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☆ Polaris Dawn's spacewalk will be historic — and risky. Here's everything to know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Their week-long mission, called Polaris Dawn, is fully private with no NASA involvement — but it's no billionaire joyride. The Polaris Dawn spacewalk planThe spacewalk procedure begins 48 hours before opening the Crew Dragon's hatch, with a "pre-breathe." Polaris Dawn crew members train to recognize symptoms of complications from decompression. The Polaris Dawn crew will have to open Dragon's nosecone with no airlock to keep its cabin pressurized. Polaris Program via XThe risks and stakes are highThe Polaris Dawn spacewalk plan — no airlock, vehicle fully open to space — is not totally unprecedented.

Persons: —, joyride, Elon Musk's, It's, Jared Isaacman, Anna Menon, Sarah Gillis, Scott Poteet, haven't, Leroy Chiao, Chiao, John Kraus, Isaacman, Gillis, — Menon, Poteet, Mike Hopkins, NASA Abhi Tripathi, Tripathi, Menon, Bill Gerstenmaier Organizations: Service, SpaceX, Business, Polaris, NASA, Elon, Air Force, Wednesday, Polaris Program, Space Station, Reuters, UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory Locations: Mars, West Coast, Hawthorne , California

☆ Rapper Ye is set to perform a controversial show in China this week — and many are wondering why
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Serenitie Wang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"This is Hainan trying hard to forge its branding as an international destination," said Michael Zhou, founder of Jingjian, a consultancy specializing in China tourism. The tropical island of Hainan, dubbed the "Hawaii of China," has long been a top travel destination for domestic tourists. According to Zhou, the bulk of Hainan's tourism income comes from hotel stays and duty-free shopping. "As it is the largest duty-free channel in China, Hainan's duty-free sales decline is inevitable," said Charlie Chen, head of Asian Research at China Renaissance, a financial institution. Ye and the China connectionCDF Haikou International Duty Free City is one of many duty-free malls on the Chinese island of Hainan.

Persons: Du, Ye, Michael Zhou, Zhou, netizens, Ye's, Charlie Chen, Hainan's, Luo Yunfei Organizations: straitlaced Communist Party, Communist, Hainan's Provincial, of Statistics, Haikou, Asian Research, Duty, China News Service, Getty Locations: Hainan, Shanghai, China, Weibo, Beijing, Ye, Hawaii

☆ Apple's new iPhone 16 with AI seems ... kind of boring. That could actually be a good thing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple spent much of the presentation emphasizing how the iPhone 16 was "built from the ground up to deliver Apple Intelligence." For me, the most interesting features coming to Apple Intelligence are the Writing Tools, AI-generated emojis, and the camera's visual intelligence capabilities. He said the keynote video doesn't do the new iPhone 16 lineup justice. AdvertisementThe tech giant reportedly began briefing its retail employees on all things Apple Intelligence weeks before the iPhone 16 lineup launch. It seems to me that Apple is gearing up to have consumers see its new AI tech for themselves before deciding to upgrade.

Persons: —, Tim Cook, it's, Siri, Gene Munster, Munster Organizations: Service, Apple Intelligence, Apple, Business, Google, Wedbush Securities, Deepwater Asset Management, Munster

Washington CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris has met more than 150 world leaders since becoming vice president. Still, Harris has not always been the first phone call for foreign leaders or officials looking to get a line into the White House. UkraineA month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Harris was dispatched to NATO’s eastern flank on a reassurance mission – one that also came with some sensitive diplomatic smoothing-over. For a foreign policy novice with aspirations for higher office, the war in Ukraine was a rigorous introduction to wartime diplomacy. She has vowed to continue to support Ukraine and impose costs on Russia,” an aide to the vice president said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, ”, Biden, Harris ’, Harris, she’s, Donald Trump, –, Dana Bash, “, Dana, haven’t, —, Israel Harris, Netanyahu, Israel –, ” Harris, Harris “, Israel ”, Xi Jinping, Phil Gordon, Rebecca Lissner, Dean Lieberman, Antony Blinken, ” Lieberman, Volodymyr Zelensky, Nancy McEldowney, ” McEldowney, don’t, Jake Sullivan, John Kerry, Emmanuel Macron, Biden –, – Harris Organizations: Washington CNN —, Israeli, Democratic, Republicans, CNN, Biden, White, Israel, White House, American, United Nations General Assembly, UN, ”, Aboard Air Force, NATO, Munich Security Conference, “, Munich Security, Ukraine, Rue Coquilliere Locations: Afghanistan, Gaza, Israel, Ukraine, United States, New York, Washington , DC, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Port, Prince, Haiti, Russia, Poland, Warsaw, Washington, Romania, Munich, France, Paris, White, Rue

