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President Biden condemned the “brazen attack” by Iran against Israel, but the White House also confirmed that it’s not trying to escalate the conflict further.
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s Wednesday testimony before a House committee on how the school responded to a professor’s controversial piece labeling Hamas’ October 7 attack a “resistance offensive” is at odds with the account the professor shared with CNN. Multiple lawmakers at Wednesday’s hearing on antisemitism
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s Wednesday testimony before a House committee on how the school responded to a professor’s controversial piece labeling Hamas’ October 7 attack a “resistance offensive” is at odds with the account the professor shared with CNN. Multiple lawmakers at Wednesday’s hearing on antisemitism
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Sunday said President Joe Biden doesn’t “believe” that Iran’s overnight attacks against Israel need to escalate into a wider war in the Middle East. “The President doesn’t believe that it needs to move in that direction whatsoever,” Kirby said in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” His remarks came hours after Iran launched an attack on Israel with more than 300 missiles and drones. The U.S. helped Israel defend against the attack,...
After President Biden joked about his rival former President Trump’s current financial woes, late night show host Jimmy Kimmel argued Tuesday that it was a pretty good jab for somebody so infamous for verbal gaffes. On Tuesday, Biden jokingly told a made-up story to a small crowd in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, "Just the other day, a defeated-looking guy came up to me and asked if I could help. He was drowning in debt. And I said, ‘I’m sorry, Donald, but I can’t help you.’" "That’s...
Sometimes in politics, one takes one's endorsements where one finds them. In Donald Trump's case, amid his ongoing legal problems, he scored an endorsement from overseas. On Monday, the United Kingdom's former Prime Minister Liz Truss opined to the British news radio station LBC that the American presidential election's result "has to be" former
Speaking before entering the courtroom in Manhattan Trump blamed Joe Biden for his being on trial.
The former president added that if he was commander in chief 'this would never have happened' in a number of posts made to his Truth Social platform. He also claimed President Biden had recorded a message to address the nation, which advisers had to convince him not to release. Follow MailOnline's liveblog for the latest updates after Iran launched drones and missiles at Israel
After Iran's strikes on Israel, Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure to pass a foreign aid deal to support the embattled country. Senators passed a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific in February. The deal also includes billions for Ukraine, which many in the GOP don't support. Johnson is also facing the threat of removal from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene if he moves forward with the Senate's bill
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After a long week of bitter infighting among House Republicans — with the rabid Marjorie Taylor Greene nipping at Speaker Mike Johnson's heels — Johnson flew to Mar-a-Lago today to hide behind Donald Trump. And amusingly, after the speaker and Trump met in private, Trump played the part of peacemaker. — Read the rest