Both Biden and Trump had courted influential union. Plus, poll finds 35% of Americans say Israel is committing genocide<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Good morning.<\/p>\n The United Auto Workers (UAW) formally endorsed Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s re-election campaign on Wednesday at the union\u2019s national community action program conference in Washington DC.<\/p>\n How influential is the UAW?<\/strong> It has 40,000 members. It is based in Detroit, Michigan, a key swing state where, according to one poll<\/a> conducted at the end of 2023, Trump is edging out Biden 39% to 37%.<\/p>\n How did Trump try <\/strong>to court the union?<\/strong> In September, Trump said Fain was \u201ca good man \u2026 he\u2019s got to endorse Trump\u201d. He also attacked electric vehicles and claimed, in office, \u201cwe will drill baby drill\u201d and support gas engines.<\/p>\n What did Biden tell the UAW conference?<\/strong> On Wednesday, Biden talked up his pro-labor credentials, saying: \u201cThe union movement in America is important because it produces the best skilled workers in the world\u201d. He added: \u201cDuring my presidency, we opened 20 auto factories and more than 250,000 auto jobs all across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n What is the latest in Gaza?<\/strong> The Israeli army says it has \u201cencircled\u201d the southern city of Khan Younis after two days of heavy fighting. The city is crowded with 88,000 residents and about 425,000 displaced people, with many trapped sheltering in hospitals. \u201cEveryone in Gaza is hungry,\u201d the UN secretary general said Wednesday.<\/p>\n How many Palestinians have been killed?<\/strong> More than 25,700, health officials in Hamas-run Gaza say, since the 7 October attack that saw 1,200 in Israel killed. About 85% of the 2.3 million people in Gaza have been displaced and face hunger and disease.<\/p>\n What<\/strong> is happening off the coast of Yemen?<\/strong> Two ships owned by Maersk\u2019s US subsidiary sought US navy support after hearing explosions. Houthi militants are continuing their attacks on commercial shipping \u2013 which they say is in solidarity with Palestinians.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Both Biden and Trump had courted influential union. Plus, poll finds 35% of Americans say Israel is committing genocide Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The United Auto Workers (UAW) formally endorsed Joe Biden\u2019s re-election campaign on Wednesday at the union\u2019s national community action program conference in Washington … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}