☆ Boeing Starliner capsule returns home from space — without astronauts on board
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Jackie Wattles | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Relive the Boeing Starliner capsule’s return home as it happened. CNN —Boeing’s Starliner capsule returned from the International Space Station Friday evening — concluding its nearly three-month stay in space. This screengrab taken from a video shows Boeing Starliner as it touches down in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, at 12:01 a.m. Boeing and NASA teams work around NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed at White Sands, New Mexico, on September 7. NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, left, and Scott Tingle look inside NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor, in New Mexico, on September 7.

Persons: CNN —, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Starliner, —, “, ”, Williams, Calypso, ” Williams, you’ve, uncrewed, Aubrey Gemignani, Mark Nappi, Steve Stich, we’ve, ” Stich, we’d, ” Stitch, Butch, Suni, NASA Starliner’s, Wilmore, Stitch, Stich, Mike Fincke, Scott Tingle, NASA ‘, …, Ken Bowersox Organizations: Boeing, CNN, International, NASA, NASA's Boeing, SpaceX, White, Space Operations, Software Locations: Sands, , New Mexico, terra firma, Starliner, White Sands , New Mexico, New Mexico

☆ E-cigarette use among youth in the US declined to the lowest level in a decade
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“We’re concerned with any tobacco product use among kids, and that includes nicotine pouches. And of those who use nicotine pouches, more than 1 in 5 say they use them every day. These flavors and targeted marketing are among the many factors that influence youth tobacco product use, CDC’s Kittner said at the briefing. “The continued decline in e-cigarette use among our nation’s youth is a monumental public health win,” King said in a statement. But we can’t rest on our laurels, as there’s still more work to do to further reduce youth e-cigarette use.”CNN’s Jacqueline Howard and Jen Christensen contributed to this report.

Persons: ” Deirdre Lawrence Kittner, “, ” Brian King, “ We’re, we’re, Richardson, ” Richardson, CDC’s Kittner, ”, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ” King, ” CNN’s Jacqueline Howard, Jen Christensen Organizations: CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, Food, Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products, National Youth Tobacco Survey, CDC, FDA, Campaign, Tobacco, ” Health, CNN Health, US Department of Justice Locations: United States

Lansky said he was inspired by a discussion he had with a pilot he sat next to on a flight years ago. When the safety demonstration video began, “I noticed he wasn't paying attention to it. “You really need to kind of visualize actually lifting the flap,” Lansky told CNBC Travel. “Oh yes,” a U.S. flight attendant with more than two decades of experience told CNBC Travel. He said he asked flight attendants how many times they bump passengers elbows, knees and feet on long-haul flights.

Persons: ”, Doug Lansky, Lansky, “, ” Lansky, I've, you’re, “ We’ll, they've Organizations: CNBC Travel Locations: U.S

☆ California bans red No. 40 and others from school food
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-30 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that bans the use of red dye No. Known as the California School Food Safety Act and introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel in February, Assembly Bill 2316 prohibits a school district, county superintendent of schools or charter school with grades kindergarten through 12th from offering foods or beverages containing red dye No. “California is once again leading the nation when it comes to protecting our kids from dangerous chemicals,” Gabriel said in a news release. “No industry is more committed to food safety than the consumer packaged goods industry. After the state banned brominated vegetable oil, used mostly in some sodas, as part of its California Food Safety Act in October 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration revoked the regulation for its use nine months later.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Jesse Gabriel, Tony Thurmond, cosponsor, ” Gabriel, who’s, “, Bill, Paul Greenwood, John Hewitt, ” Hewitt, Thurmond, Gabriel, ”, Lesley, Ann Brandt, ” Brandt, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Golden State, Environmental, Consumer, California School Food Safety, Democratic, California, Environmental Health, Food, FDA, California Legislature, Joint Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, World, Consumer Brands Association, European Union, California Food, US Food and Drug Administration, USDA Locations: California, United States, South Africa, New Zealand

☆ UN nuclear watchdog chief pushes back on Moscow’s calls for objectivity after Kursk plant visit
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-29 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has pushed back against Moscow's calls for further objectivity, following an inspection at the nuclear facility in the embattled Russian region of Kursk. Last week, Russia accused Ukraine of attempting a drone strike at the Kursk nuclear plant during a lightning cross-border incursion that has been under way since early August and which Moscow is still trying to repel. "The spokesperson of the Russian ministry of foreign affairs rightly says, be objective. We are saying here that this nuclear power plant ... is within range of a potential artillery strike, which means that the danger exists. On Thursday, Grossi explained that the Kursk nuclear plant contains reactors of the Soviet RBMK-type, similar to the ones present in the Chernobyl facility, which suffered one of the worst nuclear disasters in history in 1986.

Persons: Rafael Grossi, Moscow's, CNBC's, Maria Zakharova, Grossi Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, of Governors, CNBC, Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wednesday, IAEA, Sputnik, Ria Novosti Locations: Vienna, Austria, Russian, Kursk, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Kiev, Soviet

☆ It's a terrible time to be an international student. Australia is the latest country to limit visas.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Australia plans to cut new international student enrollment by a third next year. The cap follows a surge in international students post-pandemic, straining the rental market. AdvertisementAustralia is capping new international students next year, in an effort to curb record migration. The country plans to limit international student enrollments to 270,000 in 2025, Australian education minister announced on Tuesday. In 2023, there were just over 400,000 new international students.

Persons: —, Jason Clare Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Australia, Canada

☆ NASA says astronauts stuck in space will not return on Boeing capsule, will wait for SpaceX craft
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Denise-Chow-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Denise Chow | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NASA will call on SpaceX to bring home two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since early June after their Boeing spacecraft ran into several problems midflight, the agency said Saturday. While the agency has finally settled on how to bring the astronauts back, their return trip will not be immediate. Instead, Wilmore and Williams will remain at the space station for about six more months before flying home in February. NASA said it will free up two seats on an upcoming SpaceX launch, known as Crew-9, that will be taking a new rotation of space station crew members to the orbiting outpost. The beleaguered Starliner capsule, meanwhile, will journey back to Earth without a crew, likely sometime in early September, according to NASA.

Persons: Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Butch, Suni, Bill Nelson, Williams, Nelson, NASA’s Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, Space Station, Boeing, Spaceflight, Space, Wilmore, Space Center, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Locations: Houston, Florida

☆ Boeing Starliner astronauts: NASA set to decide how they’ll return
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The fate of two NASA astronauts — who have been in limbo aboard the International Space Station for about 80 days because of issues plaguing their Boeing Starliner spacecraft — may soon become clear. The space agency routinely delays news conferences, however, if discussions take longer than expected. Still, the federal agency funded SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s Starliner at the same time in 2014. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, topped by a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, lifts off on an uncrewed test flight on December 20, 2019, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. If the Starliner capsule is ultimately certified, it could join SpaceX’s Crew Dragon in making routine trips to the space station to rotate staff.

Persons: —, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Williams, Wilmore, ”, Mark Nappi, we’ve, Ken Bowersox, Bowersox, Starliner, Joe Raedle, SpaceX’s Organizations: CNN, NASA, Space, Boeing, Engineers, NASA NASA, SpaceX, International, Soyuz, United Launch Alliance, V Locations: Cape Canaveral , Florida

☆ NASA picks SpaceX to bring home the American astronauts stuck in space. It's the latest blow to Boeing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementBoeing's Starliner spacecraft during NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test in June. A test flight, by nature, is neither safe nor routine. So, the decision to keep Butch and Suni aboard the International Space Station, and bring the Boeing Starliner home un-crewed, is a result of a commitment to safety." Both Boeing and SpaceX have spent a decade working with NASA on their Starliner and Crew Dragon vehicles, respectively. AdvertisementAfter years of delays, technical issues, and rising costs, this Crew Flight Test was the last hurdle Boeing had to clear for NASA to certify Starliner for human spaceflight.

