Yavatmal-Washim Lok Sabha constituency: Check polling date, candidates list, past election results
On April 26, the second phase of the polls will take place, during which the Yavatmal-washim constituency, one of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, will cast its vote.
Trump slams ‘Bidenomics’ ahead of court, claims to have a ‘good chance’ of winning liberal state
Former President Donald Trump slammed the state of the economy under President Biden’s administration, while touting campaign events in the heart of the Big Apple, before he entered the Manhattan courtroom for his seventh day on trial. “Some very big things have happened, but the biggest seems to be that the GDP just announced us all the way down to 1.6% and it’s heading south. It’s going to get worse. Gas prices in California were just also announced at $7.60. Gasoline is going way up. Energy costs are going way up and the stock market is, in a sense, crashing,” Trump said Thursday morning before heading into the courtroom. “This is Bidenomics. It’s catching up with them,” he said. His comments followed the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimating the economy grew at an annualized pace of 1.6% during the first quarter, meaning the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than anticipated. LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP NY TRIAL TESTIMONY RESUMES AS SUPREME COURT HEARS IMMUNITY ARGUMENTS “The big news today, I think, is the 1.6%. When you look at 1.6 GDP, that’s a number that nobody thought was possible. That’s a real bad number. And it looks like the projections are it’s heading in the wrong direction. And that’s why the stock market’s down so big today,” Trump said. Trump also touted a handful of rallies he’s planning to hold in New York City, and suggested that he may even be competitive in the liberal state in the November presidential election. “I think we have a good chance of winning New York. We’re going to give it a big play. We’re going to the South Bronx to do a rally. We’re going to be doing a rally at Madison Square Garden, we believe.… We’re gonna have a big rally honoring the police and honoring the firemen and everybody. Honoring a lot of people, including teachers,” he said. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY CASE Trump is facing his second week in Manhattan court this week, as part of an ongoing trial where he is facing 34 charges of falsifying business records in the first degree. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts. The case focuses on Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen paying forme pornographic actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 ahead of the 2016 election to allegedly quiet her claims of an affair with Trump in the early 2000s. Trump has repeatedly denied having an affair with Daniels. Prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen, and fraudulently logged the payments as legal expenses. Prosecutors are working to prove that Trump falsified records with an intent to commit or conceal a second crime. Prosecutors identified the second cri this week as “conspiracy to promote or prevent election.” TRUMP SAYS NY JUDGE MERCHAN ‘THINKS HE IS ABOVE THE SUPREME COURT’ AFTER BARRING HIM FROM IMMUNITY ARGUMENTS The trial Thursday is expected to continue with testimony from former American Media Inc. CEO David Pecker, who oversaw outlets such as the National Enquirer. Judge Juan Merchan may also issue a ruling on Trump’s alleged gag order violations, which could result in Trump paying a $1,000 fine for each of the at least 10 alleged violations. Trump continued in his comments Thursday that Biden is a “diaster” of a president, while pointing to issues such as the ongoing anti-Israel protests on college campuses and the Biden administration’s border policies. BIDEN INSISTS RED STATE WON TWICE BY TRUMP IS SUDDENLY ‘IN PLAY’ “This is the worst run country right now, probably anywhere, just about. You don’t get much worse,” he said. “We have a president who is the worst president in the history of our country.” Early Thursday morning, Trump stopped by a construction site in the city to thank construction workers for their support. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “We have a big case today — this judge wouldn’t allow me to go, but we have a big case today at the Supreme Court on presidential immunity,” Trump said to the press, referring to the Supreme Court weighing whether Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case. “A president has to have immunity,” he added. “If you don’t have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president.”
