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Former President Donald Trump vowed in Wisconsin to trash President Joe Biden’s so-called “Bidenomics” and reinstate “MAGAnomics” upon victory in November. The average Wisconsin family lost $21,981 due to the increased cost of living under Biden, the Republican National Committee estimated. The economy is the number one issue in 2024, according to CNN. About half of voters in swing states Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan believe the economy got worse under Biden’s management, a CBS News poll found Sunday.

After the Supreme Court ruled that states lack standing to sue President Joe Biden’s administration for not enforcing federal immigration law, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he will reinstate the agency’s so-called “sanctuary country” orders that shield most of the nation’s illegal aliens from arrest and deportation. “We applaud the Supreme Court’s ruling,” Mayorkas said: DHS looks forward to reinstituting these guidelines, which had been effectively applied by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to focus limited resources and enforcement actions on those who pose a threat to our national security, public safety, and border security....

(CNN)Philadelphia will reinstate its indoor mask mandate as of Monday, April 18, as cases in the city quickly rise, the city's Public Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole announced Monday. Their decision comes after a slew of states and major cities dropped their masking requirements as cases began trending downward in January. On March 25, Hawaii became the last state to drop its mandate. The city will move to its second level of Covid-19 restrictions, which requires Philadelphians to wear masks in indoor public places. The mandate goes into effect on April 18.

San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties will reinstate a mask mandate for all indoor environments as cases of the coronavirus “Delta variant” continue to rise, health officials announced Monday. The new mandate — which applies to everyone, regardless of their vaccination status — will take effect on Tuesday in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma counties, and in the city of Berkeley.

The Navy has recommended reinstating Capt. Brett Crozier as commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, according to reports, in a move that would be unprecedented. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday and acting Navy Secretary James McPherson made the recommendation to Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday when briefing him about the results of the investigation into the coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier. Esper asked for more time to consider whether to reinstate Crozier, the Times added. In a statement Friday afternoon, chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Esper is awaiting a written copy of the investigation to...

In a dramatic last minute reversal, the top French administrative court ruled Thursday to uphold a ban on anti-Semitic comic Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala. The ruling overturned a local court decision earlier in the day allowing his performance in Nantes, and came right before the show was to begin. The local Nantes judge earlier Thursday had overruled the ban of the comic, which was implemented according to the instructions of French Interior Minister Manuel Valls and President Francois Hollande. The ban was previously upheld Wednesday in the city of Pau regarding a planned show in Biarritz. Valls turned to the Council...

I had an instantaneous reaction today when I saw what Joe Biden had said: I thought: "some Republican can use this". It is almost as if Biden was doing this purely for political show; appearing to be the liberal Democrat who (along with Charles Rangel?) is just facing the geopolitical reality for the sake of our national defense, yada yada--when the irony is that it the Democrats are the party which would be far more likely to install a draft if in power.

Ron Silver on Fox with Linda Vester: Kerry has said many times that he will increase troops by 40,000. Where is he going to get the 40,000 additional troops from?: THE DRAFT Kerry will reinstate the draft Kerry has said many times that he will increase troops by 40,000. Where is he going to get the 40,000 additional troops from?: THE DRAFT