Persons: —, Bill Nelson, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Williams, Wilmore, Nelson, Kelly Ortberg, Wiliams, Starliner —, Joe Raedle, Russ DeLoach, Butch, Suni, Elon, CHANDAN KHANNA, SpaceX would've, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, NASA, Johnson Space Center, Business, Boeing, SpaceX, NASA's Boeing, Space Shuttle Columbia, Ars Technica, Challenger, Columbia, NASA's, Safety, Mission Assurance, Soyuz, ISS Locations: Houston, Boca Chica , Texas

Comparisons were drawn to the 1968 Chicago convention, when national unrest during the civil rights movement and over the Vietnam War sowed an atmosphere of violence and chaos. Chicago Police Department officers were trained to deploy a disciplined and patient approach that focused on protecting free speech and allowing people to lawfully protest, a department official said. “The department trained more than a year for this,” a Chicago Police Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly told NBC News. “We are trying to get away from the old image of the Chicago Police Department,” the official said. Protesters in Chicago on the last night of the DNC on Thursday.

Persons: ” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Sebastián Hidalgo, “, —, Adam Edelman, Larry Snelling, ”, we’ve, Michael Boyte, Chuck Wexler, Ed Obayashi, Brad Thomson, ” Obayashi, Snelling, Terence Monahan, Eduardo Castelao, Nick Sous, Sebastian Hidalgo Organizations: CHICAGO, United, Democratic, Convention, ” Chicago Mayor, . Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Department, NBC News . Protesters, NBC, scuffles, Chicago police, Coalition, DNC, Secret Service, Consulate, NBC News, Republican National Convention, Police, Research, Chicago, National Lawyers Guild of Chicago, New York Police Department, U.S . Palestinian Community Network, Protesters Locations: Chicago, Vietnam, Israel, Germany, Gaza, Milwaukee, Washington ,, California

☆ More free Covid tests will be available in late September, Biden admin says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Free Covid-19 tests will be available once again come late September, the Biden administration announced Friday. Under the program, four free Covid tests will be available by mail. “So as all of you prepare for travel and gatherings with family and the 2024 holiday season, don’t forget to go to Covidtests.gov to order your free tests,” she said. It comes as Covid rates have risen across most of the country over the summer, fueled by highly contagious new variants. Just Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved new Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, updated to better match the circulating strains of the virus.

Persons: Biden, Dawn O’Connell, O'Connell, ” Organizations: Department of Health, Human Services, Administration, Strategic Preparedness, Covid, Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, Pfizer, Moderna Locations: Covidtests.gov

☆ Seven dead, 12 injured in hotel fire in South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL, South Korea — A fire at a hotel in South Korea has killed seven people and injured 12 others, fire authorities said Friday. The fire began on the eighth floor of the nine-story hotel in Bucheon, just west of the capital, Seoul, around 7:40 p.m. (6:40 a.m. Seven people died, mostly guests, and 12 were sent to hospitals for treatment, including three in critical condition, said Lee Sang-don, an official at the Bucheon fire station. Among those killed were a couple who jumped out the windows onto an air mattress installed in front of the building, Lee said. Some 70 vehicles and 160 firefighters were dispatched to the scene, Yonhap news agency said, citing provincial fire authorities.

Persons: Lee Sang, Lee, ” Organizations: Authorities Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, Bucheon, Seoul

The next day, three minutes before shots were fired toward Trump, local police radioed that a man was on a nearby roof. That warning never made it to the Secret Service, whose snipers didn’t know the would-be assassin was on the roof until shots rang out. “I can confirm that the Butler County ESU team made radios available to the Secret Service and that they were not utilized by the Secret Service,” Goldinger said in a statement. But the issue of how to directly communicate with local law enforcement remains unresolved. Evan Vucci/AP Secret Service agents rush the stage immediately after the shooting.

