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☆ Donald Trump’s potential vice president picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump has been busy in recent weeks. Doug Burgum speaks during a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, in Laconia, New Hampshire, in January. Vance, shakes hands with former President Donald Trump during a rally hosted by the former president at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. He is also close with Donald Trump Jr.Vance, a former venture capitalist, veteran and author, is among the candidates who received vice-presidential vetting materials from the Trump campaign. Rep. Byron Donalds speaks before former President Donald Trump at the “People's Convention” of Turning Point Action on June 15, 2024, in Detroit.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Doug Burgum, Al Drago, Burgum, Burgum —, —, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, ”, ” Burgum, “, Sen, Marco Rubio, Joe Raedle, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio —, Rubio, Joe Biden, Vance, Drew Angerer, Vance Ohio Sen, J.D, Donald Trump Jr, Mike Pence’s, Tim Scott, Justin Sullivan, Tim Scott Trump, Scott, Nikki Haley, Elise Stefanik, Chip Somodevilla, Stefanik, Stefanik —, she’s, Ben Carson, Anna Moneymaker, Carson —, — didn’t, ” Carson, Carson, ” Trump, Byron Donalds, Carlos Osorio, Ron DeSantis, Donalds, Jim Crow, ” Donalds, ” “, Tasos Katopodis, Biden, Haley, ” Haley, didn’t, Tom Cotton, Andrew Harnik, Tom Cotton Arkansas Sen, Cotton, Tulsi Gabbard, Brendan Smialowski, wokeness, ” Gabbard, Gabbard, CNN’s Veronica Stracqualursi, David Wright, Shania Shelton, Kristen Holmes, Steve Contorno, Stephen Collinson, Avery Lotz, Manu Raju, Alayna Treene, Kate Sullivan, Aaron Pellish, Jeff Zeleny, Eva McKend, Gregory Krieg, Kylie Atwood, Arit John, Ebony Davis, Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav, Ted Barrett Organizations: CNN, Republican National Convention, North Dakota Gov, Bloomberg, Getty, Doug Burgum North Dakota Gov, Microsoft, Trump, Miami - Dade Country Fair, Delaware County Fairgrounds, Capitol, Fox News, Greenville Convention Center, South, Republican, Senate, South Carolina Gov, Grace Baptist Church, Ben Carson Former Housing, Urban, Department of Housing, Florida Gov, Trump ”, Democratic, Press, GOP, United Nations, UN, National Security Council, House, Senate Republican, NBC, Conservative Political, Conference, Tulsi, Former Hawaii Rep, Democratic National Committee, Democrat, New York Times, Defense Department, State Department Locations: New York, Laconia , New Hampshire, Miami, Florida, Delaware, Delaware , Ohio, Congress, Ukraine, Greenville, Greenville , South Carolina, South Carolina, Grappone, Concord , New Hampshire, Marion , Iowa, Detroit, Byron Donalds Florida, Trump, West Des Moines , Iowa, Washington , DC, Afghanistan, Iraq, National Harbor , Maryland, AFP, American

☆ US signals that it has expanded policy to allow Ukraine to counterstrike into Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Haley Britzky | Natasha Bertrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US appears to have expanded its agreement with Ukraine to strike over the border inside Russian territory wherever Russian forces are engaging in cross-border attacks into Ukraine, not just in the Kharkiv region as was previously determined. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told PBS News on Monday that the agreement with Ukraine to fire into Russia extends wherever Russian forces are attempting to invade. “It extends to anywhere that Russian forces are coming across the border from the Russian side to the Ukrainian side to try to take additional Ukrainian territory,” Sullivan said, adding that it’s “not about geography. The change marks a significant shift in the limited nature of the agreement between the US and Ukraine. “Russia opened a new front, they opened the front in the north in Kharkiv, where they’re attacking directly from Russian territory just over the border.

