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Biden spoke to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Air Force One en route to Berlin. Earlier this week, Biden announced more than $400 million in a new round of aid to Ukraine. “I deeply appreciate your partnership and the many times you’ve forsaken an easy choice to make the right choice, Biden told Scholz. “I am overwhelmed,” Biden spoke softly just moments after German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lavished him with praise and awarded Biden his country’s highest honor. In my view, we must keep going, until Ukraine wins a just and durable peace,” Biden continued, “until once again, human dignity prevails.”

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☆ Israel assures US it plans to target Iran’s military, not oil or nuclear sites, source says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden, who has conveyed in public his opposition to striking Tehran’s nuclear and oil facilities, discussed Israel’s plans with Netanyahu during a classified phone call last week. In that conversation, Netanyahu relayed to Biden his plan to hit military targets, the person said. The Washington Post first reported that Netanyahu had reassured Biden of his plans to avoid nuclear and oil targets. And hitting Iran’s nuclear facilities could trigger the full-blown regional war that Biden has desperately sought to avoid. American officials have said they expected a measured response from Israel, believing the country did not want an out-of-control conflict with Iran.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Netanyahu, Biden, ”, hasn’t, Netanyahu’s Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, Israel, White Locations: United States, Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, Israel

☆ Harris and Trump shake hands at New York 9/11 remembrance ceremony on 23rd anniversary of attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Michael Williams | Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

All four were in New York on Wednesday for a commemoration event at Ground Zero in Manhattan. Harris and Biden then traveled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Flight 93 memorial. At that ceremony, Biden placed his hand on the wreath as the small group he was with bowed their heads. During that ceremony, the president falsely claimed he visited Ground Zero “the next day” after the attacks. In 2016, both Trump and Hillary Clinton attended memorial events marking the 15th anniversary of 9/11 at Ground Zero.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Harris, Vance, Biden, Trump, Tim Walz, Jill Biden, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Adam Gray, Trump –, –, Mike Pence, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Mitt Romney, Obama, Romney, ”, John McCain, CNN’s Kit Maher, Betsy Klein Organizations: CNN, Trump, Pictures, Minnesota Gov, Democratic, World Trade Center, Pentagon, World Trade, Getty, New Yorker, Republican Locations: New York, Manhattan, Shanksville , Pennsylvania, Arlington , Virginia, Lower Manhattan, Pennsylvania, Alaska, York, New York City, AFP, New, Shanksville, Nevada

☆ 2024 at a Crossroads
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | Lisa Lerer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The 2024 presidential race hurtled toward a consequential crossroads on Thursday, as top Democrats ratcheted up pressure to deny President Biden his party’s nomination while bullish Republicans prepared for a balloon drop to formally select a bandaged Donald J. Trump as their standard-bearer. An extraordinary three weeks in American politics took another surprise turn, after the White House announced on Wednesday that Mr. Biden had contracted Covid, forcing the president into physical isolation just as his presidential candidacy hung in the balance. A race that not long ago seemed a staid rematch came to a dramatic pivot point after a head-spinning series of events: a disastrous debate late last month that made longstanding questions about Mr. Biden’s age unavoidable, and then a shocking attempted assassination of Mr. Trump less than 48 hours before the start of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. For a fleeting few hours on Wednesday, the two presidents presented starkly dueling images that fed into the very story line Republicans were unspooling at their convention — that Mr. Trump was strong and Mr. Biden was weak. One was flying to his beach house on Air Force One to enter seclusion as his party fractured around him; the other was welcomed as a wounded hero by thousands of cheering supporters, some of whom bandaged their ears in a show of solidarity.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Mr Organizations: Republicans, White, Republican National Convention, Air Force Locations: Milwaukee

