Biden is increasingly at odds with other Democrats over Israel Sean Sullivan, Anne Gearan
Replay Video UP NEXT DEARBORN, Mich. President Biden is increasingly coming into conflict with fellow Democrats as he resists a shift in his party toward a tougher stand on Israel and stronger support for the Palestinians, a disconnect highlighted Tuesday by Biden s visit to a region that is a center of Arab American life in the United States. Biden traveled to the Detroit area to tour an electric vehicle plant and promote his infrastructure plan, an effort to bolster his domestic agenda at a moment of deadly conflict in the Middle East. Arab American protesters gathered at a mosque in Dearborn in advance of the visit, eager to demonstrate their anger at Biden’s approach to the conflict.
The influential pro-Israel lobby in America was reeling last night after it emerged that the US government may halt the $735 million sale of precision-guided missiles to Israel. US politicians, normal.
Biden Releases Tax Forms, Resuming an âAlmost Uninterruptedâ Tradition
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Donald J. Trump was the first president in 40 years to refuse to share his tax forms with the public. Arizona Republicans split over what some call the âinsane liesâ driving a review of the 2020 vote.
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President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both released financial disclosures on Monday.Credit.T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times
President Biden released tax forms on Monday showing that he and his wife, Jill Biden, earned just over $600,000 in 2020. The release resumed a presidential tradition of disclosure broken by Donald J. Trump.
McCarthy Announces Opposition to Jan. 6 Commission
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The top House Republican said he could not support an inquiry into the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left. Representative Rashida Tlaib urged President Biden to end his support of Israel amid its bombing campaign against Hamas.
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Protestors at the Capitol as they breached the doors on Jan. 6.Credit.Jason Andrew for The New York Times
Representative Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, said on Tuesday that he would oppose an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, denouncing the proposed bipartisan inquiry into the deadliest attack on Congress in centuries because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left.