Biden news - live: President pledges aid for Covid-stricken India in call with PM Modi Chantal Da Silva and Justin Vallejo
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The Supreme Court has announced it will hear a major gun rights case on whether New Yorkers should be able to carry concealed handguns in public.
Under New York’s long-held handgun licensing law, handgun owners must be able to demonstrate “proper cause” to hold the firearms in order to obtain a license.
Those who want an unrestricted license to carry must demonstrate that they have a “special need” to protect themselves.
The challenge, which is backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) questions that, with gun rights advocates calling on the court to rule that residents have a constitutional right to carry their weapons outside their homes.
Biden news: President pledges aid for Covid-stricken India in call with PM Modi Chantal Da Silva and Justin Vallejo
LIVE – Updated at 19:55
Joe Biden pledged additional pandemic supplies to India as the country faces a rapidly increasing number of new Covid cases. In a call with prime minister Narendra Modi, Biden committed to providing emergency assistance including oxygen-related supplies, vaccine materials, and therapeutics.
The Supreme Court has announced it will hear a major gun rights case on whether New Yorkers should be able to carry concealed handguns in public.
Under New York’s long-held handgun licensing law, handgun owners must be able to demonstrate “proper cause” to hold the firearms in order to obtain a license.
Relative of Emmett Till speaks alongside Floyd and Wright families
A relative of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, is among those joining the families of George Floyd of Daunte Wright outside the Hennepin County courthouse on Tuesday.
“The past is not past until justice is served,” she said. “We are tired and exhausted of the terrorism that has been brought against our families across this country. I would only say to the families, to the the Wright families and all the other families that’re represented, we are going to continue to stand up.”
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Hunter Biden shrugs off Trumps’ criticism
The White House announced its border coordinator, who was leading the Biden administration’s attempts at halting the surge of migrants, would step down at the end of the month. The announcement on late Friday came just hours after border czar Robert Jacobson outlined the president’s plans to approach US companies to invest in Mexico and Central America to reduce migration.
Joe Biden, meanwhile, announced a $1.5trn budget proposal for 2022, with a 16 per cent increase in domestic spending. The White House outlined the proposal in its “discretionary request”, which is separate from Biden’s latest $2trn spending bill, and the $1.9trn coronavirus aid bill recently passed by the Senate.
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