Learn moreThe first general election presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump airs tonight. We'll show you how to watch the presidential debate from anywhere, including free live streaming options. How to watch the presidential debate in the USThe first presidential debate will air on CNN on Thursday at 9 p.m. Check price at FuboHow to watch the presidential debate in the UKThe presidential debate will be available to watch on CNN Live in the UK, where subscriptions start at £1.99 a month. There is also an anticipated Vice presidential debate that will take place this summer.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Tapper, Bash, Biden, Trump, We've, Max, ExpressVPN, Kamala Harris, Trump's Organizations: Business, CNN, Union, Trump, CNN.com, YouTube, Max, Sling, Sling TV, NBC, FOX, CBS, ABC, CNN International, Sky, BBC, CBC News Network, CTV News Channel, CBC Gem, CTV, Canadian Locations: CNN's Atlanta , Georgia, CNN's, Nashville , Tennessee, Canada

☆ Israel gave Biden his worst news yet: the war in Gaza could last past the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Israel expects its war against Hamas to last months more — past the US election. That could keep the war in Gaza at the top of voters' minds. Biden's support for Israel is causing him to lose traction among young voters, polls show. AdvertisementA top Israeli official says the war in Gaza should last at least through the end of the year. And that's potentially terrible news for Joe Biden's presidential campaign, which has been struggling to shore up support among young voters who criticize his support of Israel.

Persons: Israel, —, Joe Biden's, Tzachi Hanegbi Organizations: Hamas, Service, Israel's National, Associated Press, Business Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Election Updates: Biden and Trump kick off the general election campaign in the battleground state of Georgia.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Chris Cameron | Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump will both campaign in Georgia today, kicking off their likely general-election battle for a state that Mr. Biden won by a tiny margin in 2020. Mr. Trump will hold a rally in Rome, a city of about 38,000 people in the state’s deeply conservative northwest. Vice President Kamala Harris will also campaign on Saturday in Nevada, a battleground state that she and Mr. Biden won in 2020. Mr. Biden beat Mr. Trump in Georgia in 2020 by just 11,779 votes. In Mr. Trump’s vast effort to deny Mr. Biden his electoral victory, he devoted particular attention to the state.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Kamala Harris, Mr, Willis Organizations: Mr Locations: Georgia, Rome, Atlanta, Fulton, Jail, Nevada, Fulton County, American

South Carolina's primary was the first official nominating contest for Democrats, who – egged on by Biden – moved the state up in the primary schedule. But buoyed by Black voters – especially Black women – Biden earned nearly half of the primary vote in South Carolina in a five-way race, propelling him ultimately to the Democratic nomination. Despite the expected primary victory in South Carolina, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made a concerted effort to campaign there, visiting the Palmetto State the last two weekends. Harris also visited South Carolina three times since the beginning of the year, speaking at college campuses about student debt relief and abortion rights. Further, 76.5% of the early vote was made up of Black voters, 13% higher than in 2020, he added.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Biden, Dean Phillips, Marianne Williamson, Biden –, – Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Mother Emanuel, Harris, Jay Parmley, Parmley, “, ” Parmley, Carolinians, Nikki Haley, Phillips, Trump, ” Organizations: South Carolina Democrats, Associated Press, Biden, Dean Phillips of Minnesota, Democrats, Democratic, Black, Palmetto State, Mother, Mother Emanuel AME, South Carolina Democratic Party, GOP, South, New, Granite State, New Hampshire bucked Democratic, Committee, Democratic National Convention, Quinnipiac University, Trump, Keystone State Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Granite, New, Carolina, Delaware, Keystone

☆ Black voters stood with Biden in 2020. Four years later, he needs their help again
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Arit John | Eva Mckend | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

South Carolina’s primary will be the first opportunity Black voters have to voice their support – or displeasure – with Biden since that election. In 2020, Biden won 61% of the Black vote, which made up 56% of the Democratic primary electorate, according to CNN exit polling. Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke at a get out the vote event at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg Friday, the last day of early voting. “South Carolina, you are the first primary in the nation, and President Biden and I are counting on you,” Harris said. “And for me personally, and our team here, we don’t live in that space of being passive.”Mimi Striplin, founder of The Tiny Tassel in Charleston, South Carolina, speaks with CNN's Eva McKend.

