaza to hospitals in Egypt and Jordan, according to doctors involved in the effort. But at least 30 other young cancer patients have not made it out, and aid workers said that in the chaos of war, they can no longer reach some of the families. Even before the hospital closed, critically ill patients were being sent home through violent streets or transferred to Al-Shifa, a nearby hospital that is under siege by Israeli forces. Hamas and hospital officials have denied the allegations.

Persons: ”, Bakr Organizations: Al, Hospital for Children Locations: Gaza, Egypt, Jordan, Al, Israel

☆ Harris to Announce Steps to Curb Risks of A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to announce on Wednesday a slew of additional measures to curb the risks of artificial intelligence as she prepares to take part in a global summit in Britain where world and tech leaders will discuss the future of the technology. On her visit, which will kick off Wednesday with a policy address at the U.S. Embassy in London, Ms. Harris plans to outline guardrails that the American government will seek to put in place to manage the risks of A.I. Taken together, the steps Ms. Harris plans to announce seek to both flesh out a sweeping executive order President Biden signed this week and make its ideals part of broader global standards for a technology that holds great promise and peril. She is also set to announce that 30 other nations have joined a “political declaration” created by the United States that seeks to establish a “set of norms for responsible development, deployment and use of military A.I. capabilities,” as well as $200 million in philanthropic funding to help support the administration’s goals.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Biden, ” Organizations: U.S, Embassy, Management Locations: Britain, London, United States

“There is no time to mourn — more death is on the way,” Mr. Mansour said. “The answer to the killing of Palestinian civilians is not the killing of Israeli civilians,” Mr. Mansour said. Mr. Mansour, the Palestinian representative, also directly responded to a speech the Israeli foreign minister, Eli Cohen, made at the U.N. Security Council this week. Mr. Cohen called for Israeli hostages to be brought home, but “for millions of Palestinians, there is no home to go back to,” Mr. Mansour said. “For thousands, there is no family left to embrace.”“He told you how horrible it was to kill civilians,” Mr. Mansour continued, “just before justifying the killing of Palestinian civilians by the thousands.

Persons: Riyad Mansour, —, ” Mr, Mansour, ”, Gilad Erdan, Erdan, Mr, Eli Cohen, Cohen, “, Dennis Francis of Trinidad, Jordan, Ayman Safadi, ” Anushka Patil Organizations: United Nations, United Nations General Assembly, Palestinian, Islamic, . Security, Arab Locations: Gaza ., Israel, Gaza, Islamic State, Iran, Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago, Jordan

Speaking in Parliament to lawmakers from his Justice and Development Party, Mr. Erdogan accused Israel of deliberately attacking civilians in Gaza and killing large numbers of children, women and older people. Mr. Erdogan also criticized Western countries for their strong backing of Israel and for branding Hamas, the armed Palestinian group that controls Gaza, as a terrorist organization. But recently, Mr. Erdogan made steps at rapprochement with the Jewish state. On Wednesday, Mr. Erdogan said all plans to visit Israel had been scrapped. “We clearly mentioned that we never excuse any acts targeting civilians, including Israeli civilians, regardless of the perpetrator,” he said.

Persons: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Israel, ”, Mr, mujahedeen, Erdogan’s, Isaac Herzog, Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Ergodan’s, Lior, Russia’s, Vladimir V, Putin, ” Mr, Nadav Gavrielov Organizations: NATO, Development Party, Hamas, European Union, Ministry, Israel’s, Turkish, Turkish Presidency Press, Agence France, United Nations General Assembly, ISIS Locations: Turkey, Israel, United States, Gaza, Ankara, Israeli, New York, Turkish, Russia, Ukraine, “, Seoul

The United States on Tuesday rejected growing calls to support a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas because such a move would only benefit Hamas, a White House spokesman said. But he said civilian casualties were all but inevitable as Israel tries to vanquish Hamas in Gaza. “We’re going to continue to make sure Israel has the tools and the capabilities that they need to defend themselves,” Mr. Kirby said. U.S. and Israeli officials have consistently rejected calls for a cease-fire, insisting that Israel must be given time to eradicate Hamas. On Tuesday, the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, called for a humanitarian cease-fire in an address to the U.N. Security Council.

