NewzSupreme Court again rejected a push to use Missouri congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump on Thursday, a loss for Republicans trying to maintain control of the House in the fast-approaching midterm elections. Missouri's 2022 congressional map is back in place after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh granted an emergency stay request to block a federal judge's order.
The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation.Trump also said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. The comments were a striking acknowledgment from Trump about the conflict as his Republican administration faces mounting pressure to address high gas prices as the war in Iran grinds on with no conclusion in sight.Here's the latest:US Supreme Court again rejects push to use Trump-backed congressional map in MissouriThe U.S. The maps were drawn to help Republicans gain an additional U.S.
But he’s not the first politician to use labels that stretch the realities of certain policies.Franklin Roosevelt called Social Security an “old-age insurance system.” But insurance involves premium payments from policy holders financing claims to those same customers. In Social Security, existing workers’ taxes are immediately paid out to older beneficiaries.Barack Obama pitched his 2009 economic “stimulus bill.” Most of it was tax cuts and direct aid to state governments after the 2008 financial crash. It was more a stabilizing effort than a stimulus.Republicans call the estate tax, adopted under Democrat Woodrow Wilson, t…
(AP) — Federal judge lets Missouri’s top court hold contempt hearing in dispute over Trump-backed congressional map. The decision on Thursday appears to clear the way for the use of the old 2022 maps.
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