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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that President Biden's warning to withhold offensive weapons from Israel does not indicate that the U.S. plans to 'abandon' Israel. Sullivan, in a conversation with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, cautioned about the 'significant' civilian casualties in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. This comes following President Biden's recent threat…

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned on Sunday that the U.S. hasn't seen any plans from Israel regarding how the nation will protect civilians or the future of Gaza after the war. CBS’s Margaret Brennan questioned Blinken on “Face the Nation” regarding the U.S. holding back high payload bombs to Israel, among recent concerns about the Israeli military…

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. believes a higher number of civilians in Gaza have been killed compared to terrorists. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Blinken on “Face the Nation” about whether the U.S. agrees with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent statement that Israel has killed 14,000 terrorists and 16,000 civilians in its…

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The confrontatiion between President Biden and former President Trump is intensifying as the general election for the White House is now underway. Biden and Trump easily won their party’s presumptive nominees last month, but each candidate will face a long and challenging campaign in a rematch of the 2020 contest. In a race expected…

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his delegation were forced to drive from Paris to Brussels for a NATO meeting after their aircraft experienced a mechanical issue on Wednesday. “Due to a mechanical issue with the aircraft, Secretary Blinken and the American delegation drove from Paris to Brussels to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting,”…

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The White House has missed the deadline to publish a rule banning menthol cigarettes, angering public health advocates who fear that the policy will be indefinitely postponed due to election year politics. In an attempt to compel the administration to act, three anti-tobacco public health groups sued the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday.