President Biden is now hunkering down at his house in Rehoboth Seaside, Delaware, on Friday after holding just one public occasion this week.
Biden arrived there late Thursday night time and stays away from the White Home following a tumultuous week across the globe and on Wall Avenue. He has no occasions scheduled for at the moment.
On Friday, the specter of an Iranian counterattack on Israel was nonetheless looming giant following final week’s killings of prime Hezbollah and Hamas officers in Lebanon and Iran.
Russia additionally has declared a “federal-level” emergency in its Kursk area bordering Ukraine, in accordance with The Related Press, the place Kyiv has launched one of many largest shock assaults on Russia for the reason that warfare started over two years in the past.
BIDEN HOSTS TEXAS RANGERS AT WHITE HOUSE
President Joe Biden and first woman Jill Biden stroll down the steps of Air Drive One at Dover Air Drive Base in Delaware, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, as they head to their house in Rehoboth Seaside, Del., for an extended weekend. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Round 1,000 Ukrainian troops are reported to have poured into Russia, the place combating is ongoing.
Wall Avenue additionally has had a shaky week.
Following a world market sell-off on Monday — which prompted the Dow to plunge 2.6%, Nasdaq Composite 3.43% and S&P 500 3% — the jobless claims report out Thursday eased some considerations of a downturn.
Nonetheless, one U.S. economist is cautioning that this can be only the start of a “reckoning.”
“There’s a lot of pain ahead of us, both for the economy and this reckoning for the markets that have been really behind the curve, like the Fed,” Macromavens President Stephanie Pomboy stated Thursday on FOX Enterprise’ “Mornings with Maria.”
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US President Joe Biden speaks as he welcomes the Texas Rangers to have fun their 2023 World Sequence championship within the East Room of the White Home on Thursday, Aug. 8. It was his solely public occasion of the week. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Biden held his lone public occasion of the week on Thursday when he hosted MLB’s reigning World Sequence champion Texas Rangers on the White Home.
After Biden gave a number of remarks concerning the Rangers’ championship season, supervisor Bruce Bochy introduced him with a personalized jersey. Biden then held up the jersey and posed for a photograph. Bochy additionally gave the president a pair of cowboy boots.
President Joe Biden arrives at Dover Air Drive Base on his approach to his Rehoboth Seaside house on Thursday night time. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Moments later, Biden requested, “All right, what am I doing now?” because the visitors and gamers laughed.
Fox Information’ Caitlin McFall and Chantz Martin, and FOX Enterprise’ Kristen Altus contributed to this report.