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☆ U.S. will again offer free at-home Covid tests starting in late September
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration on Friday said it will resume offering free at-home Covid-19 tests to American households in late September as the virus has gained a stronger foothold in the U.S. this summer. Americans will soon be able to use COVIDtests.gov to request four free tests, administration officials told reporters during a briefing. The tests will be able to detect the Covid variants that are currently circulating, most of which are descendants of the highly contagious omicron variant JN.1. The government's program has provided more than 1.8 billion free over-the-counter Covid tests to Americans since it started in 2021, according to O'Connell. But the government decided to reopen the program in late September because it's when more Americans begin to travel and gather indoors with loved ones.

Persons: Biden, Dawn O'Connell, Harris, O'Connell Organizations: Health, Human Services Department, Biden, Centers for Disease Control Locations: U.S

☆ Sudan conflict: North Sudan’s remaining hospital risks closure as deadly civil war intensifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Caitlin Danaher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The last operating public hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur state is at risk of closure, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Wednesday, amid fierce fighting between the country’s rival military factions that have left more than 18,000 people dead and 33,000 injured. Civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out in April last year and has intensified in El Fasher, the North Darfur capital, since May when the paramilitary RSF group encircled the city. The MSF-supported Saudi Hospital in El Fasher has suffered extensive damage following the continued bombardment of the city over the last week, leaving it barely functional, MSF said. “Sunday’s attack on Saudi Hospital – which is the largest hospital in North Darfur state – makes it crystal clear that the warring parties are making no efforts to protect health facilities or the civilians inside them. “This month’s determination of famine in one part of Sudan risks spreading and leading to a catastrophic loss of children’s lives,” the spokesman said.

Persons: “, ” Michel Olivier Lacharité, El Fasher, James Elder, ” Elder, Elder Organizations: CNN, Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, Rapid Support Forces, MSF, Saudi Hospital, Saudi, UNICEF Locations: Sudan’s North Darfur, El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan

☆ Ukraine's attack took perfect advantage of Russia's internal dysfunction, where nobody was in charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russia's convoluted military structures likely hindered its ability to defend Kursk, experts say. Ukraine "knew where to press" to exploit its dysfunction, defense expert Dara Massicot wrote. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementUkraine exploited the disorganization of Russia's border defenses to make its surprise attack on Kursk, according to expert analyses.

Persons: Dara Massicot, — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Ukraine, Kursk

☆ Instagram is failing to crack down on hate speech against women politicians as elections near, advocacy group says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The non-profit advocacy is analyzing large internet platforms to see if they're properly monitoring their sites for hate speech. The report on Wednesday was based on an analysis of 560,000 comments on Instagram posts from five Republican and five Democratic women politicians with high levels of engagement. In prior election cycles, Facebook has also been a hub for the spread of misinformation and toxic content directed at political candidates. The CCDH researchers then used Instagram's own content reporting tools to flag the 1,000 offensive comments it manually discovered. The report on Instagram comes a few months after a California federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against CCDH by Elon Musk's X.

Persons: Instagram, Kamala Harris, Harris, who's, Alexandria Ocasio, Jasmine Crockett, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Imran Ahmed, Ahmed, CCDH, Joe Biden, Meta, Cindy Southworth, Meta's, Elon Musk's, Mark Zuckerberg, Stef Knight Organizations: Center, Democratic, Republican, Meta, Google, CCDH, Trump Locations: Alexandria, Cortez, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Musk's

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday released body camera and security videos of a man shown charging at a police officer and knocking him to the pavement, where he hit his head and was critically injured. Officer Brown suffered a severe head injury after he was knocked to the ground, police said. A still from security video shows a protester charging toward Officer Travis Brown in Ferguson, Mo. At an earlier news conference after the officer was injured, Doyle said the community has treated Ferguson police as a “punching bag” since 2014. Doyle said Travis Brown is the type of officer Ferguson needs.