Jewish Democrat calls out Bernie Sanders over opposition to Israel aid: ‘Now do antisemitism’
A Jewish Democrat in the House called out Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., after he claimed it was a “dark day” following the passage of a foreign aid package that included billions of dollars for U.S. ally Israel, which is embroiled in a war with terrorist group Hamas in Gaza. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., took to X this week to scrutinize Sanders for his statement on his amendments to restore United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) funding and to end “unfettered” aid to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which were both blocked from consideration prior to a vote on the package. “It is a dark day for democracy when the Senate will not even allow a vote on whether U.S. taxpayer dollars should fund Netanyahu’s war against the Palestinian people,” Sanders wrote on X. HELP CHAIRMAN BERNIE SANDERS AVOIDS AGREEING TO CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM HEARINGS Moskowitz responded in his own post, writing, “Bernie, now do AntiSemitism. Why so quiet?” Both Moskowitz and Sanders are Jewish and each are members of the Democratic caucuses in the House and Senate, despite Sanders’ status as an Independent. Sanders did not provide comment to Fox News Digital in time for publication. After Moskowitz’s criticism, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., came to the senator’s defense: “Sen. Sanders’ family was killed in the Holocaust. He dedicates his every moment to realizing tikkun olam. His commitment to protecting innocents in Gaza stems FROM his Jewish values,” she wrote to her fellow Democratic representative. “He and many other Jewish leaders deserve better than to be treated this way. This is shameful.” The Florida Democrat hit back at Ocasio-Cortez, writing, “My family was also killed in the Holocaust. In Germany and in Poland. My grandmother was in the kinder-transport.” GOP LAWMAKERS DEMAND BIDEN ADMIN PROSECUTE ‘PRO-TERRORIST MOBS,’ HOLD SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE “They also instilled values in me. It’s why I voted for aid to Israel and for aid to Gaza,” he said. He also slammed the New York congresswoman for responding to him over the internet, adding, “We see each other at work, we are both better than doing this here.” BIDEN ADMIN NOTES ‘URGENT’ CONCERN OVER ISRAEL IN GAZA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT Moskowitz’s question to Sanders on antisemitism comes as anti-Israel demonstrations spread across U.S. college campuses, several involving alleged incidents of threats and intimidation of Jewish students. Sanders, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), refused to say whether he would consider holding hearings over antisemitism on college campuses when prompted several times by Fox News Digital. He was urged to do so by his counterpart, HELP committee ranking member Bill Cassidy, R-La., in the wake of the encampments persisting on campuses nationwide. Moskowitz’s office did not provide additional comment on Sanders’ refusal to say whether he would consider hearings in his capacity as HELP chairman.
With DNC nomination set for after Ohio deadline, legislators negotiate to ensure Biden is on ballot
Republican legislative leaders in Ohio say they are negotiating with Democrats to assure President Joe Biden appears on the state’s November ballot, but the exact shape of the solution remains murky. GOP Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman told reporters Wednesday that productive discussions are under way between both legislative chambers and both political parties about how to fix the fact that the Democratic National Convention, where Biden is to be formally nominated, falls after Ohio’s ballot deadline of Aug. 7. The convention will be held Aug. 19-22 in Chicago. “Certainly, it’s something that’s going to happen. We need to take care of it,” Huffman said, seeming to adjust his earlier stance that it was “a Democratic problem” that was up to the General Assembly’s minority party to work out. He said the answer may be added to an existing bill or it could be contained in a stand-alone measure. VULNERABLE DEM SENATOR RIPPED FOR IGNORING QUESTIONS ABOUT BIDEN’S PUSH TO ‘BAN’ GAS-POWERED CARS On Tuesday, Republican House Speaker Jason Stephens expressed support for doing something to fix the problem with Ohio’s deadline not just for this election cycle, but on a longer term basis. Since Ohio changed its certification deadline from 60 to 90 days ahead of its general election, state lawmakers have had to adjust the requirement twice, in 2012 and 2020, to accommodate candidates of both parties. Each change was only temporary. Huffman said he also favors a more permanent solution. Senate Democratic Leader Nickie Antonio continued to express confidence Wednesday that Biden will make Ohio’s ballot, saying that “all options are being explored.” “The discussion is there, and it will become reality when we see it,” she said. Antonio said a proxy war between Huffman and Stephens for next session’s speakership is “the elephant in the room” that may be causing delays. As Ohio nears the May 9 cutoff set by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, legislation meant to ensure Biden will appear on fall ballots in Alabama cleared the state’s Senate Tuesday. The Alabama bill offers accommodations to the president like those made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump.