Persons: Jake Sullivan, ” Sullivan, Charlie Dietz, ” Dietz, Joe Biden, there’s, Jens Stoltenberg, Ukraine “, ” Stoltenberg, I’ll, ”, There’s, John Kirby Organizations: CNN, National, PBS, Pentagon, US Defense Department, NATO, National Security Locations: Ukraine, Kharkiv, Russia, Brussels, ”, Russian

☆ Caitlin Clark Is a Rorschach Test for Sports Fans
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Lindsay Gibbs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But nothing that Clark does — or that is done to Clark — is treated as normal. That was just the latest bulletin in a months-long news cycle trailing everything Clark does. ESPN's Stephen A. Smith said WNBA players should go easier on Clark in games if they want to keep up record viewership: "Protect the golden goose." Related storiesThese days, watching Caitlin Clark play basketball has become a Rorschach test for a deeply divided country. Four years ago, WNBA players actually helped flip a Senate seat in Georgia.

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☆ We're stuck with Biden and Trump — but for totally different reasons
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Perhaps you've even uttered some version of it yourself: "I can't believe we're stuck with Donald Trump and Joe Biden again." AdvertisementBut it's important to understand that Biden and Trump are set to be their party's nominees for quite different reasons. Polls showed Democrats open to alternatives. On the other hand, Democrats ended up being stuck with Biden, despite plenty of indication that there was room for an alternative. In short, if you're frustrated with your choices this November, you've got two very different groups to blame: GOP voters and Democratic Party elites.

Persons: —, you've, we're, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Trump, resoundingly, Nikki Haley, Dean Phillips, didn't Organizations: Service, Pew Research Center, Business, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Republican, Trump, GOP, New York Times, Siena College, Democrat, Dean Phillips of Locations: Vermont, Washington, Dean Phillips of Minnesota, Minnesota

☆ US military says it killed a senior ISIS official in Syria airstrike
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A senior ISIS official was killed in a US airstrike on Sunday in Syria, the US military said Wednesday in a post on X. “On June 16, US Central Command conducted an airstrike in Syria, killing Usamah Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim al-Janabi, a senior ISIS official and facilitator,” the post from US Central Command said. Nearly three weeks ago, an airstrike in a remote area near Dhaardaar in Somalia was assessed to have killed three ISIS militants, according to US Africa Command. Between January and March 2024, CENTCOM and its partners killed seven ISIS operatives in Syria and detained 27 more. “We continue to focus our efforts on specifically targeting those members of ISIS who are seeking to conduct external operations outside of Iraq and Syria and those ISIS members attempting to break out ISIS members in detention in an attempt to reconstitute their forces.”

Persons: CNN —, “, Usamah Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim al, ” CENTCOM, ”, Erik Kurilla Organizations: CNN, ISIS, US Central Command, US Africa Command Locations: Syria, Africa, Dhaardaar, Somalia, Iraq

☆ Bipartisan congressional delegation will travel to Israel ahead of Netanyahu address to Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Katrina Samaan | Michelle Shen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel this week, a notable show of support as a sizable number of Democrats say they are considering boycotting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress next month. The congressional delegation will also discuss the ongoing efforts to secure a temporary ceasefire and the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza by Hamas. While Congress passed a bill with aid to Ukraine and Israel in April, Democrats remain divided over Israel’s handling of its war against Hamas. CNN has spoken to dozens of Democratic lawmakers who have said they are considering boycotting Netanyahu’s speech, with several already publicly announcing their plans to not attend. “Because America’s relationship with Israel is ironclad and transcends one person or prime minister, I joined the request for him to speak,” he said earlier this month.

Persons: Steny Hoyer, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, “, ” Hoyer, ”, Joe Biden, It’s, Netanyahu, Biden, Barack Obama, Ro Khanna, I’m, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Jim Clyburn, Chuck Schumer, CNN’s Haley Talbot Organizations: CNN — Democratic, Nine, Hamas, White, CNN, Democratic, ”, New York Democrat Locations: Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Washington, California

☆ More than 20 of 32 NATO allies spending at least 2% of GDP on defense, Stoltenberg says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Kayla Tausche | Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting Washington and meeting with Biden ahead of the city’s hosting of the alliance’s annual summit, set to take place in July. “Just five years ago, there was still less than 10 allies that spent 2% of GDP on defense,” Stoltenberg said during remarks at The Wilson Center in Washington. “I can only now reveal that this year, more than 20 allies will spend at least 2% of GDP on defense.”“This is good for Europe,” he added. Several NATO member countries that either border Russia or are nearby have hiked their defense spending since 2022. Biden has heralded NATO as the “greatest defense alliance in the history of the world,” and the alliance has expanded by two member countries since he became president.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Jens Stoltenberg, Biden, “, ” Stoltenberg, ”, Donald Trump, “ I’ve, they’re, we’re, ” Trump, Trump, – Organizations: Washington CNN, NATO, Wilson Center, America, Trump, CNN, White Locations: United States, Washington, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Wales, Crimea, Finland, Sweden

