🎯 Axios PM: "Total victory"

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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Walmart   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Jul 24, 2024 Good afternoon. Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 641 words, a 2.5-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing. 🏛️ If you're in Washington tomorrow, I hope you'll join me for breakfast at an Axios News Shapers event at 8 a.m. Packed lineup: I'll interview Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), and we'll have conversations with Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell. RSVP here. ⏰ Reminder: President Biden is scheduled to speak at 8 p.m. ET tonight on his decision not to run for re-election     1 big thing: Netanyahu says war will continue   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress today. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't give an inch as he addressed a joint session of Congress today, even with protests swirling both inside the chamber and outside the Capitol. He said Israel would not relent in the war in Gaza until it has achieved "total victory," and he denied that Israel had prevented aid from getting into Gaza. He tore into American college students' pro-Palestinian protests, calling them "useful idiots" for Iran. And he pressed the U.S. to continue to support Israel's war effort, without making any explicit references to a hostage/ceasefire deal that could end or at least pause the fighting. Pro-Palestinian supporters gather outside the Capitol to protest Netanyahu's speech to Congress. Photo: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images 🪧 The other side: Thousands of people protested around Washington, including at Union Station and at the Watergate Hotel, where Netanyahu is staying. Inside the House chamber, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) held up a sign during the speech that said "war criminal," and about 50 Democrats skipped the speech altogether. A handful of spectators were removed and arrested during the speech. 🗓️ What's next: Netanyahu is set to meet with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris tomorrow, and with former President Trump on Friday.     2. Police shooting revives reform push   Sonya Massey is seen in body-camera footage talking to former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson outside her home in Springfield, Ill., on July 6. Photo: Illinois State Police via AP Newly released video footage — showing police killing a Black woman who had called 911 for help — is pushing police reform back onto the 2024 agenda, Axios' Russell Contreras reports. Catch up quick: Prosecutors say police killed Sonya Massey, 36, inside her Springfield, Illinois, home on July 6. Authorities say Massey had called 911 to report a suspected prowler. Video footage released Monday shows a local sheriff's deputy following Massey inside her home and later shooting her three times, including once in the head, after she stood up to remove a pot of boiling water from her stove. 💬 What they're saying: "Sonya's family deserves justice. I am heartbroken for her children and her entire family as they face this unthinkable and senseless loss," President Biden said Monday. 🔎 What we're watching: The push for federal police reform has taken a backseat over the past two years, but Massey's death, along with the 10th anniversaries of Eric Garner's and Michael Brown's deaths, is bringing it back in focus. The officer who shot her was fired last week and indicted for first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct. He has pleaded not guilty. Go deeper.     A message from Walmart In one year alone, Walmart promoted more than 5,000 veterans     "I've been at Walmart 9 years and been promoted 5 times," says U.S. Army veteran Santiago, who is now a Vision Center manager at Walmart. What this means: At Walmart, veterans are applying their skills and building fulfilling careers. Explore the stories of veterans like Santiago.     3. Catch me up   Flames flow from a living room window of a Riverside, Calif., home as it burns down on Sunday. Photo: Jon Putman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ⚠️ Massive wildfires burning across the unusually hot and dry western U.S. and Canada have led thousands to evacuate. Go deeper. 🏀 The NBA said it's not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery's $1.8 billion per year offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league and therefore has entered into a deal with Amazon Prime Video. This would mean this coming season would end a nearly four-decade run of games being on TNT. Go deeper. 💻 The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Trump searched for information on John F. Kennedy's assassination, the FBI said. Go deeper. ☑️ CrowdStrike is adding more steps to its internal review process after shipping faulty code last Friday that crashed millions of Windows devices worldwide. Go deeper.     4. 📸 1 for the road   Photo: Ben Thouard/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Above: U.S. Olympic surfer Caitlin Simmers participates in a training session in Tahiti yesterday ahead of the Paris Games. ⛷️ The latest: The International Olympic Committee announced today that Salt Lake City will host the 2034 Winter Olympics.     A message from Walmart Every day, thousands of veterans build careers at Walmart     Walmart provides career opportunities for veterans transitioning to civilian life after serving in the military. Key numbers: Since 2013, Walmart has hired over 430,000 veterans. That's more people than those serving in the U.S. Navy today. 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