#White House condemns online attacks against openly gay Interior spokesman

#White House condemns online attacks against openly gay Interior spokesman

The White House is condemning recent online attacks against an openly gay Interior Department spokesman, calling them cruel and unacceptable. The attacks online are targeting Tyler Cherry, Interior’s principal deputy communications director, and started when the right-wing social media account LibsofTikTok criticized Cherry’s appearance on X, formerly known as Twitter. The account shared photographs and…

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#Here’s the latest on Israel’s response to Hamas attack as nation declares war

#Here’s the latest on Israel’s response to Hamas attack as nation declares war

The Israeli government formally declared war against Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday following the group’s surprise onslaught of attacks Saturday that have left hundreds of people dead and thousands more injured. In the 24 hours that followed Hamas’s unprecedented attacks early Saturday, both Israel and Gaza saw rising death tolls as Israeli forces attempted…

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#Booker says he’s ‘shaken’ from Hamas attacks

#Booker says he’s ‘shaken’ from Hamas attacks

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Sunday he is “shaken” from Hamas’s attacks on Israel after he and his staff were forced to shelter in place while in Jerusalem on Saturday. “I was in Israel when the horrific attacks carried out by Hamas started on Saturday,” Booker wrote Sunday in a post on X, the platform…

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#Over 2,000 killed after earthquakes shakes Afghanistan

#Over 2,000 killed after earthquakes shakes Afghanistan

More than 2,000 people were left dead after a pair of devastating earthquakes rattled Afghanistan on Saturday. A Taliban government spokesperson said Sunday that the death toll from the powerful earthquakes reached more than 2,000 — making it one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the nation, the Associated Press reported. There are fears that…

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#Why House chaos is an opportunity and threat for Biden

#Why House chaos is an opportunity and threat for Biden

The chaos in the House resulting from the demise of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) Speakership poses very real political opportunities for President Biden, even as it also represents a threat to his agenda that endangers aid to Ukraine. The White House has sought to take political advantage, contrasting Biden’s leadership with the disarray in the…

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#Democrats push to confirm Biden’s Israel ambassador nominee

#Democrats push to confirm Biden’s Israel ambassador nominee

Several Democrats expressed concern that the United States does not have a sitting ambassador for Israel amid the escalating conflict and attacks. Democratic lawmakers on Saturday aggressively pushed for a quick confirmation of Jacob J. Lew, who was nominated by President Biden last month, after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel earlier in the…

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