☆ Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he gets around 8 hours of sleep a night and starts every morning the same way
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Haley Tenore | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Salesforce CEO spoke about his daily routine in a 2023 interview with GQ. Benioff says he makes time to sleep eight hours a night and meditate for up to an hour a day. AdvertisementSome CEOs proudly profess to only sleep a few hours a night. Benioff, the billionaire CEO of Salesforce, recently shared some details about his routine in an interview with GQ. Benioff said that he averages about eight hours of sleep a night.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Benioff, — Organizations: GQ, Service, Business

☆ Donald Trump turns 78, a birthday he wishes ‘doesn’t exist’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Trump is now 78 years old. “Just remember what I’m telling you: 78 is not old,” Trump asserted to a New York Post gossip columnist almost two years ago. “This is a degraded version of an already horrible person,” Emhoff said in reference to Trump’s Vegas speech. The Biden campaign called Trump “feeble” on social media when the former president ended a post-meeting news conference after five minutes without taking questions. But the observations about Trump’s age and mental state are not just coming from inside the Biden campaign.

Persons: Donald Trump, ’, “, ” Trump, Ivanna, Joe Biden, Biden, –, J.B, Pritzker, deferments, They’re, Trump, ”, Nikki Haley, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Haley, Ron DeSantis, Trump “, ” DeSantis, can’t, I’m, pounced, Doug Emhoff, ” Emhoff, Taylor Swift, Pelosi’s, Steven Cheung, Biden “, ” Cheung, Alyssa Farah Griffin, ” Griffin, Trump’s, Jonathan Turley, ” Turley, ” CNN’s Edward, Isaac Dovere, Ariel Edwards, Levy, Kristen Holmes, Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Kit Maher Organizations: CNN, Las, New, New York Post, Trump, White, ”, Wisconsin Democratic, South Carolina Gov, Republican, GOP, Florida Gov, Congressional Republicans, Wisconsin Republicans, Biden, House, George Washington University Law School Locations: New York, ” Illinois, Wisconsin, Vietnam, Florida, Washington, Milwaukee

☆ I'm a veteran who voted for Trump twice and then supported Nikki Haley. I'm seriously considering Biden over the 'autocrat.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Roger, who is affiliated with the Haley Voters Working Group. The group is comprised of former primary supporters of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley who are supporting President Joe Biden in the general election or considering supporting the president. I'm an old-school Reagan fan, and Nikki Haley is a genuine Republican. Voters know that President Trump is the only person who will beat Joe Biden and take back the White House. President Trump will put America First instead of getting into more wars and more conflict like Biden has done."

Persons: Roger, Nikki Haley, Joe Biden, We've, Trump, Donald Trump, we've, Time, I've, I'm, Mike Pence, Mark Peterson, He's, MAGA, he's, Haley, Biden, Herika Martinez, Reagan, Steven Cheung, President Trump, Jack Smith's Organizations: Service, Haley, UN, Manhattan, Barnum, Republican, AFP, Getty, NATO, Voters, America, FBI Locations: York, United States, Rio Grande, New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Ukraine, Korea, South Carolina, North Korea, Russia, America, Mar

☆ Trump got the perfect birthday present: complete capitulation by the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Donald Trump got his 78th birthday present a day early — a handshake from his longtime bitter critic, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, encapsulating the Republican Party’s complete submission to its presumptive presidential nominee. They were provoked by the president.” He said Trump was morally and practically responsible for the assault on his beloved Capitol. “There’s tremendous unity in the Republican Party,” the ex-president said. Vance, was asked how some senior Republicans who had condemned Trump after January 6 could meet and applaud him now. “I think it’s a good thing and the Republican Party is in a good place.”Vance is not wrong.

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☆ In Pivotal West Michigan, Voters Are Exhausted and Underwhelmed
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ben Ingebretson was a reliable Republican voter. A Christian minister who works for a faith-based nonprofit, Mr. Ingebretson said he shared Republicans’ small-government views and agreed with the party’s calls for fiscal conservatism. But after Donald J. Trump became the face of the party, Mr. Ingebretson, who lives in Grand Rapids, Mich., drifted away from his political roots. In 2020, he voted for President Biden. And in February, he was among the 34 percent of voters in his county who cast ballots for Nikki Haley in the Republican primary, even though her presidential campaign seemed doomed before the Michigan election.

