White House officials are aggressively pushing back against a wave of “cheap fake” videos that purportedly show President Biden being confused or meandering, and which question his mental and physical fitness ahead of the election. The rise of the videos, which do not use artificial intelligence (AI) but are cropped or edited in a way … Read more
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump failed to impress everyone in a room full of top CEOs Thursday at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting, multiple attendees told CNBC. “Trump doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” said one CEO who was in the room, according to a person who heard the executive speaking. The CEO also said Trump did not … Read more
President Biden on Friday condemned a recent spate of antisemitic acts in New York, including vandalism and a demonstration outside an exhibit honoring the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. “The horrific acts of Antisemitism this week – including a demonstration celebrating the 10/7 attack, vandalism targeting Jewish homes, attacks on Jewish … Read more
Inveterate smoker Sean Penn apparently wouldn’t even let a White House visit get in the way of his habit. (Watch the video below.) The Oscar-winning actor said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Thursday he was at President Joe Biden’s state dinner for Kenyan President William Ruto last month. That prompted Kimmel to mention that the White … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsNation) — Pennsylvania is a critical state that will determine the outcome of the 2024 general election, becoming a focus for both President Joe Biden’s and former President Donald Trump’s campaigns. In 2020, President Biden won the state by just over 80,000 votes (1.17%). It’s considered a must-win state for Biden again in … Read more
A senior White House official said that Republicans’ plans to extend or expand the temporary tax cuts put in place in 2017 would likely come at the expense of ordinary Americans. “Although congressional Republicans haven’t specified how they’ll finance this round of tax cuts, every major Republican tax cut for the wealthy or corporations in … Read more
WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump will return to Washington on Thursday to meet with GOP lawmakers to lay out his second-term agenda and aim to unify the party ahead of next month’s Republican National Convention. These private meetings will be held at the Capitol Hill Club, providing Republican lawmakers the opportunity to demonstrate solidarity … Read more
(NewsNation) — While President Joe Biden has previously said he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was found guilty on felony gun charges this week, the White House declined to comment Wednesday on whether the president will commute his sentence. Asked by a reporter about “ruling out that (Joe Biden) would commute the sentence,” Press … Read more
In the traumatic aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, as hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists rushed to join the ranks to fight Hamas, Benny Gantz said he felt it was his duty to join the war effort. “This is not a political partnership I am in,” the centrist former general told a … Read more
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures, at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. Adnan Abidi | Reuters A stunning political setback for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has business executives in the country furiously making calls, trying to better understand the impact on India’s economy and investment landscape following Modi’s failure to … Read more
