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Why Biden’s order on the ‘out of control’ border may not fix Democrats’ political problem

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has been trying to frame the November election around two subjects: his legislative accomplishments and former President Donald Trump’s fitness to serve. But Biden’s own vulnerabilities have been getting in the way. High among them for many voters is a sense that the country is in chaos, fueled in part by images of an overwhelmed southern border that have ...
U.S. President Joe Biden and Brigitte Macron, French President Emmanuel Macron, and U.S. first lady Jill Biden attend a ceremony with American World War II veterans at the Normandy American Cemetery on the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has been trying to frame the November election around two subjects: his legislative accomplishments and former President Donald Trump’s fitness to serve.

But Biden’s own vulnerabilities have been getting in the way. High among them for many voters is a sense that the country is in chaos, fueled in part by images of an overwhelmed southern border that have flooded television screens and social media feeds since he took office.

“The fentanyl that is coming across the border is coming into our communities,” said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat from Nevada, where Biden is down by an average of 6 percentage points to Trump, in an interview. “The human trafficking that happens at the border comes

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