Persons: Ben Ingebretson, Ingebretson, Donald J, Trump, Biden, Nikki Haley Organizations: Republicans ’, Republican, Trump, Mr, America Locations: Grand Rapids, Mich, Michigan

CNN —A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies. The four Russian ships are now docked in berths usually occupied by cruise ships. The US has also deployed air assets, including a P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance plane, to circle overhead the Russian vessels. The rescue and tugboat Nicolay Chiker, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arrives at Havana's harbour, June 12, 2024. According to a Cuban Armed Forces Ministry statement, none of the Russian ships are armed with nuclear weapons.

Persons: Gorshkov –, Gorshkov, Adalberto Roque, Donald Cook, Joe Biden, Nicolay Chiker, ”, weathers Organizations: CNN, Russian Navy, Military, Kazan, Getty Images, Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian MOD, US Navy, Coast Guard, US, Pentagon, State Department, Russian, Cuba’s Foreign, Cuban Armed Forces Ministry, Soviet Union, Cuban Missile Locations: Cuba, Russian, Havana, Spanish, Kazan, Florida, Russia, Ukraine, Havana's, AFP, Caribbean, Canada, Washington, Moscow

☆ Election Updates: Nancy Mace faces a South Carolina primary fight and four other states go the polls.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Here are the primaries to keep an eye on:Nancy Mace, a Trump vice-presidential contender, will be on the ballot in South Carolina. Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, who is a contender to be Mr. Trump’s running mate, faces a primary opponent backed by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who opposes her because she voted to oust him from the speakership last year. The primary, in the state’s First Congressional District, comes just days after the House Ethics Committee started looking into Ms. Mace’s use of a congressional reimbursement program. Mr. Brown will face Jeff Gunter, a wealthy dermatologist who was Mr. Trump’s ambassador to Iceland, as well as Jim Marchant, who has supported Mr. Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and a number of other minor candidates. Mr. Theriault has been endorsed by Mr. Trump, who urged his supporters on the eve of the election to back him.

Persons: Bill Johnson, Michael Rulli, Michael L, Donald J, Trump, Nancy Mace, Trump’s, Kevin McCarthy, Catherine Templeton, Nikki Haley, Templeton, Mace, Ms, Haley’s, MAGA, Jeff Duncan, William R, Timmons IV, State Representative Adam Morgan, Sam Brown, Brown’s, Jacky Rosen, Brown, Joe Lombardo, Jeff Gunter, Jim Marchant, Doug Burgum, Kelly Armstrong, Biden’s, Hunter, Tammy Miller, Burgum, Merrill Piepkorn, Jared Golden, State Representative Austin Theriault, State Representative Michael Soboleski, Mr . Theriault Organizations: Ohio’s Sixth Congressional District, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Congressional, Republican Party, District, Fourth, State Representative, Trump . Nevada Republicans, U.S, Senate, Army, Mr, North Dakota Republicans, Gov, Democrat, Maine Republicans, NASCAR Locations: South Carolina , Nevada , Maine, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Nevada, Trump, Iceland, Maine

☆ What to Watch in Primaries in Maine, South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The presidential primary season is over, but down-ballot primaries are still happening across the country. Candidates will be on the ballot on Tuesday in five states: South Carolina, Nevada, Maine, North Dakota and Ohio, where a special House race will take place. Here are the primaries to keep an eye on:Nancy Mace, a Trump vice-presidential contender, will be on the ballot in South Carolina. The primary, in the state’s First Congressional District, comes just days after the House Ethics Committee started looking into Ms. Mace’s use of a congressional reimbursement program. Catherine Templeton, Ms. Mace’s opponent, worked for Nikki Haley when she was governor of South Carolina, and Ms. Templeton ran for that office in 2018.

