Biden slams president Russia business; Trump's cabinet testifies to the hill

Salt Lake City accepted three new city flags on Tuesday to bypass a new law in Utah, which has effectively banned the flying LGBTQ -Stolz and other flags in public buildings in the state.

Mayor Erin Mendenhall, a Democrat, presented the city council the proposal, which passed him at his meeting on Tuesday evening. It includes the city's flag in designs that celebrate Junetenth, LGBTQ rights and transit rights.

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The chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, condemned the Trump government's tariff policy in an interview about MSNBCS “Morning Joe”.

The Republicans tried to disguise reality in this topic, said Martin. He noted that the Democrats were involved in town halls in order to clear up the voters of the voters about the economy, while the Republicans omitted such public events.

The Republican legislature was advised against personal town halls after numerous confrontations by annoyed participants. But GOP leaders have accused democratic activists of disturbing events.

The town halls guided by the Republicans were canceled “because they don't want Americans to know what is happening out there,” said Martin in the interview.

MP Raja Krishamoorthi starts a campaign for the Senate in Illinois and jumps into a growing democratic primary field for a coveted seat in the solid blue state.

He kicks Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton and the democratic MP Robin Kelly in the race for a seat that is cleared by the democratic Senator Dick Durbin, the 80 -year -old, who will retire after more than four decades in congress. Other Democrats also weigh running.

The 51-year-old Krishnamoorthi, who was first elected to the house in 2016, represents a democratically annoying district near Chicago. He said he would reach the campaign path on Friday to stop in Peoria, Chicago and Schaumburg.

His start video contains violent criticisms of Trump, which describes him as a “convicted criminal”, who has shown “billionaires like Elon Musk” to take advantage of the Americans to increase their own “egos and personal profits”. He shines his “funny name” and compares it to that of the former president Barack Obama, for whom he once worked, and encourages the voters to simply call him “Raja”.

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The decision of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to pass on an offer from the Senate has the best Republican officials who are now looking for a backup plan and avoid a splitting primary school – or at least a splitting candidate.

In Georgia GOP circles there are growing concerns that when rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes the Republican candidate who takes over the democratic Senator Jon Ossoff against the democratic senator to hurt the chances of the party, to apply the seat, given their split call and their rhetoric, seven GOP sources that were familiar with the NBC news. The Republicans see the battlefield racing as an important opportunity to expand their majority with three seats next year.

While a Kemp run essentially ended the primary, numerous potential candidates – including Greene – are now considering campaigns and setting up a potentially controversial nomination competition.

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Former President Joe Biden has accused Trump administration of dealing with Russia Vladimir Putin and the risk of transatlantic alliance First World War for 80 years.

In his first interview since the office in January, Biden said that it was “stupid” program of BBC Radio 4, to believe that Putin would be satisfied by permanently obtaining the area that his armed forces confiscated after the invasion of 2022, which Trump and high -ranking civil servants may be necessary to secure a peace treaty.

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