this year supreme court began with a feeling of hope but has been nothing more than one step forward and two massive steps back for america. ketanji john broxson took place as the first black woman to serve on the high court, a historic appointment heralded as the progress needed to make the highest court inland reflect s population. really disturbed by the court specifically by chief justice john roberts suggested an error of moderation, the conserve justice ruled with the liberal in a slew of surprising decisions, including on key issues like immigration, voting rights, and election oversight. that s where the moderation. ended the court supermajority struck down the presidents student loan forgiveness program in just 24 hours. after ending affirmative action. long used to increase the number of black, hispanic, and other under representative minorities on college campuses. the court found that these policies violated the constitution s 14th amendment promise of equal prote
surveillance act. allow the former president blamed for enabling democrats supposed spying on his 2016 campaign. as you know, ray outlasted the trump administration and remains in this position as fbi director to this day. he remains under intense scrutiny not just by the former president but also by trump s powerful republican allies in congress. even the florida governor ron desantis to trump s main rival for the 2024 republican nomination has vowed to fire wray on day one if you were to become president. trump s expectation of loyalty from others within the federal government continue toward his tenure, and continues to cause problems for him to this day. according to the new york times, special counsel jack smith s other trump investigation, the one involving january six in the efforts to overturn the election is reviewing the events surrounding the event of crabs. he released a statement that the 2020 elections were, quote, the most secure in american history, which
things were developing. that default was not an honest. and mccarthy even had said that it would be, quote, possible to get a deal by the end of the week, last week. this past week. signs of renewed discourse bill back out yesterday when republican aides paused the discussion saying that it was, quote, not productive. democrats and republicans remain far apart a number of issues including spending cuts and work requirements for federal mccarthy said is a red line for him. talks between congressional republicans and the white house have yet to resume. yesterday mccarthy made his disadvantage faction public, reading, 12. president biden doesn t think that there is a think oh-dollar saving to be found in the federal budget. he would rather be the first president in history to default on the debt rather than upsetting the radical socialist calling the shots for democrats right now. mccarthy s three conveniently of re-norms the fact that republicans nor democrats under a presi
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accidental shooting. ukrainian officials accuse russians of opening fire in several areas in spite of a temporary ceasefire ordered by president putin. mexico s president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. the us republican kevin mccarthy has fallen agonisingly short in his latest attempt to be elected speaker of the house of representatives. he needed one more vote to secure victory, but has now failed 1a times, in a matter of days. there was a heated exchange on the floor of the chamber when mr mccarthy confronted one of the rebels, matt gaetz, who has repeatedly blocked his election. a 15th vote is now under way. david willis is our north america correspondent in washington. david, some extraordinary scenes on capitol hill. tell us what you saw from your perspective. what you