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• World leaders react to Biden's decision to not seek re-election: 'deserves respect'

  21-07-2024 23:45 via foxnews.com
  
  World leaders have quickly responded to the long-awaited news that President Biden has decided not to run for a second term, which took many by surprise despite the reports over the past two weeks."I respect President Biden's decision and I look forward to us working together during the remainder of his presidency," British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, elected and appointed to office less than three weeks ago, wrote on social media platform X. "I know that, as he has done throughout his
  
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• Democratic delegates shift spotlight to Kamala Harris following Biden's 2024 dropout decision

  21-07-2024 22:24 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden sent a shock wave through the American political system on Sunday when he announced he was withdrawing from the 2024 race for the White House, leaving delegates he earned during the primary election scrambling for an alternative.Biden, who faced mounting pressure to step aside in the election and "pass the torch" to another candidate, made the announcement in a post to X. Shortly after, he offered his "full support and endorsement" for Vice President Kamala Harris to serve as the
  
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• Liberal media members jubilant as Biden drops out, race against Trump resets: 'What a man, what a patriot'

  21-07-2024 22:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Liberal media members reacted with jubilation to President Biden's historic announcement that he would not seek a second term, calling him a patriot and reveling in the race being reset against former President Trump."What a man, what a patriot. What an act of selfless devotion to your country," MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said on Sunday. "He has been a phenomenal president. He brought us back from COVID. He gave us the best recovery from COVID of any major nation on earth at a time when the world has
  
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• Xander Schauffele wins Open Championship to claim second major victory of the year

  21-07-2024 22:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Xander Schauffele claimed victory at the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon on Sunday, earning his second major championship of the year. Schauffele, who had entered the year never claiming a victory at any major until the PGA Championship, became the first player to even two in the same year with closing rounds of 65. Jack Nicklaus is the only other player to do it in his career."It was hard. It was very difficult," Schauffele said with a smile after the final round. "I think winning t
  
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• Hollywood reacts to Biden election withdrawal: Barbra Streisand, Mark Hamill respond to historic moment

  21-07-2024 21:56 via foxnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden announced he was no longer seeking reelection Sunday, ending his bid for a second term in the White House.Ariana Grande, Barbra Streisand, Jamie Lee Curtis and Mark Hamill were just a few of the Hollywood stars who weighed in on Biden's monumental decision.Barbra Streisand commended Biden for his work in the White House, and wrote, "Joe Biden will go down in history as a man who accomplished significant achievements in his 4 year term. We should be grateful for his upholding
  
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• Crazed woman accused of shooting infant while screaming 'F--- your baby' is arrested: police

  21-07-2024 21:55 via foxnews.com
  
  A woman accused of opening fire on a baby and his parents at point-blank range, striking the child in the leg, in a shocking caught-on-camera incident has been arrested, with police saying the terrifying incident stemmed from an outstanding $100 drug debt. The woman, Dominique Billups, 28, was arrested Friday hours after police posted a spine-chilling video of the incident online. The shocking video allegedly shows Billups walking up and shooting at the family outside a home on th
  
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• Biden endorses Kamala Harris after bowing out of 2024 race

  21-07-2024 21:55 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris after announcing he is dropping out of the 2024 run for re-election. "My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term," Biden posted on X Sunday afternoon "My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my
  
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• MSNBC's Jen Psaki taken aback by her ex-boss dropping out: Didn't have 'any indication’

  21-07-2024 21:39 via foxnews.com
  
  MSNBC host and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki reacted live on Sunday during her show, "Inside with Jen Psaki," to President Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 race. "There’s very little indication from people close to him and many people in the campaign that this was about to happen, as much as there were reports of Democrats calling on him to do that," she said after reading the letter posted to X by the president. The president announced on Sunday that he wi
  
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• Joe Biden bows out of the 2024 race – we lost a good president and a good man

  21-07-2024 21:39 via foxnews.com
  
  I’ve been acutely aware of the possibility of President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 race since the debate at the end of June. I was still on maternity leave, but it was about all my friends could talk about. "What do you think he’s going to do?" they asked. "Do we like Kamala, now?" they wondered. "Is there time to swap him out and get on all the ballots?" they panicked. Now we know the answer. Biden just announced that he won’t be seeking reelection this Novem
  
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• Clintons endorse Kamala Harris hours after Biden drops out

  21-07-2024 21:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Sunday that they are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for president after President Biden said he would not seek re-election.Biden announced Sunday that he is suspending his 2024 re-election campaign and announced his "full support and endorsement" for Harris to take over as the party's presidential nominee.In a statement, the Clintons said Biden "has capped his extraordinary
  
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• Biden is out and Harris is almost inevitable as nominee. But who knows if my party can win in November?