Persons: Michael Brown, Troy Doyle, Elijah Gantt, Travis Brown, Brown, Gantt, Mo, Darren Wilson, ” Doyle, Doyle, Ferguson, Michael Brown’s, “, ” Gantt, Wesley Bell, Bell Organizations: Police, Ferguson MO, Department, YouTube Protesters Locations: Ferguson , Missouri, East St, Louis , Illinois, Ferguson, Louis

Trump’s allies are also publicly making their pitch for him to refocus his attention on the race. “You’ve always got to be assessing the state of the race, and I would like to see more offense from the Trump campaign. On a swing of battleground states last week, Harris and her new running mate were greeted by a groundswell of supporters at each stop. "This was a TRUMP idea — She has no ideas, she can only steal from me," Trump wrote on Truth Social. In an appearance on Real America’s Voice last week, Trump’s political director, James Blair, made the case that it is a state-by-state race.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, ”, ” Trump's, “, Harris, Joe Biden's, Brian Kemp, Kevin McCarthy, “ You’ve, ” McCarthy, Tim Sheehy, Dan Eberhart, —, Biden, ” Trump, outpacing Harris, ” Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s, Walz, David Lee, Chris Grant, James Blair Organizations: Republican, Trump, NBC News, Fox News, Montana, Democrat, ”, Mar, Biden, ABC, Harris, Privately, CNBC, Democratic, “, Labor, MAGA Inc, Politico, Real America’s Voice Locations: Georgia, Bozeman, Asheville , North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Las Vegas, Arizona, Michigan , Wisconsin , Nevada, North Carolina

CNN —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lambasted his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday and accused him of adopting an “anti-Israel narrative,” revealing a deep rupture at the top of the Israeli government as the Middle East risks spiraling into a full-scale regional conflict. “When Gallant adopts the anti-Israel narrative, he harms the chances of reaching a hostage deal,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement. Critics have accused Netanyahu of being more interested in defeating Hamas and preserving his government than returning the hostages. He has previously called on Netanyahu to declare that Israel would not establish civilian or military control over Gaza, although the prime minister has remained vague on his plans for the “day after” the war. “The conditions today for a Lebanon war are the opposite of what they were at the beginning of the war,” Gallant reportedly told lawmakers.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, ”, Saul Loeb, Ismail Haniyeh, Fu’ad Shukr, Haniyeh’s, Haniyeh, Netanyahu, –, Joe Biden, ” Gallant, Yahya, Sinwar, Daniel Hagari, “ Organizations: CNN, Israeli, US State Department, Getty Images, Qatari, ” CNN, American Enterprise, Institute for Locations: Israel, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, United States, Washington ,, Getty Images Iran, Tehran, Beirut, of Israel, Egypt, Qatar, Cairo, Doha

☆ The US naval presence around the Middle East is getting a firepower boost. Here are the warships already there and what's on the way.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Facing this possibility, the Pentagon has deployed a number of military assets to the Middle East this month to defend Israel and US troops in the region. When these forces arrive on station, they will join a wide range of existing naval capabilities in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean that were already deployed in response to various conflicts and crises. AdvertisementAdditionally, two destroyers — USS Bulkeley and USS Roosevelt — have been in the area for several weeks. Warships in transitA MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter flies next to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on August 2. The coming Lincoln strike group consists of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and the destroyers USS Spruance, USS Stockdale, USS Frank E. Petersen, and USS O'Kane.

Persons: —, Israel —, Defense Lloyd Austin, Sydney Milligan, Bulkeley, Roosevelt —, Laboon, Cole, Aden —, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier, Dwight D, Michael Murphy, John S, McCain, Daniel Inouye, Russell —, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Kimmelman, Roosevelt, USS Stockdale, Frank E, Petersen, USS O'Kane, Austin, Pat Ryder Organizations: Service, US Navy, Business, Pentagon, Defense, Sydney, Ready Group, US European Command, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, US Central Command, Oman Sailors, Hornet, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Eisenhower Carrier Strike, Warships, Communication, US, Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, Lincoln, Pentagon Press, Air Force Locations: Israel, Iran, Tehran, East, American, Gibraltar, Lebanon, New York, Souda, Crete, Yemen, Red, Gulf, Aden, Oman, CENTCOM, Gulf of Oman, Beirut, Philippine, Georgia, The Ohio

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