Republicans Emerge From Census With Upper Hand in Map-Drawing Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Gregory Korte
(Bloomberg) Republicans’ bid to retake the U.S. House next year got a lift from new Census figures that added congressional seats in a handful of states, including Texas, that Donald Trump won in November’s election.
With Democrats holding the House by a slim majority, the numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday leave the GOP, for now, in a stronger position especially since Republicans control the legislatures that will redraw congressional districts in states with the biggest population changes.
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It was a problem that plagued the GOP during the last presidential election, and party leaders say they’re still grappling with it as Biden marches onward with an aggressive agenda in the months ahead.
Usually, Michigan business leaders have no problem publicly supporting a presidential candidate. Not so this year, where Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton have each been polarizing political figures. (photo courtesy of MLive)
This year’s historic presidential election, starring two of the most polarizing candidates in memory, has taken on a populist tone as the major-party candidates appeal to working- and middle-class voters.
Yet business is paying attention to Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s positions on jobs and the economy particularly regarding corporate taxation and global trade since the outcome in November will determine the direction of some business decisions.
Biden faces police reform challenge in wake of Chauvin verdict
Demonstrators at a march in Boston after this week’s George Floyd verdict.
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Apr 24, 2021 – 12.00am
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Joe Biden prayed for the “right verdict” in the George Floyd murder trial before it was announced, then celebrated the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin as a “giant step forward in the march towards justice in America”.
But having secured the outcome he was hoping for in the criminal case that captured America and the world, the US President now faces the daunting political challenge of delivering on his pledge for greater racial equality in the country, beginning with policing.