Trump and May to Hold Joint News Conference, Chaos Erupts in Congress, Serena Rolls Into Wimbledon Finals, and More
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* President Trump gave a joint news conference with Theresa May on Thursday. While the duo dined last night, The Sun newspaper published a sit-down interview with the president where he criticized May’s handling of Brexit. Trump warns trade deals with England could be nixed if Brexit isn’t handled properly.
* Republicans on Wednesday grilled Peter Strzok, an FBI agent who was removed from working on the Trump-Russia investigation after his text messages critical of the president were discovered. Strzok claimed he was not, in any way, biased during the investigation.
* Stormy Daniels made an encore appearance after her charges were dropped at the same strip club where she was arrested a night prior.
* Serena Williams beat Julia Görges of Germany on Wednesday to progress to her 10th Wimbledon final on Saturday.
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President Joe Biden and First lady Jill Biden are traveling to Lewiston Maine to pay their respects to the people who were killed there in a mass shooting last week.
The House approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package Thursday for Israel, a muscular U.S. response to the war with Hamas but also a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that poses a direct challenge to Democrats and President Joe Biden.
The U.S. Senate, circumventing holds by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, on Thursday confirmed the nominations of two senior military leaders, including the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Using sidewalks as exam rooms and heavy red duffle bags as medical supply closets, volunteer medics spend their Saturdays caring for the growing number of migrants arriving in Chicago without a place to live.
Israeli troops advanced toward Gaza City on Thursday, as the Palestinian death toll rose above 9,000. With no end in sight after weeks of heavy fighting, U.S. and Arab mediators intensified efforts to ease Israel's siege of the Hamas-ruled enclave and called for at least a brief halt to the hostilities in order to aid civilians.
Rep. George Santos easily survived a vote Wednesday to expel him from the House as most Republicans and 31 Democrats opted to withhold punishment while both his criminal trial and a House Ethics Committee investigation proceed.
