Closing summary
Joe Biden has told Benjamin Netanyahu that future US support for the war in Gaza will depend on Israel taking concrete action to protect civilians and aid workers, as the two leaders held their first phone call since Israeli airstrikes killed seven employees of the international food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK). Biden’s comments were echoed by his secretary of state, Antony Blinken, who said US support would be curtailed if Israel failed to adjust its conduct.
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The centrist group No Labels announced it will not field a third-party candidate for US president this year.
A federal judge refused to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, rejecting a defense argument that the case should be tossed because he was entitled as a former president to retain the records after he left office.
A Georgia judge rejected Trump’s bid to dismiss criminal charges in the state’s election interference against him on first amendment grounds.
Biden will travel to Baltimore tomorrow to receive an operational update on response efforts after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the White House said.
Here’s more from secretary of state Antony Blinken’s briefing following a Nato meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.
Blinken, speaking to reporters, reaffirmed the US’s commitment for Ukraine to eventually join Nato but held back commitments ahead of the alliance’s annual summit, which will take place in July. He said:
Ukraine will become a member of Nato. Our purpose at the summit is to help build a bridge to that membership.
He added that more aid is urgently needed for Ukraine, and that the message from Nato allies was clear that the Congress vote on aid for Ukraine cannot happen soon enough.
