• WDTN

    India’s national election will take place in phases over 44 days. Here’s why it takes so long

    NEW DELHI (AP) — Nearly 970 million people — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in India's general elections that start Friday and last to June 1. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4. []

  • Democrats still in denial about Biden’s bad economy

    Democrats, and the opinion-makers who support them, just can’t seem to figure out why voters are still sour on the Biden economy. Writing for New York Magazine, Jonathan Chait made the case that “Paul Krugman Is Right About the Economy, and the Polls Are Wrong.” “One of the most uncomfortable arguments to make in America […]

    • MSNBC

    RFK Jr. takes more from Trump than Biden in 2024, polling shows

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes more from Donald Trump than President Biden in this year's election, according to new NBC News polling. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

  • Biden gets behind Johnson’s foreign aid plan

    Passage would mark a major win for the president, who is desperate to get munitions to Ukraine.

    • MSNBC

    Trump's lie that Biden is behind his criminal trials should be challenged by Democrats

    We can expect that former president and criminal defendant Donald Trump is going to claim every day — maybe even multiple times a day — that his criminal trial scheduled to begin in Manhattan on Monday was orchestrated by President Joe Biden. Trump used that line of attack at a rally five days before a Manhattan grand jury indicted him on New York state charges on March 30, 2023. Trump said the imminent charges were part of “the Biden regime’s weaponization of our system of justice.” He’s...

  • Biden Suggests It’s Risky for Him to Secure Border by Executive Orders

    President Joe Biden indicated in a new interview that he is considering taking executive action to secure the southern border. "Have you made a final decision on taking executive order in terms of what you want to do at the border? That includes the power to shut down the border, as it was suggested," Univision’s Enrique Acevedo asked Biden in an interview that aired late Tuesday night.

  • Democrats experience hope and fear as Biden nips at Trump’s heels

    President Joe Biden has narrowed the gap with former President Donald Trump, nearly tying but not overtaking the Republican in the polls. The latest RealClearPolitics polling average has Trump leading by 0.2 points, down from more than 4 at the beginning of the year. Trump led by 1 in the most recent New York Times-Siena President Joe Biden has narrowed the gap with former President Donald Trump, nearly tying but not overtaking the Republican in the polls.

    • MSNBC

    After Iran’s strikes, Biden pitches a ‘take the win’ line with Israel

    Two weeks ago, tensions between Israel and Iran reached a new level when Israel launched an attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus. The move had its intended effect: Israel killed multiple IRGC Quds Force commanders. It followed, among other things, clashes between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants based in Lebanon, in addition to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. The question wasn’t whether Iran would retaliate for the attack in Syria. Rather, the world waited to see when and how Tehran would...

  • Biden’s renewed embrace of Israel threatens to deepen Democratic divide

    Iran’s attack may give the president a reason to return to his default position of ‘ironclad’ Israeli support – could that hurt him in November?“Ironclad,” said Joe Biden. “Ironclad,” said Lloyd Austin, the defense secretary. “Ironclad,” said the Senate leader Chuck Schumer, the House leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer.In the wake of Saturday’s attack by Iran, Democrats united around a single word in expressing their commitment to Israel’s security. It was a...

  • US supreme court takes up Biden’s ‘ghost guns’ regulation case

    Justices to hear appeal by administration in favor of regulating firearms that people can assemble from kits at homeThe US supreme court will consider whether “ghost guns” – firearms made from kits available online that people can assemble at home – can be lawfully regulated.On Monday, the justices agreed to take up the appeal by the Biden administration in favor of regulations aimed at reining in the so-called ghost guns. Continue reading

  • Supreme Court Takes Up Case Challenging Biden Admin’s ‘Ghost Guns’ Rule

    The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case challenging the Biden administration’s “ghost guns” rule, which enables gun parts kits to be Read More

  • Biden is off on details of his uncle’s WWII death; during PA visit, he suggests cannibals were a factor

    President Joe Biden misstated key details about his uncle’s death in World War II as he honored the man’s wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief.