'We have to act and act fast:' Biden meets with Western governors about wildfires amid historic heat wave
CNN
President Joe Biden on Wednesday met with governors from Western states about the threat of wildfires and announce new wildfire response initiatives amid a record-breaking heat wave in the region,
"Right now we have to act and act fast. We're late in the game here," Biden said at the White House. The President said: "The truth is we're playing catch up. This is an area that has been under resourced, but that's going to change if we have anything to do with it."President Joe Biden on Sunday delivers his first commencement address of the 2024 season at Morehouse College, where the president may for the first time in months have to confront the angst that’s been percolating on college campuses nationwide toward his administration’s policies on the Israel-Hamas war.
Arab and Palestinian Americans left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday night frustrated they did not have a clear understanding of how the Biden administration might act upon their concerns as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the civilian population in Gaza, participants told CNN.