Public Schedule – February 4, 2024
***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken is on travel to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and the West Bank from February 4-8, 2024.
Illegal Immigrants in New York to Get Pre-Paid Debit Cards in $53 Million Program
New York City is launching a $53 million program, providing pre-paid debit cards for illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants in the Big Apple will soon start receiving pre-paid debit cards that they must pledge only to buy food with under a $53 million pilot program, according to New York City records and media reports. Records indicate
Biden Wins South Carolina Primary
Although the primary outcome came as no surprise, it’s expected to send a clear message to President Biden’s Democrat challengers and critics. President Joe Biden secured a decisive victory on Saturday in the first Democratic primary in South Carolina, solidifying his position as the leading candidate to represent his party in the upcoming presidential race.
Biden projected to win South Carolina’s 2024 Democratic primary
Washington — President Biden will win South Carolina’s 2024 Democratic primary election Saturday, CBS News projects, defeating two long-shot candidates. The state that revived his struggling 2020 campaign is the first official Democratic nominating contest of 2024, after the Democratic National Committee moved the primary ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire, disregarding a longstanding New Hampshire law
Biden quickly wins South Carolina Democratic presidential primary
The Associated Press on Saturday projected that President Biden would win South Carolina's 2024 Democratic presidential primary, with the call made soon after the polls closed in the Palmetto State
All Eyes on Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Case After Jan. 6 Case Postponed
The postponement of President Trump’s Jan. 6 trial in Washington sets up his “hush money” case in New York as the first criminal trial of a former US president. A judge’s recent decision to postpone the trial date for former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington means that his next scheduled trial in
U.S., U.K. launch new round of joint strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
U.S. and U.K. military forces late Saturday night launched joint airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi targets in Yemen, two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News. The airstrikes come one day after the U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes on more than 85 targets of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militias in Syria and Iraq in