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The Daily BeastBarack Obama Is Set to Endorse Kamala Harris for President ‘Soon’
Barack Obama is planning to endorse Kamala Harris’ presidential bid despite initially refraining from doing so, according to a report.The former president is set to make the endorsement “soon” and has been in close contact with Harris since she launched her White House bid Sunday, sources told NBC News. One source told the network Obama didn’t want his endorsement to “overshadow” President Joe Biden’s moment and his televised Oval Office speech Wednesday night in particular.After Biden dropped o
- CNN
Harris steps out on Israel as she navigates Biden and Netanyahu
Four days into the most consequential week of Kamala Harris’ political life, she confronted the most fraught foreign policy issue facing the country by looking directly into the eyes of an Israeli prime minister who decided not to even give her a passing name check in his address to Congress Wednesday afternoon.
- CNN
House Democrats praise Biden’s speech passing the torch
House Democrats Wednesday night praised President Joe Biden for his speech explaining his decision to step aside from the 2024 presidential race.
- The Hill
Memorable moments from Netanyahu’s address to Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday afternoon, a speech that shook Washington, divided Democrats and inflamed the political divide over the Israel-Hamas war. The address — Netanyahu’s fourth since 1996 — came more than nine months into the conflict in Gaza, which began after Hamas attacked…
- HuffPost
'Monstrous': Hear From An Israeli Hostage’s Relative Arrested During Netanyahu’s Speech To Congress
“You have to oppose Netanyahu," Zahiro Shahar Mor told HuffPost. "It’s not that you’re an antisemite — you’re truthful.”
- CNN
Harris’ team rejects Israeli notion that her comments could harm ceasefire talks
Vice President Kamala Harris’ office on Friday is rejecting a suggestion from a senior Israeli official that the vice president’s remarks on Thursday that forcefully criticized Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas could have made a ceasefire deal harder to reach.
- The Hill
Trump expected to draw heavily from Senate to fill Cabinet
Republican allies of former President Trump expect him to draw heavily from the Senate GOP conference to fill his Cabinet if he is elected to a second term in November, with Sens. Bill Hagerty (Tenn.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) in contention for top-level jobs. Republicans feel confident about Trump’s…
- CNN
Biden calls his decision to step aside from 2024 race a matter of defending democracy
President Joe Biden, speaking to the nation from the Oval Office Wednesday evening, framed his decision to step aside from the 2024 presidential race as a matter of saving democracy and passing “the torch to a new generation.”
- The Hill
Gallego: Kelly would give Harris ticket a ‘jolt’ as VP
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) lauded Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-Ariz.) record, saying the senator would give Democrats a “jolt” ahead of November if Vice President Harris selected him to be her running mate. “Adding Kelly to the ticket will add that extra jolt to the campaign,” Gallego told CNN’s Manu Raju in an interview Wednesday. “And I think…
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Powers to fine universities over ‘free speech’ breaches put on hold
Bridget Phillipson said there were concerns the legislation would be ‘burdensome’ on providers and the Office for Students (OfS) watchdog.
- The Independent
UK politics live: Starmer’s government drops objection to Israeli PM Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant
Downing Street confirms it will allow the ICC to issue an arrest warrant for senior Israeli leaders including PM Benjamin Netanyahu
- The Hill
Melinda French Gates endorses Harris: ‘She knows what we need in society’
Melinda French Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, threw her support behind Vice President Harris’s presidential run, pointing to the need to protect reproductive rights. “I feel like Kamala, I was happy to endorse. I’ve worked with her before, she knows what we need in society and she’s using her voice against those…
- The Independent
Harris promises ‘not be silent’ about Gaza humanitarian crisis after Netanyahu talks
Netanyahu praises Biden’s decades-long support for Israel during what could be their last meeting at the White House
- CNN
Renewed calls for passage of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act after fatal shooting of Black woman in her home
The law enforcement killing of Sonya Massey in her Illinois home earlier this month has thrust the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act back in the national spotlight, with renewed calls for passage of the failed legislation targeting racial bias and use of force.
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Families of hostages held in Gaza slam Netanyahu for leaving ceasefire deal out of Congress speech
Families of hostages held captive in Gaza condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United States Congress, as pressure grows on the Israeli prime minister to agree to a deal to secure their release.
- The Guardian
‘Capable’ Harris and Biden’s legacy: key takeaways from the president’s address
Joe Biden gave his first speech since quitting the race – here’s what to know from the roughly 10-minute address
- NY Daily News
Harris campaign roasts Trump as ‘old and quite weird’ after Fox News insults
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called in to Fox News Thursday, where he told supporters that presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is a “radical left, not very smart person” who’s part of a massive conspiracy to weaponize the nation’s legal system against him. Harris’ campaign fired back mere minutes later with an email blasting the “78-year-old convicted criminal’s Fox ...
- People
“Crazy Rich Asians” Director Jon M. Chu Reveals One Demand Star Michelle Yeoh Made — and His Dad Agreed!
The director also says Yeoh was the only actress considered for the role
- SETHLUI.COM
Ru Yi Yuan: Rude, stingy & unhygenic auntie has hour-long queue for vegetarian bee hoon
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- The Independent
Stranded Boeing astronauts are stuck on International Space Station, Nasa says in urgent update
The astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are still not able to come home, Nasa has said. Two astronauts went to the space station almost 50 days ago as part of a test of Boeing’s Starliner capsule. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but thruster failures and helium leaks on Boeing‘s new Starliner capsule prompted Nasa and Boeing to keep them up longer.