  21-07-2024 21:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is ending his 2024 campaign for president. There’s no doubt he made the announcement because major Democratic leaders in state after state have increasingly come to abandon his candidacy. The steady drumbeat questioning the Biden candidacy since his disastrous debate performance just over three weeks ago made Sunday’s announcement all but inevitable. Still, the decision by the incumbent president is virtually unprecedented at this point in a mo
  
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• Biden announcement makes him first US president to not seek re-election since 1968

  21-07-2024 21:10 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden announced Sunday he would drop out of the presidential race, making him the first president since 1968 to not seek re-election.Biden made the announcement on Sunday afternoon, with just 183 days left in his term, and 29 days before the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024.On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he would not seek re-election with 295 days left in his term, and 148 days until the party convention.Before that, President Harry S. Truman an
  
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• From debate catastrophe to standing down: Biden’s road to the exit

  21-07-2024 21:06 via foxnews.com
  
  What started as a bad debate ended with the suspension of an incumbent's presidential campaign.On Sunday, the president officially dropped out of the 2024 presidential race against former President Trump. Here is a timeline of the downfall of Biden's re-election campaign:Biden participated in the first presidential debate against Trump on June 27, igniting immediate concern within his party over his fitness after he was seen speaking with a raspy voice, jumbling up his words, and struggling to c
  
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• Trump says Biden 'is not fit to serve': 'Who is going to be running the country for the next 5 months?'

  21-07-2024 21:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump said President Biden "was not fit to run for president" and is not — and "never was" fit to serve. The Republican presidential nominee was reacting to Biden’s stunning announcement Sunday afternoon that he is suspending his re-election campaign. "He is the worst president in the history of our country," Trump told Fox News Digital in a phone interview Sunday afternoon. "There has never been a president so bad." "He is not fit to serve," Trump con
  
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• What comes next for Democrats after Biden's campaign suspension?

  21-07-2024 21:00 via foxnews.com
  
  With only months until the presidential election and once-presumptive nominee President Biden no longer in the race, the next steps for the Democratic Party may seem somewhat unclear. Here is what you need to know about the Democratic Party's nominating process following Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 race. Biden was the presumptive nominee for his party, having secured the vast majority of its delegates, which were awarded after primary elections this year. But now that the
  
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• 'Not fit to serve': Speaker Johnson leads GOP demands for Biden to resign from presidency

  21-07-2024 21:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Republican lawmakers are calling on President Biden to resign from office immediately after he announced he will not seek re-election in November.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement, "If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. He must resign the office immediately. November 5 cannot arrive soon enough.""If the Democrat party has deemed Joe Biden unfit to run for re-election, he's certainly unfit to control our nuclear codes," House Majority Wh
  
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• Trump shooting: Timeline of assassination attempt raises questions about how gunman evaded security

  21-07-2024 20:50 via foxnews.com
  
  On Saturday, July 13, an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, rocked the nation.Authorities neutralized the assailant after shots rang out, and a federal investigation into the shooting targeting the former president ensued. Here's a timeline of the events that have unfolded since Friday:Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks' parents contact law enforcement Saturday, hours before he opened fire on former President Trump, a source would la
  
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• 'Proud of our president': Dems heap praise on Biden for decision to end 2024 campaign

  21-07-2024 20:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Democrat politicians lavished President Biden with praise and predictions of a great legacy following his announcement that he is ending his re-election bid just months before the November election. "President Biden has been an extraordinary, history-making president — a leader who has fought hard for working people and delivered astonishing results for all Americans. He will go down in history as one of the most impactful and selfless presidents. Thank you, @JoeBiden," Gov. Gavin New
  
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• What could happen to Biden campaign’s $91 million?

  21-07-2024 20:46 via foxnews.com
  
  With President Biden stepping aside in the 2024 White House race, the question becomes who has control over, and what could be done under applicable federal campaign finance laws and regulations with, the campaign funds that have been raised by the official "Biden for President" campaign committee? As of June 20, when Biden for President filed its latest campaign report summarizing its finances through the end of May with the Federal Election Commission ("FEC"), where I once served as a com
  
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• Biden's withdrawal from 2024 presidential race draws reactions from sports world

  21-07-2024 20:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Joe Biden announced Sunday he will not seek re-election for president, ending speculation over whether he would withdraw.Biden released a statement on his withdrawal from the race on X. Separately, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president. The Biden-Harris ticket defeated Donald Trump and Mike Pence in the 2020 presidential election.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHarris would have to pick a running mate but it will ultimately be up to the rest of the party to
  
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• Uncharted territory: Biden's campaign war chest may be hard to transfer to a new candidate