Persons: Bill Johnson, Michael Rulli, Michael L, Donald J, Trump, Nancy Mace, Trump’s, Kevin McCarthy, Catherine Templeton, Nikki Haley, Templeton, Mace, Ms, Haley’s, MAGA Organizations: Ohio’s Sixth Congressional District, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Congressional, Republican Party Locations: South Carolina , Nevada , Maine, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina

☆ Nicholas Galitzine and Leo Woodall hilariously realize they auditioned for each other’s acclaimed roles
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Nicholas Galitzine and Leo Woodall have more in common than they thought. I auditioned for ‘White Lotus!’” Galitzine said, laughing. Woodall played Jack in Season 2 of “The White Lotus” in 2022, a bad boy who charms Haley Lu Richardson’s character Portia until his nefarious intentions are later revealed in the show’s shocking finale. “It comes out of nowhere,” Galitzine said of the scene, going on to joke that he “obviously” knew about the scene since he’d auditioned for Woodall’s role. But, Galitzine said while playfully poking at Woodall, “you got the part instead of me.”

Persons: CNN — Nicholas Galitzine, Leo Woodall, “, Mary, George, ” Galitzine, Woodall “ it’s, ” Woodall interjected, Galitzine, George Villiers, “ Mary, King James I, Julianne Moore, ‘, ” Woodall, Woodall, Jack, Haley Lu Richardson’s, Portia, Tom Hollander, he’d, ” Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Starz Locations: “

☆ US resumes maritime aid deliveries to Gaza after pier repair
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Maritime aid deliveries to Gaza resumed Saturday after a US-built temporary pier was repaired a day prior, US Central Command announced. CENTCOM made it clear Saturday that the pier, “including its equipment, personnel, and assets,” was not used in the operation. The pier, used in addition to dropping aid out of planes and trucking it through border checkpoints, sustained damage and broke apart in heavy seas late last month. In the less than two weeks the pier was operational, it helped deliver some 1,000 metric tons of aid to Gaza. The US had faced a number of challenges with the pier, including planning around Israel’s operations in Rafah, establishing who would transport the aid from the pier into Gaza, and logistical issues such as sea and weather conditions.

Persons: CENTCOM, ”, ” CENTCOM, Brad Cooper, CNN’s Jennifer Hansler, Philip Wang, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Rachel Wilson, Sana Noor Haq Organizations: CNN, Maritime, Gaza, US Central Command, US, United Nations, UN, Royal Jordanian Air Force Locations: Gaza, Rafah, Israel

☆ US military’s Gaza pier has been repaired and reattached to beach
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Natasha Bertrand | Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The US military’s temporary pier off the coast of Gaza was repaired and reattached to the beach on Friday morning, after breaking apart and sustaining damage in heavy seas last week, the deputy commander of US Central Command said on Friday. “I’m very pleased to announce that earlier this morning, in Gaza, US forces successfully attached the temporary pier to the Gaza beach. Israeli Defense Force engineers provided all the necessary support to ensure the safe emplacement of the pier to the beach,” Vice Adm. Brad Cooper told reporters on Friday. The damage last week came after significant obstacles on distribution routes including Hamas drones and looting that delayed the deliveries. The pier’s construction came as the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorates and the death toll from Israel’s bombardment climbs.

Persons: “ I’m, Brad Cooper, “, ” Cooper, Cooper, ”, Chris Mewett, ” Mewett, Shania Shelton, Jennifer Hansler, Oren Liebermann, Alex Marquardt, Haley Britzky, Kylie Atwood, Michael Conte, Helen Regan Organizations: CNN, US Central Command, US, Israeli Defense Force, USAID, Royal Jordanian Air Force Locations: Gaza, Rafah

☆ Biden makes his play for anti-Trump Republicans he hopes can give him a second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Washington CNN —Donald Trump hasn’t shown much interest in reaching out to Republicans who hate him. Or, he argued, “they’re likely to stay home.”Hutchinson told CNN he won’t stay home himself, but he won’t vote for Biden or Trump. “This swath of Republican strategist types are literally begging the Biden campaign to give them a reason to support him,” a former House Republican leadership aide told CNN. “You can hold your nose and vote for Biden and not be in public screaming about it. But Purcell has also not yet heard from the Biden campaign this time.

