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The shooting in Highland Park, Illinois overshadowed the Independence Day celebration yesterday at the White House. Police arrested the shooter on the run, Robert E. Crimo III in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Biden said he was “shocked” by the shooting and promised to do more on gun violence. “We’ve gotta get this under control.”
The President and his family watched the 4th of July fireworks over the National Mall from the White House balcony. After the fireworks ended, Biden gave a salute to the crowd.
Your top news stories of today are below.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Today at the White House, Biden will award the Medal of Honor to four soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War.
For the play-by-play schedule, see here.
Biden has received a handwritten letter from 31-year-old basketball star Brittney Griner who is terrified at the thought of staying forever in Russia’s detention on drug smuggling charges.
“I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I’m terrified I might be here forever,” she wrote in the letter.
The White House Press Secretary will hold the first briefing today after 68 White House correspondents sent a strong letter demanding her to lift all press restrictions imposed at the beginning of the pandemic.
DIGITAL ASSETS
Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of Circle, stood up against the allegations that his company is having financial problems and is on the brink of collapse.
“Circle is in the strongest position it has ever been in financially,” Allaire said in a statement promising to increase transparency.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Across the pond, Lynton Crosby, the polling guru known as The Wizard of Oz, is back at Number 10. Boris Johnson might roll the dice and call the snap election while Parliament is in recess this summer. The Pavlovic Today has a story.
Britain is not considering re-joining Single Market if the Labour party wins the next general election. Keir Starmer wants to “make Brexit work.”
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic, commented on Monday on the UK’s proposal to repeal and replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights.
“It is worrying that the proposed legal reforms might weaken human rights protections at this pivotal moment for the UK, and it sends the wrong signal beyond the country’s borders at a time when human rights are under pressure throughout Europe,” said the Commissioner.
Vladimir Putin would welcome Scottish independence, Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour party leader, said during her speech at the Fabian Society in London. She said Putin would love to break up the UK and “would support anything which is damaging to his enemies.”
Zelenskyy promised in his video address that his forces would retake Luhansk.
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