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 Elijah Nouvelage/GettyPresident Joe Biden's commencement speech at Morehouse College on Sunday went off mostly without a hitch, though a handful of students and faculty turned their backs on him as he spoke while some walked out altogether—a muted response for a modern president as pro-Palestinian sentiments continue to roil higher education.
Biden's speech at the historically Black men's college touched on many of his campaign's pillars, including his economic wins and his calls for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, while acknowledging policies that have boosted Black Americans. The speech was Biden's first direct interaction with college students after a month of protests across U.S. college campuses, including Columbia, the University of California-Los Angeles, and the University of Florida.
Biden was greeted with a standing ovation from multiple Morehouse alums as he took the stage, according to a video posted on social media, though students largely remained seated. About six students turned their backs towards Biden as he spoke, according to NBC News, in a continuation of various protests at commencements nationwide over the war.
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The New York congresswoman will become the highest-ranking House Republican to speak at Israel's Parliament since the Oct. 7 attacks, in a move meant to capitalize on Democratic divisions.
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 Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDonald Trump followed up his endorsement by the National Rifle Association on Saturday with a speech stoking fears of the government under Joe Biden "coming for your guns" and a bizarre monologue set to dramatic music resembling a song favored by QAnon.
Addressing thousands of members of the NRA at their annual meeting in Texas, the former president stuck to his usual talking points, hailing the reversal of Roe v. Wade as an "amazing thing," comparing himself to Al Capone, and insisting "genius" runs in his bloodline.
Then, as he wound down, in a disorienting shift, sentimental music began to play and Trump furrowed his brow and shook his head to deliver the grim message that America is "a failing nation."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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The House Judiciary Committee chair suggests the Robert Hur report on Joe Biden says more than it does.
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