Hezbollah's second-in-command, Naim Qassem, has threatened to increase cross-border attacks against Israel if it continues its deadly assault on the Gaza Strip. This escalation has been further complicated by the miscellany of topics that have come up over the weekend in Israel/Palestine, and the current crisis has raised fears of a regional war. Iranian-backed militant groups have also launched an unprecedented array of attacks against American targets as part of Iran's strategy to surround Israel with a group of proxy militias and statelets.
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The Republican National Committee has announced the five candidates for the third Republican primary debate of the season, hosted by NBC News. Former President Donald Trump is not participating, instead holding a counterprogramming event, while Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is expected to endorse Trump's presidential bid during the debate. The debate is sure to be a heated one, as the five candidates battle it out for the nomination, with Sanders' endorsement of Trump adding to the drama.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has announced that five GOP presidential candidates have qualified for the third presidential debate in Miami. The RNC required candidates to have at least 4% polling support in two national polls or one national and one early-state poll, as well as 70,000 unique donors. The debate will be hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, and Telemundo and will be moderated by Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, and José Diaz-Balart, among others. It will be broadcast live from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST on Wednesday, June 26.
Former President Donald Trump is facing four federal charges in Washington, D.C. for attempting to overturn valid election results and illegitimately retain power. Special Counsel Jack Smith has argued that Trump's attempts to have the case dismissed are without precedent in American history, and the outcome of the case could have major implications for the former president and the future of American politics. The case is currently being heard by federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, who will decide whether or not to dismiss the charges against Trump.
On November 5th, the one-year anniversary of the 2024 Election Day, the GOP-led House passed a bill providing $14 billion in aid to Israel, defended by Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise. However, the bill has no chance of survival in the Senate and President Joe Biden has vowed to veto it. At the same time, journalist James Fallows and Washington Post reporter Marianna Sotomayor discussed the upcoming election at the Dubliner, an Irish pub on Capitol Hill, noting that "everything is at stake" and that the election will turn on big fundamentals of economics and people's sense of the world.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib has accused President Joe Biden of supporting "the genocide of the Palestinian people" in a video posted Friday, sparking debate over the Biden administration's stance on the conflict in Gaza. Hassan Abdel Salam, a human rights professor based in Minneapolis, has expressed concern about the White House's messaging and has decided to not vote for Biden and encourage others to do the same. It remains to be seen how the Biden campaign will respond to the accusations and how the White House will address the ongoing conflict.
Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to lift a gag order that restricts his speech about potential witnesses, prosecutors, and court staff in the case that accuses him of scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss. Trump's attorneys have argued that the gag order is overly broad and unconstitutional, and have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to block the gag order ruling while they pursue appeals. If the court denies the request, Trump's attorneys have said they will appeal to the Supreme Court.
Sam Bankman-Fried, a 31-year-old former cryptocurrency billionaire, has been found guilty of seven counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering in a federal jury in New York City. The charges include two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, one count of conspiracy to commit commodities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The maximum sentence for all seven counts is up to 95 years in prison.