Author: Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
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Testy Biden tells Trump to ‘get a life, man’ for hurricane misinformation
President Joe Biden, for the second day in a row, tore into former President Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the federal government’s response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton. On Thursday, Biden received an operational update on Milton, which made landfall Wednesday night in Florida, convened a Situation Room meeting to coordinate the federal response,…
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Biden lambastes Trump for misinformation on hurricane response: ‘Un-American’
President Joe Biden attacked former President Donald Trump for a second time Wednesday evening over misinformation he is spreading about the federal government’s hurricane response efforts. Biden delivered remarks from the White House just hours before Hurricane Milton was expected to make landfall on Florida’s western coast. Following his remarks, the president fielded a handful…
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White House pressed over Biden’s fracturing relationship with Netanyahu
President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for the first time in more than a month amid concerns about a full-blown war in the Middle East. The call, which Vice President Kamala Harris also took part in, comes just one day after famed Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward alleged in…
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Biden slams Trump and MTG for ‘onslaught of lies’ about hurricanes
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back on misinformation put forth by former President Donald Trump about Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall on the Western part of Florida Wednesday night. Both the president and vice president took part in a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Deanne Criswell…
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Biden scraps trip to Germany and Africa due to Hurricane Milton
President Joe Biden is postponing an international trip this week ahead of Hurricane Milton‘s impending landfall. Biden was scheduled to depart Washington, D.C., on Thursday for Germany and later Angola. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday that the trip would proceed as planned. The president had promised to travel to Africa before…
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Election politics creep into Harris’s and Trump’s Oct. 7 tributes
The 2024 election permeated Monday events held by both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump marking the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks. The Israel-Gaza conflict, and the potential for fighting spreading into a wider regional war, has hung over Harris’s campaign since she entered the race. Muslim and Arab Americans…
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Biden holds ceremony in honor of Oct. 7 attacks as Trump faults his leadership
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump took contrasting paths to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. The president, alongside first lady Jill Biden, took part in a yahrzeit candle lighting at the White House. The Bidens were joined by Adas Israel Congregation’s Rabbi Aaron Alexander, who recited the El…
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Biden invokes Jimmy Carter while surveying Hurricane Helene damage
President Joe Biden vowed to continue providing Georgia and Florida with full federal assistance as cleanup efforts following Hurricane Helene continue and the death toll from the storm surpassed 200 across the Southeast on Thursday. During his remarks, Biden quoted former President Jimmy Carter, himself a Georgia native who became the first U.S. president to…
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Biden ‘discussing’ Israeli response to Iran missile strikes
President Joe Biden said that U.S. officials are actively “discussing” retaliatory options for Israel following the missile strikes carried out by Iran earlier this week but suggested that no such response would occur on Thursday. Biden, departing the White House Thursday morning, fielded questions from reporters and gave a brief update on the evolving situation in…
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Walz says he ‘misspoke’ about travel to China when pressed at debate
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) admitted during Tuesday’s debate to mischaracterizing his past travels to China. Walz, while still a teacher in Minnesota, routinely traveled to China with visiting students and had previously claimed to have been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. 2024 VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: VANCE AND WALZ GO TOE-TO-TOE…




