Can Joe Biden bring order to the southern border without Congress?
The president is boxed in on all sides
EVEN BACK when it looked as if the bipartisan border-security bill would get a fair hearing in the Senate, the Biden administration insisted that it was working on a Plan B. Then the bill fell apart, owing to Donald Trump’s desire to deprive Joe Biden of any accomplishments to campaign on, and Plan B became Plan A.
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United States March 9th 2024
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- Donald Trump wasn’t MAGA’s only winner on Super Tuesday
- Can Joe Biden bring order to the southern border without Congress?
- Is New York rethinking its sanctuary-city status?
- A private company will send your ashes to the moon
- Leaked discussions reveal uncertainty about transgender care
- Has Ron DeSantis gone too far in Florida?
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