
Biden is going to Michigan to tout electric trucks. Violence in the Middle East may overshadow the trip.
CNN
President Joe Biden's Tuesday visit to Michigan to promote his economic agenda has been on the White House's calendar for weeks, but a carefully planned trip now risks being overshadowed by the recent eruption of violence in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel.
Biden is set to visit a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan -- home to one of the largest Arab-American populations in the United States -- to highlight the new F-150 electric vehicle on Tuesday. Over the weekend, Dearborn was among a slew of cities across the world where demonstrations in support of Palestinians in Gaza took place. Hundreds of protesters turned out for the event, according to local media reports and across social media, where a direct warning was given to Biden. "Tuesday, he will be here," one speaker at the Dearborn demonstration said. "We have heard from him. He will hear from us."
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on Thursday according to two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks.

The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his congressional briefings.