Persons: John F, Kirby, Israel, “ We’re, ” Mr, Mr, ”, António Guterres, Guterres, “, Biden, Antony J, Blinken Organizations: . Security, Capitol, Hamas, Gaza Health Ministry, Security Council, “, UNRWA Locations: States, Israel, Gaza, United States, “ Israel

☆ In Washington Visit, Zelensky Will Try to Shore Up Critical Support
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine plans to make his second wartime visit to Washington on Thursday, meeting with President Biden and congressional lawmakers as he tries to preserve his country’s most critical source of funding and weapons. Mr. Biden will be looking to get a “battlefield perspective” on the war from Mr. Zelensky, said John F. Kirby, a White House spokesman. The Ukrainian president, who was in New York this week rallying support at the U.N. General Assembly, also plans to visit Capitol Hill and the Pentagon. The visit comes at a crucial moment in the war, with Ukraine’s fight against Russian invaders heading into the harsh winter months. But it also comes as polls have detected a growing weariness over the war among the American public, which is focused on problems at home, and as dozens of Republicans say they are opposed to Mr. Biden’s latest request for $24 billion for additional military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Biden, Zelensky, John F, Kirby, Ukraine’s, Biden’s Organizations: General Assembly, Capitol, Pentagon, Russian Locations: Ukraine, Washington, New York

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday called on the nation to accept some of the ugliest truths in its history as she confronted the debates roiling the country about racism and violence against Black Americans. “If we’re going to continue to move forward as a nation we cannot allow concerns about discomfort to displace knowledge, truth or history,” Justice Jackson told a crowd of hundreds. “It is certainly the case that parts of this country’s story can be hard to think about. I know that atrocities like the one we’re memorializing today are difficult to remember and relive. “We cannot forget because we cannot learn from past mistakes we do not know exist.”

Persons: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Jackson, ” Justice Jackson, ” Organizations: Black, Sixteenth, Baptist Church, Ku Klux, Sunday, ” Locations: Birmingham, Alabama

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☆ Biden Marks 9/11 Anniversary With a Message of Unity
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden marked the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Monday with a message of unity, saying Americans must protect democratic ideals. Mr. Biden delivered remarks from a military base in Alaska, where he stopped on his way home from a diplomatic trip to Asia so that he could commemorate the anniversary on U.S. soil. “It shouldn’t take a national tragedy to remind us of the power of national unity,” he told a crowd of service members, first responders and their families. “That’s how we truly honor those we lost on 9/11.”“It’s more important than ever that we come together around the principle of American democracy, regardless of our political backgrounds,” he said. We must never allow ourselves to be pulled apart by petty manufactured grievances.”

Persons: Biden, Mr, ”, “ Locations: Alaska, Asia

Independence Day in Ukraine commemorates the country’s 1991 break from the Soviet Union, but also increasingly serves as a rallying point for Ukrainians to assert their identity and aspirations. Ukraine declared independence on Aug. 24, 1991, a few days after communist hard-liners tried to depose the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and reverse his efforts to liberalize the Soviet Union. Celebrations of Independence Day have often featured military parades and festive crowds wearing vyshyvankas, the traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirts. But Mr. Szporluk, the historian, said that Ukrainians see Independence Day not so much as a day of remembrance as one to reassert their commitment to democracy and sovereignty. On Wednesday, Mr. Zelensky took part in a ceremony on the occasion of the Day of the National Flag, which precedes Independence Day.

Persons: —, “, ” Vitali Klitschko, ”, Roman Szporluk, Volodymyr Zelensky, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lenin, Szporluk, Mr, Zelensky Organizations: Harvard Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Soviet Union, Europe, Moscow, ”, Independence, Russian, Ukrainian

☆ Spin. Pilates. Prigozhin? Presidential Business Follows Biden on Vacation.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is a dynamic that seems to come with the job: A crisis will almost certainly unfold during any presidential holiday. The only occasion when Mr. Biden was spotted doing a recreational activity so far was on Wednesday, holding a banana-blueberry smoothie after his workout at PeloDog, a Pilates and cycle studio. He was asked by reporters whether he believed President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was behind the plane crash. It looked that way, the president said, but he needed to find out more. (White House officials said the president was renting the house for “fair market value” but did not disclose details.)

