President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19
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President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, according to the president and CEO of UnidosUS Janet Murguía.
President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, according to the president and CEO of UnidosUS Janet Murguía. Biden was expected to speak at the group’s conference in Las Vegas Wednesday night. “I was just on the phone with President Biden. And he shared his deep disappointment at not being able to join us this afternoon. The president has been at many events as we all know and he just tested positive for Covid,” Murguía told attendees. Biden, 81, had been scheduled to take the stage an hour and a half prior. CNN has reached out to the Biden campaign and the White House for comment. This is a developing story and will be updated.
FBI says it has disrupted major Chinese hacking operation that threatened US critical infrastructure
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The Federal Reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time in the Biden era after the White House spent the last three years grappling with Americans’ dissatisfaction with the cost of living, raising new questions about the health of the economy and the impact on voters at the ballot box.
Israeli officials notified the US that the country was going to carry out an operation in Lebanon on Tuesday but did not give any details about what they were planning, according to three sources familiar with the matter, including in a call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant early Tuesday morning.