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☆ Biden voices hope Iran will stand down but is uncertain
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden expressed hope Iran would stand down despite its threat to avenge the assassination of Hamas' leader in Tehran, as fears mounted that Israel's war against Palestinian militants in Gaza could escalate into a wider Middle East conflict. Iran and Hamas have blamed Israel for Haniyeh's killing, and they, together with Hezbollah, have vowed revenge. Asked by reporters whether Iran would stand down, Biden said on Saturday in response to a shouted question, "I hope so. Seeking to bolster defenses in the Middle East in response to threats from Israel's foes, the Pentagon said on Friday it would deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the region. Haniyeh's death was one in a series of killings of senior Hamas figures as the Gaza war nears its 11th month, and it fuelled concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war.

Persons: Joe Biden, Ismail Haniyeh, Fuad Shukr, Israel, Biden, Haniyeh Organizations: Civil, LBJ Presidential, Palestinian, Hezbollah, Pentagon Locations: Austin , Texas, U.S, Iran, Tehran, Gaza, Beirut, Lebanese, Israel, France, Britain, Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, Canada

☆ Biden rolls out plan to overhaul the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Supreme Court Justices attend as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024. President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a three-pronged proposal to reform the Supreme Court, a policy area that he said will be a focus of his remaining months in office. Biden's proposed ethics code comes after several Supreme Court justices, including Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, were caught in scandals involving undisclosed financial gifts that posed major conflicts of interest. As he works to cement his legacy in the just under six months he has left as president, Biden said that overhauling the Supreme Court will be a priority. "I'm going to call for Supreme Court reform because this is critical to our democracy," Biden said in a national address from the Oval Office last Wednesday.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Biden's, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Kamala Harris Organizations: Supreme, U.S, Capitol, Washington , D.C, Trump, Senate, LBJ Presidential Locations: Washington ,, Texas

☆ Biden Sets Second Post-Debate Interview, This Time With NBC’s Lester Holt
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | More About Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden has committed to his second major network interview since the debate debacle that has fueled questions about his continued candidacy. The president will tape an interview with the NBC News anchor Lester Holt on Monday in Austin, Texas, the network said on Wednesday. NBC plans to air the interview “in its entirety” that evening at 9 p.m. Eastern, a similar prime-time placement as ABC’s interview with Mr. Biden that aired last Friday. Mr. Holt, who last interviewed the president in February 2022, will speak with Mr. Biden for at least 15 minutes at the LBJ Presidential Library, NBC said. Excerpts from their conversation are expected to appear on that evening’s “NBC Nightly News,” with the unedited interview to follow in prime-time.

Persons: Biden, Lester Holt, Holt, —, ” Organizations: NBC, LBJ Presidential Library, NBC Nightly Locations: Austin , Texas

“I fell in love very quickly," said Emerson, host and producer of the University of Texas podcast “Lady Bird.” “She kept surprising me." The podcast, which was released earlier this year, is among several recent projects using Johnson's own lyrical voice to offer a new look at the first lady who died in 2007. Other projects include a documentary titled “The Lady Bird Diaries” that premieres Monday on Hulu and an exhibit in Austin at the presidential library for her husband, Lyndon B. Johnson, who died in 1973. Lady Bird Johnson began recording an audio diary in the tumultuous days after her husband became president following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Among events the documentary recounts is Johnson’s tour of the South aboard a train named the “Lady Bird Special” before the 1964 election.

Persons: Jade Emerson, Bird Johnson, “, Emerson, Bird, Lyndon B, Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, John F, Kennedy, ”, Lara Hall, Hall, ” Emerson, LBJ, Dawn Porter, Julia Sweig’s, Porter, President Johnson, ” Porter, Luci Baines Johnson, Lady Bird, ” “ She's Organizations: DALLAS, —, University of Texas, Hulu, LBJ Presidential, UT, White House, Civil, Act Locations: — Texas, Austin, Dallas

“I think there's great concern about the state of our democracy at this time,” said Mark Updegrove, CEO of the LBJ Foundation, which supports the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Those organizations all support presidential libraries created under the Presidential Library Act of 1955, along with the Eisenhower Foundation. The push for the joint statement was spearheaded by Daniel Kramer, executive director of the George W. Bush Institute. “America is experiencing a decline in trust, social cohesion, and personal interaction.”Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama who is now CEO of the Obama Foundation, said the former president supported the statement. “This is a moment where we could all come together and show that democracy is not about partisan politics,” she said.

Persons: Herbert Hoover, ”, Mark Updegrove, Updegrove, Lyndon Johnson, John F, Richard Nixon, Gerald R, Ronald Reagan, George, Barbara Bush, George W, Daniel Kramer, Kramer, “, Bill Gates, Gates, ” Kramer, ” Melissa Giller, ” Giller, ” Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, ” Jarrett, Obama Organizations: WASHINGTON, LBJ Foundation, LBJ Presidential, Hoover Presidential Foundation, Roosevelt Institute, Truman Library Institute, Kennedy Library Foundation, Richard, Richard Nixon Foundation, Ford Presidential Foundation, Carter Center, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, Barbara, Barbara Bush Foundation, Clinton Foundation, Bush Presidential Center, Obama, Center, Eisenhower Foundation, The Eisenhower Foundation, Associated Press, Bush, Bush Institute, Ronald, Ronald Reagan Foundation and Institute, Obama Foundation Locations: Austin , Texas, loggerheads, Maricopa County, Phoenix, The, Washington ,, Chicago

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