Sep 1, 2017

White House: Trump will make DACA announcement on Tuesday

Carolyn Kaster / AP

Sarah Sanders told reporters Friday that President Trump will make a decision on whether or not to end the Obama-era DACA program on Tuesday. "The president's been very clear, he loves people," said Sanders, adding that Trump wants the decision to be made correctly.

Mixed messaging: Friday morning, multiple sources told Axios' Jonathan Swan that Trump would not be announcing any changes to DACA today. A few hours later Trump said his decision would be made "sometime today or over the weekend." Now Sanders is saying the announcement will come Tuesday. Meanwhile, many DREAMers are in limbo, worried that they could become Trump's next deportation target.

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Orion Rummler
5 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Biden formally secures Democratic presidential nomination

Joe Biden speaks at Delaware State University's student cente on June 5. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Former Vice President Joe Biden became the formal Democratic presidential nominee on Friday evening, per AP.

The big picture: Biden has been the presumptive frontrunner to take on President Trump since Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign in early April.

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Axios
Updated 7 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

  1. Global: Total confirmed cases as of 9 p.m. ET: 6,724.516 — Total deaths: 394,018 — Total recoveries — 2,996,832 — Map.
  2. U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 9 p.m. ET: 1,894,753 — Total deaths: 109,042 — Total recoveries: 491,706 — Total tested: 19,231,444 — Map.
  3. Public health: WHCA president says White House violated social-distancing guidelines to make reporters "a prop" — Jailing practices contribute to spread.
  4. Sports: How coronavirus could reshuffle the sports calendar.
  5. Jobs: Better-than-expected jobs report boosts stock market.
  6. Media: The Athletic lays off 8% of staff, implements company-wide pay cut.
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Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel 13 news
14 hours ago - World

Scoop: German foreign minister to travel to Israel with warning on annexation

Heiko Maas. Photo: Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is expected to travel to Israel next week to warn that there will be consequences if Israeli leaders move forward with plans to annex parts of the West Bank, Israeli officials and European diplomats tell me.

Why it matters: Israeli and European officials agree that if Israel goes ahead with unilateral annexation, the EU will respond with sanctions.

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