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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden has no plans to change his Israel policy following a deadly weekend strike on Gaza's Rafah -- but is not turning a "blind eye" to the plight of Palestinian civilians, the White House said Tuesday. Gazan health authorities said 45 people were killed as a blaze tore through a camp for displaced people following the Sunday strike by Israel. But Washington does not believe that Israel's actions in Rafah amount to a full-scale operation that would breach Biden's "red lines," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. "As a result of this strike on...
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Washington (AFP) - A 20-year-old man from Missouri pleaded guilty on Monday to crashing a rented truck into a White House fence in a quixotic bid to "seize political power." Sai Varshith Kandula drove a U-haul truck into a fence surrounding the White House in May of last year. Kandula was arrested by Park Police and Secret Service officers after exiting the vehicle and waving a Nazi flag. He pleaded guilty to a charge of willful injury and destruction of property, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia said in a statement. Kandula, who was born in Chandanagar, India, and was living in th...
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Washington (AFP) - Normally they're the ones grilling Washington power players. But the tables have been turned on the White House press corps. A news report made waves Friday in the US capital with its humorous -- but detailed -- investigation into rampant theft from the press section of Air Force One, the president's official plane. "For years, scores of journalists -- and others -- have quietly stuffed everything from engraved whiskey tumblers to wine glasses to pretty much anything with the Air Force One insignia on it into their bag before stepping off the plane," Politico reported. Last ...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's ambitious 2025 budget proposal, published Monday, is almost certain to be dead on arrival in the sharply divided US Congress ahead of national elections later this year. Instead, the 2025 budget serves as a blueprint of the administration's policy priorities, and highlights the sharp divisions between Democrats and Republicans ahead of Biden's likely rematch with former president Donald Trump in November. In a speech in Washington on Monday before the proposals were published, Biden touted the US economy as a "great comeback story." "Nearly 15 million ...
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Washington (AFP) - US authorities detained a person near the White House on Monday who crashed a vehicle into an exterior gate of the presidential mansion complex, the Secret Service said. President Joe Biden was out of town at the time of the incident, and security officials did not say whether it was a traffic accident or intended as an attack. "Shortly before 6:00 pm (2300 GMT), a vehicle collided with an exterior gate on the White House complex. The driver has been taken into custody & we are investigating the cause & manner of the collision," US Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi ...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States told Israel on Wednesday to scale down its war on Hamas in the "near future," with President Joe Biden urging it to take more care to save civilian lives in Gaza. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made the push during talks in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials, discussing the war Israel launched after the October 7 attacks. Washington has strongly backed Israel's right to defend itself, but mounting civilian casualties in the Palestinian territory have caused a growing rift between the close allies. "I want ...
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Washington (AFP) - The Hamas attack on key US ally Israel has caused emotions to run high in a place better known for the steely exercise of power -- the White House. President Joe Biden has given several strongly worded speeches pledging support for Israel since Saturday's assault by the Palestinian militant group, and at one point pounded on a lectern to make his point. Emotion got the better of a senior White House official who choked up on live television as he discussed the attacks. Biden's national security advisor admitted the crisis was "personal for us." The unusually open displays re...
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Washington (AFP) - A man who crashed a U-Haul truck containing a Nazi flag near the White House has been arrested and charged with trying to kill or harm the president, police said Tuesday. The driver apparently drove deliberately into bollards outside Lafayette Park just before 10:00 pm (0200 GMT) on Monday, the US Park Police said, adding that no one was injured. TV images showed a red and black swastika banner that had been found during a police search of the truck. President Joe Biden was briefed on the situation Tuesday morning, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said. "He's relie...
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Washington (AFP) - US President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday he has appointed nine close campaign aides to key White House positions as he fleshes out a diverse leadership team less than a week after naming his chief of staff."America faces great challenges, and they bring diverse perspectives and a shared commitment to tackling these challenges and emerging on the other side a stronger, more united nation," Biden said in a statement.The new appointees -- some of the first among hundreds that Biden will name to the White House in the coming months -- include his 2020 campaign manager Jen ...
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Washington (AFP) - Another White House staffer has tested positive for coronavirus, US media reported Wednesday, the latest case among Donald Trump's administration since last week's election. Political director Brian Jack's diagnosis came over the weekend, after he attended a November 3 election day event at the White House, CNN and the New York Times reported.Another advisor also tested positive, according to the newspaper, but was not identified nor was it stated if the person attended election night events at the president's residence.These new cases come in addition to recent coronavirus-...
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