
President Joe Biden has got his first big political crisis that is all his own
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President Joe Biden has got his first big political crisis that is all his own.
When he took power, it seemed in many ways that the United States had nowhere to go but up after facing the pandemic and consequent economic disaster. But a sudden influx of thousands of children across the US-Mexico border has presented the first emergency to unfold on the new President's watch.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











