Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) talks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Sen. Al Franken's office said the senator will make a public announcement tomorrow amid mounting calls for his resignation.
Go deeper: More than a dozen senators came out against Franken Wednesday after a seventh woman accused him of sexual misconduct. Rep. John Conyers resigned yesterday over sexual harassment allegations.
Sen. Kamala Harris at an event in Wilmington, Del. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
In her first sit-down interview since being named Joe Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris talked about what she'll do to fight for women if elected VP, and how the Democrats are thinking about voter turnout strategies ahead of November.
What they're saying: "In a Biden-Harris administration women are going to be a priority, understanding that women have many priorities and all of them must be acknowledged," Harris told The 19th*'s Errin Haines-Whack.
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Facebook is seeking to force a face-off with Apple over its 30% in-app purchase commission fee, which Facebook suggests hurts small businesses struggling to get by during the pandemic.
The big picture: Facebook has never publicly gone after Apple, a key strategic partner, this aggressively. Both companies face antitrust scrutiny, which in Apple's case has centered on the very fee structure Facebook is now attacking.
The UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, told me in an exclusive interview that his country wants to implement its normalization deal with Israel “as soon as possible."
What he's saying: Gargash said he was confident that the U.S.-brokered deal moved Israeli annexation of the West Bank off the table for a “long time.” He also said Israeli tourists would soon be able to travel to the UAE.