Tension between Biden and Israel’s Netanyahu as Gaza campaign rages on - latest

The attorney and Covid-19 conspiracy theorist claimed he had not been consulted on the advert – though it remained pinned to the top of his profile on X/Twitter on Monday

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The final line of this is an overt challenge to Republicans to stand up to their orange leader. Will they listen?

An ABC News/Ipsos poll that was released on Sunday provided several vexing results for the incumbent president, writes John Bowden.

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Tensions between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly ramped up behind the scenes, with the president telling advisers and others that the Israeli prime minister is ignoring his advice and obstructing efforts to stymie the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.

According to CNN, per officials, Mr Biden has been more open with his thoughts on Mr Netanyahu in private, including his irritation that the Israeli prime minister has not followed through on American recommendations to de-escalate military tactics in Gaza.

Mr Biden has not criticised Mr Netanyahu publicly, but has become increasingly critical of Israel’s tactics, CNN reported. Last week the president said he believes the campaign in Gaza is “over the top.”

There is now speculation as to how long he will keep his reported discontent with Mr Netanyahu behind closed doors.

Democrats, however, consider such arguments in the wake of Robert Hur’s report “cheap trash” and are already producing the superior derisory slogans.

Eric Garcia and Katie Hawkinson have the latest.

Jimmy Kimmel had a thing or two to say to Republican candidate Nikki Haley after she uploaded a video that looked very similar to the host’s own show segment “Mean Tweets”.

Amelia Neath was watching.

Hours before Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, Trump made one last, desperate appeal for the political support of pop superstar Taylor Swift, knowing she was flying in to watch her boyfriend Travis Kelce in action and would dominate coverage of the big game.

“I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists,” the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination wrote on Truth Social.

“Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will. There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money.

He continued, bizarrely: “Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!”

Here’s an explainer on precisely what the Music Modernization Act is and why Trump’s claim to have been behind it all are, predictably, bogus.

The independent presidential candidate has issued an apology to the extended Kennedy clan after the PAC American Values 2024 ran a 30-second ad during yesterday’s Super Bowl that relied heavily on imagery from his late uncle John F Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign.

That’s this one, incidentally, which, at the time of writing, he still had pinned to the top of his X feed.

Trump’s Nato remarks were not the only odd things he had to say this weekend, naturally.

On Friday, he addressed a crowd of supporters at the National Rifle Association’s Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he made several surprising comments, including how he saw a migrant stealing a refrigerator and claimed the state’s name would be changed if he isn’t re-elected president.

Michelle Del Rey offers this dispatch from the frontlines of insanity.