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Biden to mark 9/11 anniversary in Alaska, Harris visits ground zero

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President Biden will deliver remarks on the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in Alaska. President Joe Biden will mark the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in Alaska on Monday afternoon. Biden will deliver remarks to more than 1,000 service members, first responders and their families at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, the White House said. Biden has been overseas to attend the G20 summit in India and to visit Vietnam in an effort to further shore up U.S. relations with key partners in Asia amid China's rising i NFL uence. U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a press conference, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sept. 10, 2023. Evan Vucci/AP He departed Vietnam early Monday morning for Anchorage. Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his condolences for the "tremendous losses incurred" during the Sept. 11 attacks, and Biden thanked him for expressing "sentiment and concern." MORE: 'No words...

Images of potential Gaza ground invasion may act as 'catalyst for various violent actors': DHS

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Images of Israel's potential ground invasion into Gaza could serve as "a catalyst for various violent actors," Department of Homeland Security warned. Images of Israel's potential ground invasion into Gaza could serve as "a catalyst for various violent actors ," the Department of Homeland Security warned in an intelligence assessment on Sunday. The agency said it's "concerned about lone offenders inspired by or responding to the co NFL ict committing simple, unsophisticated attacks that are difficult to warn of in advance." "Attacks in other countries that are potentially related to the conflict could also motivate copycat or retaliatory attacks," DHS said in the assessment. MORE: Israel-Gaza live updates: Hundreds of Gaza targets struck overnight, Israel says The Israeli military has a "green light" to move into Gaza whenever it's ready, a member of the country’s security cabinet told ABC News. The Biden adminis...

US still pushing to free Hamas' hostages as Israel expands ground assault in Gaza: Sullivan

Freeing Hamas' American, Israeli and other hostages in Gaza is still a priority as Israel escalates its ground incursion, Jake Sullivan said Sunday Freeing the American, Israeli and other hostages in Gaza is still a priority as Israel expands its ground assault in the territory in an effort to defeat Hamas in the wake of the group's terror attack on Israel, the White House's national security adviser said Sunday. "We are continuing to see if there are ways to make that happen. We are prepared to support humanitarian pauses so that hostages can get out safely. And we will keep working at that every day because the president has no higher priority than the safe return of American citizens and wants to support the return of citizens of other countries and Israelis as well," Jake Sullivan told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "Now, how exactly that happens ... I cannot predict that. All I can tell you is every effort is being undertaken r...

More parts of George Santos' background contradict, including details of mom's death

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More discrepancies are coming to the forefront, adding to the already long list of lies New York Rep.-Elect Geroge Santos has said about his life. More discrepancies are emerging about New York Rep.-elect George Santos' background, adding to a growing list of fabrications and exaggerations that the incoming congressman has told about his life -- some of which have drawn the attention of prosecutors. In addition to having falsely said he attended Baruch College, which he has since admitted, another part of his Education has now been challenged. On an archived version of his 2020 congressional website, Santos said he went to the elite private school Horace Mann in New York City but did not graduate due to financial difficulties for his family. He said he went on to obtain his GED. But a spokesperson for the school on Thursday confirmed to ABC News -- and other outlets -- that he never attended Horace Mann. An attorney for Santos, Joseph Murray, initially pushed back on scrutiny of h...