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President Biden said he raised the 2018 murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday and that he told the Saudi leader he believed him to be responsible for Khashoggi’s death.

“I raised it at the top of the meeting, making it clear what I thought of it at the time and what I think of it now,” Biden said in a speech after hours of meetings with the Saudi crown prince and other Saudi officials in Jeddah.

“I said, very straightforwardly, for an American president to be silent on the issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we are and who I am,” Biden continued. “I’ll always stand up for our values.” 

Peppered with questions from reporters about the exchange, Biden later said that the Saudi crown prince told him he was not “personally responsible” for Khashoggi’s murder.  

“I indicated I thought he was,” Biden said. “He said he was not personally responsible for it, and he took action against those who were responsible.”

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The House on Friday passed two bills aimed at protecting access to abortion, marking the chamber’s first legislative attempts at safeguarding the procedure after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.

The House passed a bill on Friday to temporarily suspend tariffs on baby formula imports, a move that some are hoping will help parents and families as they continue to struggle with formula shortages.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Friday that he told Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) this week that a report showing inflation jumping 9.1 percent in June compared to a year ago blew up the chances of him supporting a bill with climate provisions and tax reform anytime soon.  

Missouri Republican Senate candidate Eric Greitens will testify on Wednesday in a child custody case involving his ex-wife Sheena Greitens, where the former governor will likely be asked about allegations of abuse toward his ex-wife and children.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke on Friday both announced massive fundraising hauls ahead of the state’s closely watched gubernatorial race in November. 

A handful of leading cryptocurrency miners have the electrical capacity equivalent to nearly every residence in Houston, Texas, according to data released by Democratic members of Congress on Friday. 

"The U.S. and its allies such as Australia and Canada, and its friends in Asia such as South Korea and Japan, already are facing off against China’s muscular foreign and military policy," writes Seth J. Frantzman, executive director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis.

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