“I’ve come here today to do what Republicans in Congress refuse to do, take the necessary steps to secure our border,” Biden said. A senior administration official said the 2,500 threshold was chosen to be similar to the deal stuck in the Senate. She added that she expects Tuesday’s executive order to be legally challenged. “We are prepared for any litigation on this rule,” a senior administration official said. However, some Democrats in border states, including Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, welcomed the executive order.

Celebrations erupt at BJP office as saffron party leads in early trendsNEW DELHI, June 4, 2024 (BSS/PTI) - Celebrations erupted at BJP headquarters here as party workers and supporters sounded 'shankha', rejoiced to 'dhol' beats and chanted Modi slogans as trends started trickling in showing BJP candidates leading on all seven seats of Delhi. According to Election Commission trends, the BJP was leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Tuesday, with Manoj Tiwari leading by a margin of over 79,000 votes. Beaming with joy, party supporters were seen offering veneration to a huge cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP's North East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari pitted against Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar, led by a margin of 79,071 votes. The BJP had won all seven seats in Delhi in the 2014 and 2019 general elections.

For Modi whose approval ratings have been the highest among world leaders and who ran a presidential-style campaign, such a result is the first sign of the ground shifting. His giant cutouts were everywhere, his face on television screens every day as he courted India's 968 million voters with a personal "Modi guarantee" to change their lives. "What we have done in the last 10 years is only a preview, a trailer," Modi told a recent rally. The BJP has dismissed opposition speculation that Modi, 73, might hang up his boots once he reaches 75, like some other party leaders have done in recent years. A reduced mandate for Modi's ruling alliance forecloses the possibility of changes to India's secular constitution that opposition groups had warned against.

This will be the first budget of AH Mahmood AliThe 12th parliament will reconvene for its third session on Wednesday in which Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali will present his first plan for the economy. The Parliament Secretariat said the budget session will start at 5pm. Condolence motions will be placed after the selection of presidium at the start of the session. For the Prime Minister’s Questions, 30 minutes have been allocated on the first day. Following the norms, the first day’s session is postponed after passing condolence motions for the death of any MP.

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Commentators and exit polls had projected an overwhelming victory for Modi, whose campaign wooed the Hindu majority to the worry of the country's 200-million-plus Muslim community, deepening concerns over minority rights. India has placed its faith in the ruling coalition "for a third consecutive time", Modi wrote on social media platform X, referring to the BJP and its allies. - 'Right response' -The main opposition Congress party was set to nearly double its parliamentary seats, in a remarkable turnaround largely driven by deals to field single candidates against the BJP's electoral juggernaut. "Voters have punished the BJP," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi told reporters. Modi's opponents fought against a well-oiled and well-funded BJP campaign machine, and what they say are politically motivated criminal cases aimed at hobbling challengers.

As a member of the class of 2024 at Northwood High School in Kemp Mill, I experienced the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastation of our education system. Many of my peers rarely come to class; in Montgomery County in the 2022-’23 school year, 36% of high school students were chronically absent. Having barely made it through pre-calculus, I decided to take the easiest calculus class I could. As I prepare to graduate Friday, I see that our system has failed the class of 2024. Benjamin Handelman (Benhandelman99@gmail.com) is a member of the class of 2024 at Northwood High School in Montgomery County.

Hunter Biden has been charged in Delaware with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction. Hunter Biden also faces a separate trial in California in September on charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes. Attorney General Merrick Garland then appointed the top investigator as a special counsel in August, and a month later Hunter Biden was indicted. But it will excavate some of Hunter Biden's darkest moments and put them on display. Hunter Biden’s sister, Ashley Biden, was also in court, and his wife, Melissa.

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The President and the Prime Minister made the call in separate messages they issued marking the 'National Tree Plantation Campaign' and 'Tree Fair 2024'. The President greeted those who got 'Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation 2023 and 2024' and 'Prime Minister's National Award for Tree Plantation 2022 and 2023'. Both the president and the premier wished 'National Tree Plantation Campaign', 'Tree Fair 2024' a success. The 'National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair-2024' and 'Environment Fair' will begin in the capital tomorrow. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the 'National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair' and the 'Environment Fair' at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) here at about 10 am tomorrow.

General Daily Insight for June 04, 2024 Just about anything seems possible on a day like this! You shouldn’t have to deny yourself the name-brand snacks at the grocery store or a fancy accessory that catches your eye. That said, try to stick to a budget so you don’t totally blow the bank before the end of the day. The Sun and Venus are syncing up in your fantastical 12th house, bringing hidden help and dreamy joy your way. This may turn your attention toward romantic matters, but it is also a very creative sector of your chart.

ABUJA, June 4, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Nigerian labour unions shut down the national power grid and disrupted flights on Monday as they launched an indefinite strike that closed schools and public offices after failing to reach a new minimum wage deal with the government. The current minimum monthly wage is 30,000 naira and the NLC said it had called for the minimum wage to rise to 494,000 naira. "Nigeria workers stay at home. The United Nigeria Airline told customers that airports across the country had been closed due to the strike. Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale agreed the minimum wage was "unsustainably low" but said a "pragmatic assessment" was needed.

Gerry Odenbach, left, of the Village of Pine Hills, watches as David Sherman, center, a Village of Liberty Park resident and one of the instructors with The Villages Golf Academy, instructs his 13-year-old grandson Colton Odenbach, visiting from Winter Garden, during the Camp Villages Full Swing golf event Monday at Lopez Legacy Country Club. Monday marked the start of the first week of Camp Villages.

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The impact of the 2,500 figure means that the executive order could go into immediate effect, because daily figures are higher than that now. Five people familiar with the discussions on Monday confirmed the 2,500 figure, while two of the people confirmed the 1,500 number. All the people insisted on anonymity to discuss an executive order that is not yet public. The last time the daily average dipped to 1,500 encounters was in July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But several questions remain about how the executive order would work, particularly how much cooperation the U.S. would need from Mexican officials to carry out the executive order.