Biden Says Netanyahu Not Doing Enough; Gold Star Families Defend Trump; Brazil Upholds X Suspension

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President Joe Biden said on Monday that he is close to presenting a final proposal for a deal to release hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, but said he did not think Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was doing enough to secure an agreement. Israeli forces recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Gaza over the weekend, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old American–Israeli.

Former President Donald Trump's campaign issued a statement Sunday from the Gold Star military families who invited him to Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26 to mark the 3rd anniversary of the Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members. The families said Trump was honoring their loved ones when he came to Arlington and pushed back against Vice President Kamala Harris's criticism of the visit.

A five-member panel of Brazil's Supreme Court formed a majority on Monday to uphold Justice Alexandre de Moraes' ruling shutting down the X social media platform in the country. X was taken down in Brazil in the early hours of Saturday following a decision by Moraes after the platform missed a court-imposed deadline to name a legal representative in Brazil as required by local law.