American Compass' Oren Cass and Center for American Progress' Brendan Duke discuss the 2024 candidates' economic policy proposals and Chatham House's Heather Hurlburt discusses British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's U.S. visit.
"The Violence Against Women Act is my proudest legislative accomplishment, in all the years I've served as senator, vice president and president," said President Joe Biden in remarks from the White House commemorating the 30th anniversary of the landmark legislation. The president spoke on the history and importance of the law and how it was strengthened over the years. The Violence Against Women Act was signed into law by President Clinton on September 13, 1994, and was reauthorized by President Biden on March 15, 2022.
Chatham House's Heather Hurlburt discusses today's visit by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with President Biden and the larger issues of the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Oren Cass of American Compass and Brendan Duke of the Center for American Progress discussed Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump's economic policy proposals.
Secretaries of state from Michigan, Florida, Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and West Virginia testified before the House Administration Committee on preparations in their respective states for the 2024 elections. Topics included discussion about the merits of requiring photo ID to vote and the threats that election workers face. "These threats are a direct result of the spread of false information about the security and accuracy of our elections," said Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D). Secretaries of state serve as the chief officials of elections at the state level of government.
"We will not standby as RT and other actors carry out covert activities in support of Russia's nefarious activities," said Secretary of State Antony Blinken as he discussed new actions Russian state media. The secretary delivered brief remarks at the start of the daily briefing where he spoke on Russia's influence operations, a cyber unit embedded in RT's media network, and the use of Russian media to crowdfund in order to pay for military equipment to be used against Ukraine. Other topics addressed during the briefing included the Israeli-Gaza war and intervention boy adversaries, such as North Korea, in the U.S. Presidential election.
Donald Trump says he will conduct a mass deportation of Haitian immigrants from Springfield, OH; WH encourages bargaining in good faith to resolve Boeing strike; British PM Starmer visits WH to discuss Ukraine's use of long-range missiles.
Donald Trump says he will conduct a mass deportation of Haitian immigrants from Springfield, Ohio; Gov. Tim Walz campaigns in East Lansing, Michigan; White House encourages bargaining in good faith to resolve strike at Boeing; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits White House to discuss with President Joe Biden Ukraine's use of long-range missiles; NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams speak from Space Station about being stuck in space for months.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams held a news conference amid being stuck on the International Space Station during Boeing's first-ever crewed mission. They arrived at the station over three months ago, and their mission was supposed to last only a little over a week, but technical issues caused them to remain in space. This news conference happened a week after their Boeing Starliner capsule returned to Earth without the astronauts, following NASA's determination that the capsule posed too much risk for them to return in it. A SpaceX capsule will start to bring them back to Earth in February 2025.