Persons: Washington CNN — Donald Trump hasn’t, Joe Biden, Adam Kinzinger’s, Austin Weatherford, Nikki Haley, Haley, Biden, Anita Dunn, Cassidy Hutchinson, Anthony Scaramucci, Liz Cheney, John Kasich, Trump, Cindy McCain, shouldn’t, –, ”, Jen O’Malley Dillon, they’ve, mattering, Denver Riggleman, Kinzinger, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Mike Pence, Mark Cuban, doesn’t, he’s, Joe, “, Larry Hogan, I’m, ’ ” Hogan, ” Hogan, they’re, Carolina Sen, Lindsey Graham, it’s Biden, Asa Hutchinson, Daisy Bates, Hutchinson, “ You’ve, you’re, ” Hutchinson, “ they’re, won’t, Indiana Sen, Todd Young –, Biden –, ” Young, Young, Christine Todd Whitman, George W, Bush, ” Whitman, Whitman, Joe Walsh, don’t, MAGA, Claudine Schneider, Schneider, Geoff Duncan, Donald Trump, ’ ” Duncan, ” Duncan, “ ‘ Will, Biden George H.W, Hillary Clinton, “ he’s, He’s, Howard Stern, “ Where’s Jeb Bush, Where’s George Bush, ’ ” Biden, Jeb Bush, Hogan, Kristopher Purcell, Purcell Organizations: Washington CNN, Republican, White, Trump, Democratic, Ohio Gov, CNN, Republicans, Trump Republican, Virginia Rep, Denver, Trump Republicans, Former New Jersey Gov, Tech, Biden, Senate, South, Capitol, New, Environmental Protection Agency, Independents, Illinois, Republican Party, MAGA Republicans, Congress, Trump ., Bush Republicans, Maryland Senate Locations: Biden’s, Wilmington, Israel, Ukraine, Former, Dallas, Maryland, Baltimore, York, South Carolina, Carolina, Arkansas, New Jersey, Trump, Rhode Island, Georgia

☆ The Wall Street Journal’s story about Biden’s mental acuity suffers from glaring problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —The Wall Street Journal owes its readers — and the public — better. But an examination of the report reveals a glaring problem: Most of the sources reporters Annie Linskey and Siobhan Hughes relied on were Republicans. Republicans accusing their political foe of lacking the mental fitness to hold office is nothing surprising. Where are the stories about Trump’s former inner circle raising questions about his mental fitness? Happy to discuss Trump’s mental acuity & fitness for office,” Olivia Troye, a former Trump administration official, sarcastically wrote on X.

Persons: Joe Biden, Annie Linskey, Siobhan Hughes, “, Biden, ” Linskey, Hughes, Donald Trump, they’ve spouted, ”, Andrew Bates, it’s, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, MAGA, Katie Rogers, Annie Karni, confidantes, Privately, ” Rogers, Karni, Rogers, Nancy Pelosi, Trump, ” Pelosi, Rupert Murdoch, Emma Tucker, Tucker, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Nikki Haley, ” Olivia Troye Organizations: New York CNN, Street, GOP, Fox News, Republicans, MAGA Republican, Trump, New York, Former, Republican, CNN, Central, The Journal, Democratic, South, United Nations, Wall Street, intel Locations: New York, South Carolina

☆ Biden spoke so low during a key White House meeting that some attendees struggled to understand his words, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden during key January negotiations for a Ukraine funding deal spoke so low that some attendees had difficulty hearing him speak, according to The Wall Street Journal. AdvertisementBiden during the meeting also closed his eyes for such a duration that some wondered if he had shut out the meeting, per the report. When pressed on the issue, Biden has vigorously defended his age and his administration's accomplishments. And Democratic allies like Jeffries have also strongly vouched for Biden, telling the Journal that the president was "incredibly strong, forceful and decisive" in the January White House meeting. The White House strongly pushed back against the characterization of Biden as a poor performer, which spokesman Andrew Bates in a statement to the Journal said were "false and politically motivated claims."

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Biden, Hakeem Jeffries, Shalanda Young, Biden —, Washington —, Donald Trump, Jeffries, Nikki Haley, Nancy Pelosi, Trump, Barack Obama, Andrew Bates, Bates Organizations: Service, Wall Street, Republicans, Business, Ukraine, House Democratic, Management, Democratic, Trump, NATO Locations: Ukraine, New York, Washington, Richmond , Virginia

☆ US and allies warn China is intensifying its efforts to recruit Western military pilots
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Katie Bo Lillis | Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Western-trained pilots can teach Chinese military personnel everything from air combat tactics to how to land on an aircraft carrier, according to a US official. Former western pilots — which number at least in the dozens — are training Chinese military officials who then return to China and, in turn, train more pilots there, this person said. An indictment in 2017 alleged that Duggan trained Chinese pilots while he was still a US citizen, between November 2009 and November 2012. That same month, the UK Ministry of Defense issued a security alert after several of its military pilots were also found to have been training the PLA Air Force. Last August, two US Navy sailors were arrested for allegedly sending sensitive military information to Chinese intelligence officers.