Persons: Biden, Vladimir V, Putin, I’ve, ”, Theodore Roosevelt, Tevi Troy, George W, Bush Organizations: White House Locations: Russia, Maui, Steyer’s, Glenbrook, Nev, Lake Tahoe, Sagamore Hill, Long, Tahoe, Rehoboth

☆ Biden Didn’t Hear Question on Maui He Appeared to Brush Off, White House Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Eleven days after President Biden drew criticism for appearing to brush off a query about the deadly wildfires in Hawaii with a “no comment,” a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday that the president never heard the question. Olivia Dalton, the deputy White House press secretary, made the clarification in response to a question from The New York Times. “He didn’t hear the question,” Ms. Dalton said. “He absolutely didn’t say ‘no comment’ in relation to Maui. And in fact, he had already spoken to the nation about Maui at that point, in addition to being in daily contact with senior staff, FEMA and state officials as he marshaled a whole-of-government response to the fires.”

Persons: Biden, ”, Olivia Dalton, Biden’s, Ms, Dalton, “ Organizations: White, The New York Times, Republican, FEMA Locations: Hawaii, Lahaina, Maui, Rehoboth Beach, Del

Russian officials said Ukrainian forces dropped explosives on a Russian village near the border with Ukraine, killing three, and targeted Moscow with drones for a sixth consecutive day on Wednesday. Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion almost 18 months ago, Ukrainian forces have regularly fired on villages in the region, according to the regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov. Two other drones were shot down early Wednesday in suburban districts of the Moscow region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on the messaging app Telegram. Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on the episodes, as has been their practice on attacks inside Russia. The drone attacks in the Moscow region have not caused injuries or deaths, according to Russian officials.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, ” “, Vladimir V, Juston Jones, Edward Wong Organizations: U.S, Moscow City, Russian Defense Ministry, U.S . State Department, Ukraine, Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian, Belgorod, Russia, ” “ Russia, Moscow City, Ukraine’s Odesa

☆ The Blind Side of Sports Storytelling
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Kurt Streeter | More About Kurt Streeter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Of course America loved “The Blind Side,” the 2009 movie about a homeless and hapless Black teenager rescued from a bleak future by a wealthy, white family. It was based on the true story of the Tuohy family, led by Sean and Leigh Anne, who took the future N.F.L. player Michael Oher into their home and raised him proudly as he made it to college and beyond. The film took in over $300 million and Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy, self-possessed belle of the New South. But “The Blind Side,” based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, renders a complicated reality in the most digestible format.

Persons: “, Sean, Leigh Anne, Michael Oher, It’s, Sandra Bullock, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Michael Lewis Organizations: Oher Locations: America

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“From Day 1, President Biden has treated climate change with the urgency it requires,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said, pointing to measures like the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate law in history. With research showing that recent heat waves in the United States and Europe would have been “virtually impossible” without the influence of man-made climate change, many climate experts said Mr. Biden needed to take a strong stand against new fossil fuels. Activists have long pushed Mr. Biden to do so, but the White House has expressed worries in the past about its authority to take such unilateral measures, fearing that they might be overturned in the courts. Instead, Ms. Jean-Pierre pointed to the ongoing benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, which Mr. Biden signed into law last year but whose funding will continue flowing for years to come. It contains nearly $370 billion in tax credits to spur wind and solar power and electric vehicle battery manufacturing in the United States and incentives for purchases of electric vehicles, induction stoves and electric heat pumps.

Persons: Biden, Ms, Jean, Pierre, Mr, ”, Jonathan Overpeck Organizations: School for Environment, Sustainability, University of Michigan, White Locations: United States, Europe

☆ Biden to Create Monument to Emmett Till Amid Fights Over Black History
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Erica L. Green | More About Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden on Tuesday will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager who was abducted and killed by white supremacists in 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who helped galvanize the civil rights movement by bravely displaying her child’s brutalized body for the world to see. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will span three protected sites in Illinois, where Emmett was born 82 years ago, and in Mississippi, where he was killed at the age of 14 after being accused of whistling at a white woman. The president’s decision to dedicate a monument to two figures whose story underscores the legacy of racism in America comes in the midst of a divisive political battle over how to teach Black history in schools. Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, came under fire after education officials in his state introduced new standards for teaching Black history.

Persons: Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Mobley, Emmett, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Gov, Republican Locations: Illinois, Mississippi, America, Florida

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