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With just nine days until the first presidential debate on CNN, President Joe Biden has received a surprise boost in the polls after months of declining support.
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In Virginia, a MAGA civil war will come to an end tonight with the state’s Republican primaries.
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Melania Trump hosts second fundraiser with Republican group
Melania Trump will make a rare political appearance by headlining a second fundraiser for Log Cabin Republicans.
The former first lady will host the July 8 event for the largest GOP group representing LGBTQ conservatives at Trump Tower in New York. POLITICS reported.
It is the second time this year that she has led an event with the group.
In April, she held a fundraising extravaganza for them at Mar-a-Lago.
Melania mainly stayed behind the scenes during her husband’s campaign.
China now has 500 nuclear weapons and is said to have deployed nuclear warheads for the first time in peacetime
Biden wants to offer protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants married to American citizens
President Joe Biden plans to announce a sweeping new policy on Tuesday that would remove the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens, an aggressive election-year immigration action sought by many Democrats.
The policy will admit about 490,000 spouses of US citizens a chance to apply for a “parole in place” program, which would protect them from deportations and offer them work permits if they have lived in the country for at least ten years, two of the people informed said.
They all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the announcement publicly.
The White House declined to comment on the announcement on Monday.
Biden, 81, is getting a surprising boost ahead of the first debate with Trump
President Joe Biden has received a surprise boost in the polls with just nine days until his first debate with Donald Trump.
After months of sagging support, a new one NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll Tuesday shows that the 81-year-old Biden is on par with Trump with 49 percent.
Nine percent of voters have not yet decided who they will vote for.
25 percent said they have a “good idea” of who they will vote for, but admitted they “could still change their minds.”
Six in 10 respondents said they plan to watch next Thursday’s primetime showdown on CNN.
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Welcome to DailyMail.com’s US politics blog, with the day’s biggest stories from the campaign trail and in the corridors of power.
With only nine days left until the first presidential debate CNNChair Joe Biden has enjoyed a surprise boost in the polls after months of declining support.
Biden is also about to announce a new immigration policy that will protect thousands from deportation, drawing anger from the right and celebration from the left.
In VirginiaTonight, a MAGA civil war will come to an end with the state’s Republican primaries.
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