  21-07-2024 20:42 via foxnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, and campaign finance experts say there are financial roadblocks to replacing him as the Democratic nominee.The Biden-Harris campaign brought in a huge cash haul this cycle, reporting $127 million raised in June alone. But after Biden officially withdrew from the race, there are serious questions about whether another candidate would be able to inherit these funds.While there are several candidates being floated as a Biden r
  
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• READ IT: Biden drops out of 2024 race with letter

  21-07-2024 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday with a letter. You can read the full letter below:My Fellow Americans,Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a Nation. Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. We've made historic investments in rebuilding our Nation, in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable health care to a record number of Americans. We've provided critically needed care to a milli
  
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• Biden ends bid for second term in White House as he drops out of his 2024 rematch with Trump

  21-07-2024 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden announced Sunday that he will suspend his 2024 re-election campaign amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for the president to end his 2024 bid after a disastrous debate performance last month.The unprecedented announcement came as an increasing number of Democrat lawmakers had begun to publicly call for Biden to step aside and the party's leadership reportedly was engaged in efforts to convince Biden, 81, he could not win in November's general election against
  
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• Trump pitches Yankees game outing with Kim Jong Un at Michigan rally

  21-07-2024 20:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Can America’s favorite pastime help smooth over U.S. relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un? Former President Trump joked over the weekend that it might help. During a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, Trump defended the close relationships he developed with adversarial world leaders like the North Korean dictator during his presidency. "A lot of them didn't like what I was doing to them, but they also knew it was about time. The jig was up, right? It was abou
  
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• 'Fox News Sunday' on July 21, 2024

  21-07-2024 19:53 via foxnews.com
  
  This is a rush transcript of "Fox News Sunday" on July 21, 2024. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.SHANNON BREAM, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: I'm Shannon Bream.The intense pressure from Democrats calling for President Biden to pull out of the race may be reaching a breaking point.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)REP. ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA): I have concern that Mr. Biden will fall short. This isn't about him. This is about America's future.BREAM (voice-over): As President Biden recovers from COVID in Re
  
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• Biden fundraiser warns of 'catastrophic mistake,' says big-money donations have 'suddenly disappeared'

  21-07-2024 19:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Top Democratic fundraiser Lindy Li says it is getting more and more difficult to bring in donations for President Biden's re-election campaign as calls for him to withdraw continue to mount.Li made the statement during an appearance on Fox News Sunday with host Shannon Bream. Bream pressed Li on whether Biden should stay in the race and whether Vice President Kamala Harris is the right candidate to replace him."Fundraising has -- big money fundraising has slowed. People -- major donors who have
  
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• Trump shooter practiced at gun range weeks before rally: 'I was sitting next to evil,' witness says

  21-07-2024 19:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Thomas Matthew Crooks tested his shooting prowess at a western Pennsylvania gun range just weeks before last Saturday's attempted assassination of former President Trump, according to a report.Bill Jenkins said he practiced his firearms skills immediately next to Crooks at the Keystone Shooting Center in Cranberry on June 22 – mere weeks before the July 13 attack, The Sun reported."I was sitting next to evil," Jenkins told the outlet. "I haven't been able to sleep thinking about it."J
  
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• Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria make first red carpet appearance since 'Rust' case dismissal

  21-07-2024 19:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria enjoyed a night on the town following the dismissal of his involuntary manslaughter case.The couple attended a screening of the film "War Game" at the Hamptons International Film Festival’s SummerDocs series in East Hampton, New York.Alec wore a dark blue jacket, light blue shirt and gray pants, while Hilaria wore a light pink dress with cream high heels.The "30 Rock" star could be seen smiling on the carpet, and also posed with the filmmakers.CONVICTED 'R
  
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• Secret Service explanation continues to evolve one week after attempted assassination

  21-07-2024 19:09 via foxnews.com
  
  The Secret Service’s explanation for security lapses that allowed a 20-year-old gunman to take multiple shots at former President Trump has continued to evolve, most recently with the agency acknowledging it had denied some requests by Trump’s team for additional security.Revelations first reported by the Washington Post that the Secret Service denied repeated requests by Trump’s security detail were just the latest in an ever-evolving explanation by the agency, which initially
  
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• 9 shot, 3 fatally, when 'multiple' gunmen open fire at Philly party, police say

  21-07-2024 19:02
  
  Three people were shot and killed at a party in Philadelphia early Sunday, police said.
  
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• Woakes gives England first wicket of session after removing Louis

  21-07-2024 17:59 via bbc.com
  
  Watch as England's Chris Woakes removes Mikyle Louis for 17 with the first ball after drinks as West Indies chase 385 on day four of the second test at Trent Bridge.
  
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• Tour de France 'likely' to be final race - Cavendish

  21-07-2024 17:19 via bbc.com
  
  Legendary British cyclist Mark Cavendish says this year's Tour de France is likely to have been his last ever race.
  
