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Israeli military operation in Rafah 'cannot proceed,' U.S. ambassador to the U.N. says
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told NPR that under the current conditions, Israeli military operations in Rafah would "dramatically exacerbate the humanitarian emergency."
Special counsel's report on classified documents has echoes of the 2016 election
For people who were involved with Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 presidential campaign, the echoes of then-FBI Director James Comey's press conference on July 5, 2016, are hard to miss.
The border crisis is helping to mainstream a dangerous conspiracy theory
The recent truck convoy that directed national attention to a surge of migrants at the Southern border featured dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric that once was limited to extremists.
Biden's new move is playing offense on border politics. But will voters be swayed?
President Biden is now blaming Republicans for the crisis at the southern border after they blocked a bipartisan bill to fund more border security. But there are limits to the strategy.
Biden defends how he handled classified docs after scathing special counsel report
The remarks come hours after a Justice Department special counsel report report said Biden willfully held onto and disclosed classified materials after leaving the Obama administration.