GOP state lawmakers appeal to SCOTUS to challenge Biden’s ‘usurpations’ of their power to run elections
FIRST ON FOX: A group of Pennsylvania state legislators have taken their fight for the right to sue President Biden over his election executive order (EO) to the Supreme Court. In a petition for writ of certiorari filed on Tuesday, a group of 27 state lawmakers are asking the high court to give them standing in a case challenging Biden’s March 2021 Executive Order 14019 on “promoting access to voting,” after a lower court ruled that they lacked standing. The group of Republicans filed the lawsuit challenging the EO, arguing that it is essentially an executive get-out-the-vote effort targeting key demographics to benefit the president’s political party and own re-election, which they argue is unconstitutional with Congress having never enacted a law that grants such an action from the Oval Office. In their petition filed Tuesday, they asked the court to weigh in, saying that, for the 2024 election, they cannot “do their part” in suing to stop “federal and state executive usurpations of Pennsylvania state law, pursuant to the Elections Clause and Electors Clause, unless the Court does its part and declares individual state legislator standing in this case.” DOJ ‘STONEWALLING’ REQUESTS FOR DETAILS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF BIDEN’S ‘FEDERAL ELECTION SCHEME’ The Elections Clause states that the “times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.” The Electors Clause says that “each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.” “As the Court has stated, when cases involve federal elections, it ‘heightens the need for review’ as [e]lections are ‘of the most fundamental significance under our constitutional structure,” the petition states. Biden’s Executive Order 14019 directed “executive departments and agencies” to “partner with State, local, Tribal, and territorial election officials to protect and promote the exercise of the right to vote, eliminate discrimination and other barriers to voting, and expand access to voter registration and accurate election information.” Erick Kaardal, attorney for the Key Stone State lawmakers, argued in legal filings that the executive order – among other things – directed the Department of Health and Human Services to facilitate voter registrations; the Department of Housing and Urban Development to instruct more than 3,000 public housing authorities to facilitate registration drives in those units; the Department of Education to push state schools to register students; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue letters to state agencies that administer SNAP and WIC programs, instructing them to carry out voter-registration activities with federal funds. BIDEN ADMIN ACCUSED OF USING TAXPAYER FUNDS TO HELP HIS OWN CAMPAIGN WITH STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION SCHEME “Each individual legislator has a right to protect ‘their constitutional duty to craft the rules governing federal elections,’” the petition states. “Members of the executive branch should not be permitted to strip state legislators of their Constitutional rights – representative rights of the people.” That stripping of constitutional rights refers to the legislator’s claim that Biden’s executive order denies them their “right to oversee and participate in making legislative decisions regulating federal elections”, which they say is granted to them in the Constitution. PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS TAKE VICTORY LAP AFTER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEMOCRATS CAST PROTEST VOTES AGAINST BIDEN The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA), who filed an amicus brief in the case in lower court, said that “this is the most consequential legal issue in the country.” “The outcome of this case could determine who holds the White House,” Stewart Whitson, senior director of federal affairs at FGA told Fox News Digital. The Supreme Court receives roughly 8,000 petitions a year and grants roughly 80 of those. The Justice Department and White House did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Trump greets supporters, union workers at NYC construction site: ‘Amazing show of affection’
Former President Donald Trump stopped by a construction site in New York City to thank them for their support amid his ongoing trial. The former president’s caravan pulled up to meet the hundreds of fans and union workers seeking autographs and selfies on Thursday morning. Trump told reporters on the scene that he appreciated the “amazing show of affection” ahead of his appearance in Manhattan court and a key U.S. Supreme Court hearing on presidential immunity in Washington. “We have a big case today – this judge wouldn’t allow me to go, but we have a big case today at the Supreme Court on presidential immunity,” Trump said to the press. TRUMP SAYS NY JUDGE MERCHAN ‘THINKS HE IS ABOVE THE SUPREME COURT’ AFTER BARRING HIM FROM IMMUNITY ARGUMENTS “A president has to have immunity,” he added. “If you don’t have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president.” Trump also took the opportunity to jab at President Biden, accusing the president of purposefully allowing the nation’s border to be overrun. NIKKI HALEY WINS 150K VOTES IN PA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY DESPITE DROPPING OUT “You could close the borders with one phone call,” the presumptive GOP presidential nominee said. “Close up the borders, Joe. Our country is going to hell.” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts. For prosecutors to secure a criminal conviction, they must convince the jury that Trump committed the crime of falsifying business records in “furtherance of another crime.” New York prosecutor Joshua Steinglass on Tuesday said the other crime was a violation of a New York law called “conspiracy to promote or prevent election.” Prosecutors will try to prove that the alleged conspiracy was to conceal a conspiracy to unlawfully promote his candidacy.
