The Up First Podcast: Bringing Light to the White House on Israel’s First Day of the Israeli–Hamas-Israel War
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Netanyahu’s visit comes at a critical moment in American politics: with four months to the election, the White House is eager to secure a cease-fire deal to end Israel’s war with Hamas, which began last October with the militant group’s attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people.
With roughly 100 days until the 2024 election, Harris is aiming to define herself on the campaign trail. She will speak to a black group in Indianapolis. The trip follows her first official public appearance as a presidential candidate yesterday. She walked out to the song in Milwaukee, where a crowd of 3000 people chanted her name. The campaign event had to be moved to a larger venue due to the high interest.
According to a new NPR poll, Vice President Harris has an opportunity to win over a lot of voters who are undecided. The poll finds Harris and Trump are statistically tied, but 1 in 5 independents now say they are undecided — up from 4% a week ago This makes the next few weeks vital for Harris as she reintroduces herself.
The resignation of Cheatle, the White House’s most undecided science official, comes after she was accused of collisoning with a white house
U.S. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned from her job yesterday, according to the White House. The decision came just a day after she testified before the House Oversight Committee, where she faced bipartisan criticism for not fully answering their questions about the assassination attempt on Trump.
Joel Clement spent seven years at the Interior Department working on policies meant to help Alaskan communities that are threatened by thawing permafrost and rising sea levels. His work moved forward during former President Barack Obama’s administration. When Trump took over, Clement was reassigned as part of a government-wide effort to stop working on climate change. Clement resigned and became a whistleblower on what he and other scientists saw as the Trump administration’s political interference and censorship of science. Many scientists are concerned that such interference would be even more severe in a second Trump term. Here’s why:
Source: Newly undecided voters could be crucial for Harris. And NASA races to save a telescope
Pop Songs of the Day: Where Do We Stand, What Do You Want, Where Do You Go? What Have You Learned in the Last Five Years? How Did Madeline Hamilton Learn about the Music?
PhD student Madeline Hamilton set out to explain our emotional connection to popular music and made a different discovery along the way. The hits of decades ago are simpler than the tunes of today. Hamilton analyzed more than 1,000 pop songs and found that the vocals have gotten less sophisticated over time. Today’s hits don’t lack complexity.
The vice president presides over the addresses in Congress, but she was not present for Netanyahu’s speech. Her team had a scheduling conflict.
“Now, whether hope flourishes or dies, I really believe it’s going to be dependent upon these next crucial weeks and the messages that come forward from Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign,” Hammoud said. I believe she has a chance.
Harris is similar to Biden in that she describes the conflict in Gaza in a different way, but the vice president doesn’t like that.
She is keeping the administration’s support of Israel in tact while trying to keep supporters of the Jewish state out of the picture. But she is also expressing sympathy for Palestinian civilians killed in the conflict and trying to win back some of the young, progressive, Black and Brown voters whom Biden alienated with his response to the war.
I wouldn’t be invited back if I went to a mosque and tried to get them to vote for Joe Biden. The anger was so deep. And the hurt was so deep — even for me,” said Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman, a Palestinian-American.
Some Democrats who voted uncommitted in the presidential primaries to protest Biden’s policy have become more open to giving her a chance as a result of Harris’ expressions of sympathy.
She told The Nation that the young people protesting are showing their true colors as a response to Gaza. Her comments caught the attention of foreign policy experts.
Harris said during a speech in Alabama last March that the daily carnage in Gaza is “depressing”. There have been reports that families eating leaves, mothers giving birth to babies without medical care, and children dying from dehydration.
A White House event was held last month where she was the leader in drawing attention to Hamas’s use of rape as a weapon of war on that horrible day.
Harris will inherit a war that is important to the Democratic Party as she tries to maintain a balance in her campaign while keeping her support in key states where she needs them to retain the White House.
Tiny Desks: Where Do We Stand, and What Can We Do About It? The Oval Office Viewpoint of President Biden on his upcoming Presidential Campaign
Teens might not have enough sleep because of how they use their electronic devices before they head to bed. The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study examined the brain development of 11, and 12-year-olds in the U.S. Researchers asked tweens and their parents detailed questions about how they used screens around bedtime and how well they slept. A follow-up was done a year later. Parents can help improve quality sleep for their kids.
There were over 7,000 entries for the annual Tiny Desk Contest. There was no shortage of talent, even though there was only one winner. NPR Music’s Bobby Carter, who has produced Tiny Desks for some legendary hip-hop artists such as Mac Miller and Noname, breaks down some of his favorite entries. Hip-hop acts increased their submissions this year and they are different in the entries that they submitted.
The challenge of holding together a broad coalition will be faced by Harris in the upcoming election. The problem: They have very different views on some issues. Aspects of her record, especially her time as a prosecutor in California, are under scrutiny. Here are the opinions of one Democrat and one Republican in Pittsburgh.
Last night, President Biden spoke to the Oval Office to discuss his decision not to run for reelection. He also laid out plans for the next six months of his presidency. Biden said he didn’t want to drop out of the presidential race, but the stakes were just too high to risk. There are four things that he said in his speech.