Lesotho s Democratic Congress still committed to coalition govt after ABC split Lesotho’s wounded coalition government has assured its people and the international community that it still has the required majority to remain in power. FILE: Moeketsi Majoro (right) is sworn in as Lesotho prime minister at the Royal Palace in Maseru on 20 May 2020. Picture: AFP
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JOHANNESBURG - Lesotho’s wounded coalition government has assured its people and the international community that it still has the required majority to remain in power.
This followed last week’s split of Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s leading party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC).
Commentary on Biden’s First 100 Days From Republicans, Democrats Are Poles Apart
Republicans and Democratic lawmakers issued starkly different commentary on President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office as the president delivered his first address to the joint session of Congress, with the former side full of criticism and the latter full of praise.
Biden, a Democrat, delivered his hour-long, nationally televised address at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday night, a day before his 100th day in office, to a thin crowd at the Capitol due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. He painted the current state of America as one of progress in multiple arenas and declared that “America is rising anew,” while calling on Congress to cooperate with his radical proposals on a range of issues, including a number of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and broadly extend the social safety net.
The American right is failing to challenge Biden
Odds are stacked against a conservative counter-assault in any battle of ideas - and the Republicans haven’t bothered to turn up to fight
29 April 2021 • 10:28am
Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday as Vice-President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applaud
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Joe Biden was elected a moderate but will radically broaden the US federal government’s scope if he gets his way.
In a Congressional joint session on Wednesday, the President trailed a “Families” plan that would increase welfare state spending by an average of $180bn (£130bn) a year.
Carl Golden: Liz Cheney for president?
By Carl GoldenGuest column
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On paper, it appears to be the kind of lopsided contest that even the Vegas bookies won’t take any action on – Representative Liz Cheney, a 54-year-old two term Congresswoman from Wyoming versus ex-president Donald Trump, a 74-year-old one-term billionaire president from Florida by way of Queens.
At stake is the control of the national Republican Party at a time when prospects appear bright for the party to re-take control of both houses of Congress in 2022.
That goal is only attainable, according to Cheney, if the party leadership breaks cleanly from Trump, escapes from under his influence and leaves behind his four years of chaos, erratic behavior and bitter partisan conflict marked by two impeachment trials.