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Washington CNN —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu grabbed Brett McGurk’s arm as he walked out of a tense meeting of the Israeli Cabinet over securing the release of hostages Hamas was holding in Gaza. Hamas – after refusing for days – had relented in offering identifying information about several dozen hostages, such as their age, gender and nationalities. It laid out how women and children would leave in the first phase, as well as incentives for Hamas to release more hostages beyond that. On October 24, Hamas appeared to agree to the parameters of a deal to release women and children hostages. Hamas would only guarantee 50 and refused to produce identifying information about the hostages.

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☆ A top South Carolina Democratic official dismisses Dean Phillips' presidential bid as 'not serious,' says the Minnesota lawmaker has not yet contacted the party in the key early-voting state
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Christale Spain, the SC Democratic Party chair, told Politico he had not yet contacted Dems in the state. AdvertisementAdvertisementSpain said that Phillips had not yet spoken with Democrats in South Carolina, which she said was a sign that he's "not serious." "Any serious Democratic candidate … would understand that Black voters in South Carolina have been the backbone of the Democratic Party," she told the publication. (The change has caused a major rift with New Hampshire's claim as the first primary state by law.) (Steve Schmidt, the former GOP strategist now advising Phillips, told Politico that the campaign would "cede" the state to Biden.)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is crushing his Republican presidential rivals in the contest to raise campaign cash, putting the other White House hopefuls in an unenviable position before the first votes are cast in January. The amount of cash a candidate has in reserve offers a window into the health of their campaign. But the stark disparity between Trump, whose presidential campaign had $37.5 million at the end of September, and the balances held by his rivals like former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Pence entered October running on fumes with $1.1 million cash on hand and debts of $621,000. The rate at which he has burned through cash is not sustainable absent a large infusion of cash.

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☆ U.S. House Problem Solvers Caucus issues framework to avert gov't shutdowns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Richard Cowan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

For months, far-right House Republicans have been demanding deeper cuts in federal spending than agreed to in bipartisan legislation this summer. The 64 members of the House's "Problem Solvers Caucus" -- 32 Democrats and 32 Republicans -- issued a statement saying the group had voted to endorse a temporary funding measure that would run through Jan. 11, 2024. "The Problem Solvers’ proposal keeps the government open, addresses our nation’s longer-term fiscal health and includes fiscally responsible measures," said Democratic Representative Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of the bipartisan caucus. Funding would be set at the $1.59 trillion level approved earlier this year by the president and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The Problem Solvers Caucus plan also calls for new border security controls that would be operational through the end of next year.

Persons: Joe Biden, Josh Gottheimer, Biden, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Richard Cowan, Michael Perry Organizations: U.S . House, Wednesday, Republicans, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: U.S, Russian

☆ Why Mark Meadows wants an Obama-appointed judge to oversee his Georgia indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Mark Meadows wants his criminal case moved to federal court, under an Obama-appointed judge. A federal judge may be more sympathetic to arguments that he's immune from the case, experts say. Meadows, Clark, and several other defendants have asked to have their cases removed to federal court. "A federal court judge might be more sympathetic to some of their federal constitutional defenses that they might want to raise," Ratakonda told Insider. A state court proceeding would also take in jurors from Fulton County, which voted overwhelmingly for Biden in 2020.

