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Every weekday morning, Mary Trimble, Grayson Logue, and Peter Gattuso provide an essential news briefing, along with original reporting and analysis on the day’s biggest stories.
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Paris Olympics Set to Begin Under Tight Security
July 26, 2024
Happy Friday! Nothing says “First Day of the Summer Olympics” like a cheating scandal!
Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories
- President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. Biden and Bibi spoke for around 90 minutes at the White House before they jointly met with the families of the U.S. hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. Though Biden did not address the media after the meeting, the president reportedly told hostage families he would do “all within my power” to push for a deal to secure the hostages’ release. Later in the afternoon, Harris and Netanyahu spoke at the White House, after which Harris was more forceful in her criticism of Israel and its handling of the humanitarian situation in Gaza than Biden has been. “Israel has a right to defend itself, and how it does so matters,” she said. “We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering. And I will not be silent.” She called on Netanyahu to increase the flow of aid to Gaza and to do more to avoid civilian casualties in Israel’s prosecution of the war. Earlier in the day, Harris released a statement strongly criticizing the “despicable acts by unpatriotic protestors and dangerous hate-fueled rhetoric” on display in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday during and after Netanyahu’s address to Congress. She also condemned “any individuals associating with the brutal terrorist organization Hamas,” as well as the burning of the American flag, which she described as “a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America.”
- Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama formally endorsed Harris for president early Friday morning, writing that she’ll “make a fantastic President of the United States” and that they will “do everything [they] can to make sure she wins in November.” Obama had been arguably the last high-profile Democrat who had not yet endorsed the vice president following Biden’s decision to withdraw from the race earlier this week.
- The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated Thursday that U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP)—which accounts for inflation—increased at a 2.8 percent annualized rate in the second quarter of this year, beating economists’ expectations and growth in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the personal consumption expenditures price index, a measure of consumer activity, rose at a 2.6 percent annual clip in the second quarter, down from the 3.4 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year.
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Thursday directing state officials to dismantle thousands of homeless encampments across the state. The decision follows the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that Grants Pass, Oregon, could ticket homeless people camping in public spaces. California has a homeless population of approximately 180,000 people, though Newsom’s order cannot force local authorities to take action on the encampments—only threaten to withhold state funding if they do not. The order does not require that the people in encampments be moved to shelters.
- U.S. authorities took two drug kingpins—Ismael Zambada García, a senior leader of the Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquin Guzmán López, the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán—into custody in Texas on Thursday after the two reportedly flew into the United States aboard a private plane and turned themselves in. U.S. authorities have sought Zambada for decades, but Mike Vigil, the former head of international operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration, said the arrest was unlikely to stem the flow of drugs being trafficked into the U.S. “This is a great blow for the rule of law, but is it going to have an impact on the cartel? I don’t think so,” Vigil told the Associated Press. “It’s not going to have a dent on the drug trade because somebody from within the cartel is going to replace him.”
- Three Russian Shahed drones intended to strike targets in Ukraine crossed into Romanian airspace on Thursday, according to the Romanian foreign minister. Defense officials in Romania—a NATO ally—are investigating the incident, but suggested that any areas the drones may have struck were far from any civilian population centers. Meanwhile, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected, tracked, and intercepted four foreign military airplanes—two Russian bombers and two Chinese bombers—flying together off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska expressed concern about the joint operation, calling it an “unprecedented provocation by our adversaries.” While the bombers did not enter U.S. airspace, the planes entered an international zone that requires any aircraft that enters to readily identify itself. Though Russian military jets cross into this zone fairly frequently, Chinese participation is unprecedented. That said, the jets are “not seen as a threat,” NORAD said in a statement. “NORAD will continue to monitor competitor activity near North America and meet presence with presence.”
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Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, David M. Drucker, Michael Warren, and Charles Hilu offer a heavily reported look at what’s going on in the parties’ struggle for political power, from the campaign trail to the White House.
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Every Saturday, Chris Stirewalt, a political news veteran, uses his decades of experience to provide context (and some humor) when explaining what happened this week in national politics.
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Every Thursday, Sarah Isgur and Mike Warren offer reporting and trenchant analysis to help understand the new and extraordinary intersection between the law and presidential politics.
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Every Thursday, Will Rinehart offers unique insights on technology policy, innovation, and other long-tail issues that are often ignored or overlooked.
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Every Sunday morning, Michael Reneau provides a religion news roundup featuring curated essays from leading writers of various faiths.
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Every Wednesday and Friday, Jonah Goldberg draws on his deep understanding of American history, culture, and conservatism to analyze politics and policy.
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Every Wednesday, Scott Lincicome deciphers and explains how otherwise incomprehensible economic policies affect everyday Americans.
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Every Saturday, Rachael Larimore shares the best work that Dispatch staffers and contributors have produced over the past week.
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Every weekday evening, Nick Catoggio, formerly Allahpundit, offers a running commentary on how populism is changing the world—and America’s two major political parties.
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Every Monday morning, Kevin D. Williamson reports—as only he can—on American life, politics, and culture from coast to coast.