Biden not confident of peaceful 2024 election; Trump visits Georgia alongside Governor Brian Kemp: Live
President made surprise first appearance in White House briefing room to answer questions about today’s jobs report, November’s election, and prospects for Middle East peace
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Kamala Harris hammered Donald Trump’s labor record during a rally in Flint, Michigan, on Friday, trying to keep up the momentum after scoring high-profile endorsements from Liz Cheney and Bruce Springsteen.
“Donald Trump is no friend of labor,” the vice president told the crowd, arguing Trump didn’t do enough to help the auto industry or support United Auto Workers who went on strike, like Joe Biden did.
Donald Trump, for his part, told a crowd in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Friday he supported creating a taskforce to monitor for “woke” generals and diversity training within the military.
Biden, meanwhile, said on Friday he did not know if November’s election would be “peaceful” given Trump’s “dangerous” rhetoric, in a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room.
Biden was also asked if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was delaying a diplomatic agreement regarding the Gaza conflict to influence the election. He said that no administration has helped Israel more than he has and Netanyahu should remember that.
Trump will be joined by tech billionaire Elon Musk at his Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of his attempted assassination on July 13.
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Elon isn’t the only Silicon Valley kingmaker taking the Republican ticket seriously.
Zuckerberg, the CEO, chairman and controlling shareholder of Facebook’s parent company Meta says he wants to be “non-partisan”.
But that’s not so easy when you’re a monarch in all but name, writes Io Dodds.
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The CEO, chairman, and controlling shareholder of Facebook’s parent company Meta says he wants to be ‘non-partisan’. But that’s not so easy when you’re a monarch in all but name, reports Io Dodds
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