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☆ Trump election probe: Georgia grand jury expected to hear evidence next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Atlanta prosecutor overseeing the investigation of possible crimes by Donald Trump for trying to reverse his defeat in Georgia's 2020 presidential election is expected to present her case to a grand jury next week, NBC News reported. That presentation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could lead to an indictment of the former president in the case on state charges. In addition to Trump, Willis is known to be eyeing a number of the ex-president's allies for possible criminal charges, as well. NBC has been in contact with three people who received subpoenas to appear before a grand jury in Fulton County Superior Court, where officials have been ramping up security measures in recent days. It could take several days for the prosecutor to present evidence to the grand jury.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Willis, Gov, Geoff Duncan, Sen, Jen Jordan —, Biden Organizations: NBC News, Fulton, Trump, Fulton DA, NBC, Fulton County Superior Court, Republican, Georgia Democratic, Electoral College Locations: Fulton County, Fulton County , Georgia, Atlanta, New Hampshire, Georgia

☆ D.C. grand jury that indicted Trump meets Tuesday as election probe continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The same panel on Aug. 1 charged Trump with four felony counts related to his attempt to reverse President Joe Biden' s victory over him. NBC News reported that multiple members of the grand jury were seen around the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington. An attorney for the Trump ally lawyer John Eastman last week confirmed that Eastman was likely the second co-conspirator described in the indictment. Kerik's lawyer said the interview centered on the role that Trump campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani played in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. The Trump indictment details the work of a co-conspirator who appears to be Giuliani.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Barrett Prettyman, J ack Smith, Smith, Trump, John Eastman, Eastman, Eastman's, yank, Biden, Mike Pence, Pence, Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, Kerik, Giuliani Organizations: US Department of Justice, Trump, NBC News, Washington , D.C, Bar, New York City Police, Giuliani Locations: Washington ,, Washington, California

☆ Opinion | Biden Is Trying to Co-opt Trump’s Biggest Strength
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

“Frankly, our domestic economic policies also failed to fully account for the consequences of our international economic policies,” he said. All these factories and battery plants and electric-vehicle charging stations and auto manufacturing facilities give Biden his strongest line against Trump. On my watch, it’s grown nearly 100 percent in two years.”Biden made a point of saying that in the economy he’s building, “we don’t need everyone to have a four-year degree. It’s great if you can get one; we’re trying to make it easier for you to get one. But you don’t need it to get a good-paying job anymore.”

Persons: Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Sullivan, ”, “, “ That’s, Jared Bernstein, ” Bernstein, Biden, Trump, ” Biden Organizations: Brookings Institution, Democrat, Biden’s, Economic Advisers, Rocky Mountain Institute, Biden, Trump Locations: Washington, Chicago, America, Manhattan, San Francisco

☆ Rudy Giuliani met special counsel prosecutors probing Trump over 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Attorney for the President, Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at a press conference held in the back parking lot of landscaping company on November 7, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rudy Giuliani, a former top lawyer for Donald Trump, met in recent weeks with federal prosecutors who are investigating the ex-president for his efforts to reverse his loss in the 2020 election, NBC News confirmed Wednesday. Trump, in an early January 2021 phone call, unsuccessfully pressured Raffensperger to "find" him enough votes in Georgia to overturn Biden's victory in that state. The joint session was interrupted for hours by a mob of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol. Ted Goodman, a spokesman for Giuliani, said the former New York mayor met with Smith's prosecutors along with his own attorney Robert Costello in recent weeks, NBC News reported.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Giuliani, Joe Biden's, Jack Smith's, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, Biden, Trump, Ted Goodman, Robert Costello, Goodman, Costello, Fani Willis, Smith, Walt Nauta Organizations: NBC News, Wednesday, Georgia, Trump, Electoral College, U.S . Capitol, New, CNN, CNBC, White Locations: Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Atlanta, Georgia, New York, Fulton County, Florida, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida

☆ On Trump: Lock Him Up - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

candidate would give President Biden his best shot at re-election and that another Trump presidency would be an orgy of petty political retribution and reckless policymaking that would make his first term seem, by comparison, responsible and tame? But the people who argue that Comey’s recommendation was a travesty of justice cannot now argue that Trump should be let off on far more serious charges. That’s essentially what Trump threatened to do against Clinton. It remains true that the federal prosecution of Trump, along with his potential conviction and incarceration, will be a fateful moment in American history. If Trump can be above the law, in a case of this kind, then we will have lost the rule of law.