Trump taunts former AG Bill Barr even after endorsement for president
Former President Donald Trump had some fun on social media at the expense of a former member of his administration — even after a presidential endorsement. Trump took a swipe at former Attorney General William Barr on Thursday, following Barr’s endorsement of Trump for president earlier this month. “Wow! Former A.G. Bill Barr, who let a lot of great people down by not investigating Voter Fraud in our Country, has just Endorsed me for President despite the fact that I called him ‘Weak, Slow Moving, Lethargic, Gutless, and Lazy,’”. Trump wrote via his proprietary social media service, Truth Social. “Based on the fact that I greatly appreciate his wholehearted Endorsement, I am removing the word ‘Lethargic’ from my statement,” he added. “Thank you Bill. MAGA2024!” FORMER AG BILL BARR RIPS ‘POLITICAL’ TRUMP HUSH MONEY CASE, SAYS ‘REAL THREAT’ TO DEMOCRACY IS PROGRESSIVE LEFT Earlier this month, Barr slammed New York prosecutors for the “obviously political” Trump hush money case, calling it an “abomination” as jury selection continues in the landmark trial. Barr, who led the Department of Justice under former President Donald Trump, argued the case signals what the real threat to democracy is in his opinion — the “excesses of the progressive left.” TRUMP SAYS NY JUDGE MERCHAN ‘THINKS HE IS ABOVE THE SUPREME COURT’ AFTER BARRING HIM FROM IMMUNITY ARGUMENTS “This case is an abomination,” Barr said during “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday. “It’s obviously political. Seven years after he pays hush money to try to come up with this case. It’s also, as you say, it’s not only far-fetched… they’re trying to predicate it on a federal crime which wasn’t prosecuted.” During the interview, Barr was directly asked if he would be voting for Trump in the upcoming presidential election. “I’ve said all along, given two bad choices, I think it’s my duty to pick the person I think would do the least harm to the country,” said Barr. “And in my mind, I will vote the Republican ticket. Trump may be playing Russian roulette, but a continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide in my opinion.” Barr previously withheld his support from Trump during the primary season, expressing a desire for Republicans to pick a different candidate. Fox News’ Bailee Hill contributed to this report.
Bihar: 6 killed, many injured in massive fire at Patna hotel
Six persons, including three women, died in a major fire that broke out on Thursday inside a hotel, situated close to a railway station in Patna, police said.
Fauci to testify publicly before Congress for 1st time since retirement
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institution of Allergy and Infectious Disease, will testify publicly before a congressional panel in June, marking the first time he has done so since retiring from government at the end of 2022. Fauci has agreed to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, a House panel investigating the origins of COVID-19 and the government’s response to the pandemic, subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, announced Wednesday. Wenstrup said the hearing will allow Americans to hear directly from Fauci about Fauci’s role in overseeing and shaping pandemic-era polices and promoting “singular questionable narratives” about the origins of COVID-19. Fauci appeared in front of the Select Subcommittee for a closed-door, two-day, 14-hour transcribed interview earlier this year. THE GREAT COVID COVER-UP: SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT WUHAN AND 15 FEDERAL AGENCIES “During Dr. Fauci’s closed-door interview in January, he testified to serious systemic failures in our public health system that deserve further investigation, including his testimony that the ‘6 feet apart’ social distancing guidance — which was used to shut down small businesses and schools across America — ‘sort of just appeared,’” Wenstrup said. “This raises significant concerns about public health officials and the validity of their policy recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also learned that he believes the lab leak hypothesis he publicly downplayed should not be dismissed as a conspiracy theory. As the face of America’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, these statements raise serious questions that warrant public scrutiny.” THIS WILL BE THE END TO FAUCI’S NIH AS WE KNOW IT Wenstrup said that the panel will also hold a public hearing with EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak on May 1 that will serve as a crucial component into the origins of COVID-19 and provide essential background ahead of Fauci’s public hearing. Fauci was a leading figure on both former President Trump and President Biden’s coronavirus response teams. Before his retirement, he had worked for over 50 years in the American public health sector, advising every president since former President Reagan. Fauci was a regular guest on cable news, primetime television, late-night shows and podcasts, offering his medical advice throughout the pandemic. Over time, he became a politically divisive figure on the left and right regarding issues such as masks and lockdown policies. Famously, he sparred with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in committee hearings over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and whether his department within the National Institute of Health funded gain-of-function research. Paul has claimed that recently discovered government officials from 15 federal agencies knew in 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus like COVID-19. These officials, Paul says, knew that the Chinese lab was proposing to create a COVID 19-like virus and not one of those officials revealed this scheme to the public.
Kannur Lok Sabha Election 2024: Check polling date, candidates list, past election results
The counting and announcement of results for the Kannur Lok Sabha Constituency Election 2024 will take place on June 4.