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• ‘Twisters’ rocks box office with powerful $80.5 million opening weekend

  21-07-2024 17:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Analysts believe several factors contributed to the surge in initial ticket sales, the most important being that audiences simply dug the film.
  
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• Flats evacuated after fire badly damages chip shop

  21-07-2024 17:00 via bbc.com
  
  A number of other businesses in the business complex suffer water damage in the incident.
  
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• 3 killed and 6 injured in shooting at Philadelphia party

  21-07-2024 16:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three people were killed and six others were injured at a shooting in west Philadelphia early Sunday morning, according to police.
  
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• Secret hospitals in Philippines offer criminals surgical makeover to evade police: 'Entirely new person'

  21-07-2024 16:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities in the Philippines have uncovered secret hospitals that offer plastic surgery for fugitives and scammers seeking to evade arrest, according to reports. "You can create an entirely new person out of those," said Winston John Casio, a spokesman for the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission.Police raided one such hospital in the southern suburbs of Manila, leading to the discovery of a second hospital. Authorities will shut down both hospitals "in the coming weeks," the BBC
  
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• Middle East crisis: Yemen’s Houthis will not abide by any rules of engagement in continued attacks on Israel, group says – as it happened

  21-07-2024 16:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Houthi military spokesperson says there will be ‘no red lines’ in response to Israel after airstrikes hit Hodeidah on Saturday, killing at least six peopleSee all coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and wider Middle East crisisIn the months before the Israeli invasion, Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah was a lifeline, a place where thousands sought shelter or scrabbled to raise funds to cross into neighbouring Egypt.Now satellite images and social media video uploaded by Israeli so
  
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• Four dead after car crashes into tree

  21-07-2024 16:38 via bbc.com
  
  Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the crash to come forward.
  
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• Third time lucky for Seales as he picks up wicket after two dropped catches

  21-07-2024 16:35 via bbc.com
  
  Watch as Jayden Seales sees two dropped catches before he finally he picks up a wicket as he bowls Mark Wood for a duck, during the second test between West Indies and England at Trent Bridge.
  
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• Logan Paul and KSI's Prime drinks company sued by US Olympic committee

  21-07-2024 16:31 via bbc.com
  
  The drink is accused of using US Olympic trademarks without an agreement.
  
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• Ready for Kamala? First pro-Harris 2024 effort begins recruiting volunteers

  21-07-2024 16:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  The first vestiges of a pro-Harris shadow campaign are taking shape — with or without her blessing — as Democrats debate the future of their presidential ticket.
  
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• A 12-year-old girl is accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin over an iPhone

  21-07-2024 16:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  HUMBOLDT, Tenn. — A 12-year-old girl in Tennessee has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept.
  
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• Why did it take 29 days to find Jay Slater?

  21-07-2024 15:59 via bbc.com
  
  Questions remain after the teenager's body was found in Tenerife - and it's unclear whether they will be answered.
  
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• Draft Israeli law to limit academic speech labelled ‘McCarthyite’

  21-07-2024 15:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Law allowing committee to fire staff for ‘supporting terror’ backed by education minister and national student unionIsrael’s education minister and the country’s national union of students are backing a draft law to limit academic speech in the country, which the heads of leading universities have attacked as “McCarthyite” and fundamentally undemocratic.The legislation, currently being debated in the Knesset, would give a government-appointed committee the pow
  
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• Bangladesh court scraps job quotas after deadly unrest

  21-07-2024 15:54 via bbc.com
  
  More than 100 people have died in the unrest, with at least 50 people killed on Friday alone.
  
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• Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer

  21-07-2024 15:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  SPRING, Texas — As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool.
  
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• Secret Service denied requests for more security at Trump events before attempted assassination

  21-07-2024 15:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Secret Service repeatedly denied requests for more personnel and other security resources from agents guarding former President Donald Trump prior to the assassination attempt on Trump at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a Secret Service official told NBC News.
  
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• Sen. Joe Manchin joins calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race

  21-07-2024 15:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin joins calls for Biden to drop out of the presidential race.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt apologises for pandemic 'groupthink'

  21-07-2024 15:30 via bbc.com
  
  The ex health secretary says the government only prepared for a flu pandemic, which he "should have challenged".
  
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• Israel says it intercepted missile fired by Houthis at port city of Eilat

  21-07-2024 15:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Houthi military says US ship in Red Sea also targeted after Israeli strikes on oil facilities and power station in YemenIsraeli forces have said they intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militants in Yemen targeting the southern city of Eilat, in retaliation for a series of Israeli strikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah.Meanwhile, forest fires engulfed parts of northern Israel after a barrage of rocket fire from Lebanon. Continue reading...
  
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