Things in new polling. No surprise here that trump remains the run away frontrunner. You go deeper in the numbers, guy requests, you have to wonder if there is a ramaswamy revolution going. Trump pain maining his lead while dropping 3 points from june, he is still ahead 37 points of his nearest competitor ron desantis, who fell 6 points, you see, from june out of the 20s, now in the teens at 16 . With Vivek Ramaswamy coming to life as a potential g. O. P. Breakout star, more than doubling hits position. You see he climbed 6 points to 11 . No indication, by the way, that his surge is directly connected to that ability to Rap Eminem Songs at the Iowa State Fair. Former mike pence gaining a point in the middle of the pack with nikki haley also take the 1 point climb as well and trumps most vocal critic Chris Christie seeing some growth up 2 points, 1 to 3 . But, obviously, still 50 behind the frontrunner. Finally, i want you to take a look at the small slip senator tim scott took down a p
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South of france and corsica fight huge forest fires banned by high temperatures and strong winds. Close to the Tourist Resort of saint tropez, nearly 2000 Fire Fighters have been put into action as dozens of homes are evacuated. And britains adam peaty has broken his own 50 metre breast stroke world record, in the heats of the World Swimming Championships in hungary. Good morning. Its tuesday the 25th ofjuly. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Builders could be banned from selling new houses as Leasehold Properties in england under proposals put forward by the government today. It comes after it emerged some Housing Developers have been selling the leasehold on to Investment Firms without always telling homeowners, leading to extra costs or rising charges. The government says there is a particular problem in the North West Of England where houses were being sold on leasehold although its not clear why. The communities secretary, sajid javid, has said enough is enough as he set
Fewer people will actually pay tax at that rate. Now, let me tell you what else they want to do. They want to nearly double the standard deduction. 12,000 for individuals. 24,000 for married couples. Thats the justification for raising the lowest tax rate from 10 to 12 that a whole lot of people arent actually going to pay for. The plan also calls for the elimination of the socalled marriage penalty. Raising the tax credit for a child under 17 by a yet to be specified amount. And look for a new 500 tax credit for nonchild dependents. That replaces the idea that you can actually otherwise claim nonchild dependents. In addition, the plan calls for repealing the estate tax. What a lot of republicans call the death tax. This benefits generally speaking the wealthy. It also repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax. At lot of you might say i pay the Alternative Minimum Tax. Heres the problem. It was actually meant to be something for the wealthy. Wasnt indexed to inflation so a
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prior felony convictions. the north carolina legislature overriding the governor s vitos of three bills relating to two transgender issues. the bills ban medical transitions for minors. prevent biological males from competing in women s sports limit gender and sexuality in the classroom. in veto letter governor roy cooper called the bill a triple threat of political culture wars because of the overrides and new laws take effect immediately and you see the movie on your screen right there. that is the barbie movie, of course, hitting a brand new milestone it is now warner brother s highest grossing movie ever with 537 million bucks at the box office so far. barbie beat out the previous title holder christopher nolan the dark night which was also a fantastic movie. that was released in 2008. this one, brian, released in 2023 if i have the date correct. brian: do you go get a second source on that and make sure you