After a blown deadline and Democratic blowback, an urgent scramble for a new eviction ban
CNN
Even President Joe Biden did not sound particularly confident his administration's new freeze on evictions would hold up in court when he explained the move in the East Room this week. Instead, he said the new ban, even if challenged, would at least "give some additional time" for billions in unspent housing relief dollars to reach those in need.
A day later, Biden's words were already being quoted verbatim by lawyers for a group of landlords seeking to put the new freeze on hold, who claimed Biden admitted to a "delay tactic" in his remarks. The scramble this week to prevent potentially millions of Americans from being evicted bore classic hallmarks of Biden's decision-making process: He blew past a deadline as he continued weighing all of his options; gathered a wide array of voices to offer him advice; and, when it was all over, spoke out loud what some advisers would rather he have kept quiet, lending legal and political fuel to his opponents.The US began pulling military equipment and additional personnel out of Niger on Friday after waiting months for the ruling military junta to approve US military flights into the country, two sources familiar with the matter said Saturday, ahead of a September 15 withdrawal deadline agreed to by the two countries.
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