Category: Politics

DeSantis team is falling fast!Trump Overshadows Ron DeSantis At Iowa Fair – With Planes

Trump overshadowed DeSantis at the Iowa State Fair, flying over the event and prompting chants of “we want Trump!” while the Florida gov. was flipping burgers.
— Read on www.mediaite.com/politics/we-want-trump-watch-crowd-go-wild-as-desantis-literally-overshadowed-by-trump-at-iowa-state-fair-with-planes/

Oh FFS! Scoop: Biden wants new housing program for migrant families

The government has struggled to balance concerns about detaining migrant children with enforcing immigration laws.
— Read on www.axios.com/2023/08/11/biden-migrant-family-detention-new-housing-program-congress

Biden seeks $24 billion for Ukraine, testing bipartisan support in Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress to approve about $40 billion in additional spending on Thursday, including $24 billion for Ukraine and other international needs, $4 billion related to border security and $12 billion for disaster relief. A senior administration official said the needs were great, and the White House was hopeful an agreement could be reached with Congress on the request, which covers only the first quarter of the current 2024 fiscal year. But the request could face opposition in Congress, where some far-right Republicans – especially those with close ties to former President Donald Trump – want to pare back the billions in assistance Washington has sent to Kyiv since Russian troops invaded in February 2022.
— Read on news.yahoo.com/biden-asks-u-congress-40-190338829.html

Atlanta-area prosecutor expected to seek more than a dozen indictments in Trump case | CNN Politics

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to seek more than a dozen indictments when she presents her case regarding efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia before a grand jury next week, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/politics/trump-georgia-fani-willis-dozen-indictments/index.html

Lina Hidalgo takes leave from job for treatment of clinical depression

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a Democrat who has built a rising national profile as the leader of Texas’ largest county, announced Monday that she was taking a temporary leave of absence for treatment of clinical depression.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/lina-hidalgo-takes-leave-job-treatment-clinical-depression-rcna98669

China and Russia Send Warships Near Alaska in ‘Unprecedented’ Joint Show of Force | The Epoch Times

Warships from a joint China–Russia naval operation buzzed the coast of Alaska last week in what has b…
— Read on www.theepochtimes.com/world/china-and-russia-send-warships-near-alaska-in-unprecedented-joint-show-of-force-5447320