Biden and Trump score decisive wins in Louisiana primaries: Latest updates
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump scored decisive wins in Louisiana’s primary on Saturday, in a contest that promised little upset.
Both candidates collected more delegates but already have enough to secure their party nominations.
Meanwhile, a US government shutdown has been averted after the Senate passed a $1.2trn spending package in a 2am vote 74-24. President Biden signed the bill into law on Saturday. It will keep the federal government open until the end of fiscal year 2024 on 30 September.
The House of Representatives passed the spending package 286 to 134, surpassing the two-thirds majority needed. Calling it a “betrayal of Republican voters”, a furious Marjorie Taylor Greene initiated the process to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The US also condemned Friday’s terror attack on a concert hall in Moscow. A statement from the White House called perpetrators ISIS “a common terrorist enemy that must be defeated everywhere”.
Vice President Kamala Harris toured Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Saturday, the scene of the 2018 Parkland massacre. Accompanied by some victims’ family members, she spoke about gun violence prevention efforts.
