Former president Donald Trump plans Friday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Palm Beach, Fla., and deliver an address at a nearby summit hosted by Turning Point Action, a conservative group seeking to return him to the White House. President Biden and Vice President Harris met separately with Netanyahu on Thursday. Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, picked up endorsements Friday from former president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.

President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, urging him to agree to a ceasefire and hostage-release deal while former President Trump plans to meet with the Israeli leader Friday. No more excuses. No more time meeting at the White House, families of American hostages reported the absolute commitment from President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring their loved ones home. We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering. And...

Vice President Kamala Harris has made a strong call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pressing for an expedited cease-fire with Hamas to secure the release of hostages held since October 7. In what she described as a "frank and constructive" dialogue, Harris affirmed Israel's right to self-defence but voiced grave concerns over the escalating death toll in Gaza after nine months of conflict and the worsening humanitarian crisis. Echoing President Joe Biden's sentiments on seeking a resolution to the devastating Gaza war, where casualties have soared past 39,000, Harris...

WASHINGTON -- Protesters against the Gaza war held a "die-in" across from Lafayette Park and the White House on Thursday as President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The protesters poured red liquid onto the street, saying it symbolized the blood of those killed in Gaza. They chanted, "Arrest Netanyahu," and brought in an effigy of Netanyahu with blood on its hands and wearing an orange jumpsuit. The jumpsuit reads, "Wanted for crimes against humanity." In an address to Congress on Wednesday, Netanyahu defended Israel's conduct during...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday afternoon, a day after he vowed to Congress that he wants “total victory” in the deadly Gaza war. Harris said she and Netanyahu had a “constructive” meeting and that she expressed to the prime minister “serious concern about the scale of human suffering in Gaza.” Harris also said she stands by a two-state solution for the region as the “only path” to peace. “I’ve said it many times, but it...

Vice President Kamala Harris, on the brink of becoming the Democratic nominee, acknowledged the suffering of both the Israeli and Palestinian people during a solo meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pledging not to “look away in the face of these tragedies.” “We cannot allow ourselves to be numb to the suffering, and I will not be silent,” Harris said Thursday to White House reporters. In a sign of Biden passing the torch, it was Harris, not the sitting president, who delivered a speech before a backdrop of American...

President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024. One day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged continued unity and support between Israel and the United States in his address to Congress, President Joe Biden met with Netanyahu Thursday to discuss possible steps towards a cease-fire in Gaza and a hostage release deal. Thursday marks Biden’s first meeting with a foreign leader since he announced he will not seek reelection, CBS...

WASHINGTON -- Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, both Democrats, spoke on separate Zoom calls Thursday with Virginia reporters about President Joe Biden’s Wednesday night address during which he talked about dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. With regards to Biden’s decision to step down and Harris’ decision to embark on her own campaign, Sen. Kaine called the “abbreviated time” in which Harris has to got a lot done unique. “[Picking a running mate]...

The US said on Thursday that talks to reach a ceasefire in Gaza are in the “closing stages”, as President Joe Biden hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Biden will press Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal during the two leaders’ discussions, US officials said. "I think the message from the American side in that meeting will be that we need to get this deal over the line,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Thursday. Biden and Netanyahu, who have a decades-long relationship going back...