
Can Biden make it 'the economy, stupid' again?
CNN
The political slogan Bill Clinton once made famous -- "it's the economy, stupid" -- would imply a large electoral payoff for Joe Biden's own standing and his party's 2022 prospects. But that slogan means much less than it used to.
And yet, from his sixth day in office to his sixtieth, Biden's approval rating barely budged. In one popular polling average, it has actually dropped by a hair. That says less about the new President than about the hardened lines of division that America's political polarization has produced. Biden's ability to sustain early success will turn significantly on whether, with strong economic tailwinds, he can soften them.
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.

A Border Patrol agent shot two people in Portland, Oregon, during a traffic stop after authorities said they were associated with a Venezuelan gang, another incident in a string of confrontations with federal authorities that have left Americans frustrated with immigration enforcement during the Trump administration.











