Tucked in the massive government funding package signed Saturday by President Biden is a provision banning the flying of LGBTQ Pride flags over U.S. embassies. But even on the same day Mr. Biden signed the package, the White House vowed to work toward repealing the provision. The prohibition was one of many side issues included in the mammoth $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September, which passed early Saturday shortly after a midnight deadline.
WASHINGTON " The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it will allow Texas to enforce for now a contentious new law that gives local police the power to arrest migrants. The conservative-majority court, with three liberal justices dissenting, rejected an emergency request by the Biden administration, which said states have no authority to legislate on immigration, an issue the federal government has sole authority over
With a little over seven mo the to go, CNN's road to 270 map projects Trump as the 2024 winner with current standings at Trump 272 to Biden 225. It is worth noting that they have not declared AZ, PA, nor WI for either candidate.
The Fulton County judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election case dismissed some charges against former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, although other charges remain. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said six charges listed in the indictment must be quashed, including three counts against Trump, per court documents. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in the case. "As written, these six counts contain all the essential elements of the crimes but fail to allege sufficient detail regarding the nature of their commission, i.e., the underlying felony solicited," McAfee wrote in his decision. read more
Pundits may have fawned over President Biden's State of the Union address last Thursday, praising it as a "homerun" performance from a "fiery, powerful, vigorous guy" that would ease nagging fears about his age and vitality. But voters barely seem to have noticed. A new Yahoo News/YouGov survey of 1,482 U.S. adults, conducted in the days immediately following Biden's big speech, shows zero improvement in perceptions of the president " or in his standing against former President Donald Trump. Before the State of the Union, Trump (45%) and Biden (44%) were statistically tied in a head-to-head 2024 matchup, according to the previous Yahoo News/YouGov poll from late January. They remain tied today, with Trump at 46% and Biden at 44% " a gap that's well within the poll's margin of error (2.8%). read more
But then again, maybe it's all of you who are correct. But I'd say that likelihood is about the same As believing Mar-A-Lago is only worth 18MM ...