News Roundup & Comment

The following stories from the first quarter hour were part of a much wider look by Jim at news items from this week:

--President Biden decides to seek a second term announcing his 2024 re-election campaign, ending months of speculation about his future.

--Representative Ronny Jackson, who was a White House physician to multiple presidents, is circulating a letter among House Republicans demanding that President Biden take a cognitive test or drop out of the 2024 race.

--Despite a pledge to bring transparency and truth back to the government, President Biden has held the fewest number of press conferences since Ronald Reagan.

--President Biden brought a "cheat sheet" to a Wednesday press conference that showed he had advance knowledge of a question from a journalist.

--The Sudanese military has been working with foreign governments to evacuate diplomats as their country descends into a massive conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and Sudan's armed forces.

--White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed on Wednesday that a second American has been killed in Sudan.

--The Taliban has reportedly killed the Islamic state terrorist who orchestrated a deadly attack against U.S. troops in Afghanistan during the withdrawal back in 2021.

--Two of the most iconic faces on cable news are gone from their host networks as Fox has parted ways with Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon has departed CNN.

--A bill extending the nation's debt ceiling was approved by the House on Wednesday after days of deliberation among Republican legislators to support the measure.