Persons: “, ”, Michael Casey, Sabrina Singh, Adm, John Aquilino, Charles Q, Brown —, —, ” Brown, Daniel Duggan, Duggan, Matt Olson Organizations: CNN, Western, Wednesday, Liberation Army, National Counterintelligence and Security Center, PLA, Pentagon, National Intelligence, ” Military, Former, US, Pacific Command, PLA Navy, PLA Air Force, ”, Air Force, NATO, People’s Liberation Army, Air Chiefs, US Marine, UK Ministry of Defense, Australian, Export Control, US Army, People’s Locations: China, Beijing, Taiwan, Western, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States, South Africa, Singapore, Laos, Australian, People’s Republic

☆ Biden is alienating progressives yet again — but he may have no choice
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Joe Biden is pushing progressives who are already sour on his presidency to the limit with a tough new executive action barring most asylum applications from migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally. Of all issues tested, Biden recorded his lowest approval rating on immigration in a CNN poll in February — just 30%. Progressives face their own dilemmaBiden would never say it bluntly in public, but his gamble with progressives carries an implicit question — where else are they going to go? Some Haley supporters on Tuesday welcomed Biden’s immigration actions, CNN’s Kit Maher reported. “While many Haley voters continue to have policy differences, this common-sense action is a clear step in the right direction to address one of the top priorities of many Haley voters,” the Haley Voters Working Group, a coalition of approximately 25 conservative Haley supporters, posted on X.

Persons: CNN — Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, doesn’t, Trump, ”, “, ” Sen, Alex Padilla, CNN’s Manu Raju, ” Biden, Pramila Jayapal, Greg Casar, Republicans “, Ayanna Pressley, He’s, he’s, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Republican demagogue, Adolf Hitler’s, Rashida Tlaib, “ We’re, ” Tlaib, Biden’s, Joe Biden, ” Kate Bedingfield, Nikki Haley, Haley, CNN’s Kit Maher, Amanda Stewart Sprowls Organizations: CNN, Republicans, Trump, White, Progressives, Central America, Democratic, California Democrat, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Biden can’t, Republican, Texas, Massachusetts, Congressional District, Michigan Democratic, Israel, Biden White House, South Carolina Gov, Haley Locations: Mexico, Gaza, —, South, Central, California, Washington, America, Vermont, Michigan, Israel, Arizona

Even though it was operational for only about a week, the pier helped deliver some 1,000 metric tons of aid into Gaza before breaking apart. That’s well short of the military’s goal of moving 500 tons of aid per day over the pier. The risks however were deemed too great at the time, with unpredictable winter weather and heavy fighting in Gaza. “We assumed a lot of risk in using a military operation for this purpose,” a second senior administration official added. Deputy Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh emphasized that the solution to aid to Gaza remains the land crossings.

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☆ Swing-district Republicans in New York decried Trump's conviction. It could cost them politically.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewFor GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, former President Donald Trump continues to wield immense power over their political futures. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump at his criminal hush-money trial in New York. But in a decidedly Democratic state like New York, Biden is likely to gain some ground ahead of the election. AdvertisementAcross the country, suburban voters were already turning away from Trump even before his conviction — as former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has continued to win significant blocs of GOP voters even after suspending her presidential campaign in March.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Marc Molinaro, Anthony D'Esposito, Biden, Steven Hirsch, Mike Lawler, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Letitia James, Kathy Hochul, hyperpartisan, Nick LaLota, Hochul, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, it's, Nikki Haley Organizations: Service, Capitol, Business, Republicans, New York Police Department, Attorney, hyperpartisan New York Democrats, GOP, New York State, Emerson, Trump, Republican, New York House Republicans Locations: New York, New York City, Hudson, Manhattan, D'Esposito's, Democratic, Long, Trump

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