In a bid to hold on to voters, President Joe Biden is waging a fight against rising crime by touting increased police funding while staying mum on reform efforts that have stalled in the Senate.
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Dems flood primary to face Ron Johnson in Wisconsin
The latest entrant, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes on Tuesday, brings the highest profile but isn t a field-clearer.
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes announces that he will be running for U.S. Senate at the Sherman Phoenix Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Milwaukee. | Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP
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Flipping Wisconsin is a top Democratic priority to bolster their razor-thin Senate majority. But before the party gets a shot at GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, it will need to tackle a crowded, late primary.
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes became the latest and highest-profile Democrat to join the Senate race when he officially launched his campaign Tuesday. Barnes, 34, is the state s
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Biden Aims to Bolster Police Departments as Homicides Increase
The president made clear that he intends to approach crime prevention by investing in, rather than defunding, the police as he waded into an urgent national debate over policing.
“This is not a time to turn our backs on law enforcement or our communities,” President Biden said on Wednesday.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
Published June 23, 2021Updated June 24, 2021, 9:27 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON President Biden said on Wednesday that states could draw from $350 billion in federal stimulus money to shore up police departments and vowed to crack down on gun dealers who fail to run background checks, as the White House seeks to combat the alarming rise in homicide rates in America’s cities.
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