The president’s announcement to expand legal protections for some undocumented spouses of American citizens evoked Barack Obama’s move to help young immigrants in 2012.
Senior Democrats who had taken the unusual step of holding out relented to pressure from the Biden administration and allowed a multibillion-dollar sale of weapons to move ahead.
The new policy is one of the most significant actions to protect immigrants in years. It affects about 500,000 people who have been living in the United States for more than a decade.
Some voters blame the American Rescue Plan for fueling price increases. But the growth it unleashed may be helping the president stay more popular than counterparts in Europe.
The Democratic contest in Virginia’s 10th House district will end what may be the ugliest fight of the 2024 primary season — and start an unexpected general election battle.
Democrats in the state are veering from cautious optimism to complete pessimism about their chances in 2024, with two liberal-leaning ballot measures having the potential to boost turnout.