Persons: Trump, Biden, There’s, That’s, Clinton, Trump’s Organizations: winnable Senate, Trump, Records, Biden, Hunter Locations: United States, Ukraine

☆ Ron DeSantis: What to expect from his presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Ron DeSantis is expected to make his presidential campaign official next week. WOLF: More than any other Republican, DeSantis has generated national media scrutiny and buzz that he could be the candidate best positioned to challenge Trump. Are he and his advisers concerned that all that attention has not translated to a stronger position in GOP primary polls? CONTORNO: As we previously reported several months ago, DeSantis’ political operation believes he has the money and the name recognition to launch a national campaign out of the gate. CONTORNO: Some of Trump’s top advisers once ran DeSantis’ political operation, and several former Trump operatives and donors are now in DeSantis’ camp, so the sniping is already becoming pronounced.

☆ Manchin Clashes With Biden Administration Over Climate Law
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ever since Senator Joe Manchin III, the conservative West Virginia Democrat, cast the crucial vote last year for the Inflation Reduction Act, delivering President Biden his biggest legislative victory to date, the bill has weighed him down politically. Mr. Manchin’s poll numbers in his solidly Republican and coal-rich state dropped last year after he played a critical role in writing the climate, health and tax legislation. He has since worked to rebrand the pro-environment law, telling voters it would not only combat climate change but also ensure fossil fuel production in the United States. He has professed frustration and dismay at what he calls the “radical climate agenda” that he says is driving the Biden administration’s rollout of the law. And he is still irritated that his colleagues failed to include one of his top priorities: an initiative to speed permitting of energy projects.

☆ Philippines' Marcos to forge stronger relationship with U.S. during visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 22, 2022. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday was essential in advancing his country's national interest and strengthening the "very important alliance" between Manila and Washington. Before leaving for his four-day official visit to Washington, Marcos said on Sunday he would convey to Biden his determination to forge "an even stronger relationship" with the United States to "address the concerns of our times," including issues related to the economy. Biden and Marcos are expected to reach agreements on greater business engagement, as well as "military enhancements" amid shared concerns about China, a senior Biden administration official told Reuters. The senior U.S. administration official said it was impossible to underestimate the strategic importance of the Philippines, although the relationship was more than just about security.

☆ Trump's lawyers keep getting in trouble with judges. Here are the 17 sanctioned so far.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Lawyers representing Trump keep getting sanctioned by courts. Many of Trump's lawyers, even if they are not sanctioned, end up needing lawyers of their own to ward off the worst consequences. Insider identified 17 lawyers who have been personally sanctioned because of their work for Trump. The least successful, however, was a sprawling lawsuit Trump filed against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, and several other figures linked to Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. He was part of Trump's "Elite Strike Force" of lawyers trying to convince judges to cancel votes and have Trump declared the victor.

☆ New York prosecutors indicate Trump criminal charges likely, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Two defense attorneys for Trump defense attorneys confirmed to NBC News that Trump has been told through his lawyers he can appear before the grand jury. The Trump attorneys said such an offer is standard, and that he was not issued a subpoena compelling his appearance. A spokesperson for Trump told NBC News: "The Manhattan District Attorney's threat to indict President Trump is simply insane." "The fact that after their intensive investigation the DA is even considering a new political attack is a clear exoneration of President Trump in all areas. President Trump was the victim of extortion then, just as he is now.

☆ Former VP Mike Pence subpoenaed by Trump special counsel in criminal probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence has been issued a subpoena by the special counsel overseeing criminal investigations of ex-President Donald Trump, one of which is focused on Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, NBC News confirmed Thursday evening. Pence did not agree with Trump's request when he presided over a joint session of Congress that confirmed Biden's victory. ABC News first reported that special counsel Jack Smith had subpoenaed Pence. ABC also reported that the subpoena was issued after months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and Pence's legal team. Smith was appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland after Trump declared his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

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