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Trump, top national security officials refute claim that Chinese spy balloons transited US under last admin — Biden officials claim Chinese spy balloons briefly transited the continental United States under the Trump admin — What did it take to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon?
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Pentagon reports past Chinese surveillance balloons near Florida, Texas — The Defense Department tells members of Congress about several previous incursions of U.S. airspace as Republicans criticize Biden's response — The Defense Department has notified Congress of several previous incursions …
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New York Daily News, The Mahablog, New Jersey Online, Raw Story and Fox News


Chinese spy balloons over US during Trump admin ‘discovered after’ he left office: senior Biden official — Trump and his top defense and national security officials told Fox News Digital it never happened, and that they were never briefed on any Chinese spy balloons
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Raw Story, Insider and Harry's Newsletter


US intel assesses Chinese spy balloons transited US several times, went ‘undetected’: Senior admin official — Trump and his top defense and national security officials told Fox News Digital it never happened, and that they were never briefed on any Chinese spy balloons


Senior Defense Official and Senior Military Official Hold an Off-Camera, On-Background Press Briefing Update on the High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon

The inside story of how the U.S. shot down the Chinese balloon
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The Hill, Letters from an American, CNN and Fox News

F-22 Safely Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off South Carolina Coast
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Few Americans are excited about a Biden-Trump rematch, Post-ABC poll finds — Most say they would feel dissatisfied or angry if either wins the general election — President Biden and former president Donald Trump may have each drawn a record number of votes in 2020 …
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Biden or bust: Democratic insiders are all in for Biden 2024 — PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden had one question for Democratic power brokers at a campaign-style rally Friday: “Are you with me?” — The roars of approval and chants of “four more years!” at the Democratic National …
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PoliticusUSA, Frontpage Mag, Political Wire, Washington Post and Balloon Juice


China crashes Biden's State of the Union speech — China will be an uninvited guest at President Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday night, as he takes credit for a resilient economy, celebrates record-low unemployment, and previews a broader domestic agenda. … Now, a balloon from China has complicated that.


Chris Christie says Biden is ‘not capable of running a traditional American race’ in 2024: 'He's old. He's boring.'
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US officials offer Congress briefing on Trump documents
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Washington Examiner, Florida Politics, Sun-Sentinel, Fox News and The Hill


Flexing his wins and eyeing a 2nd term, Biden will lay out contrasts with GOP in State of the Union
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New York Daily News and Tell Me How This Ends

Biden's State of the Union address will make his case for re-election in 2024
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Washington Post, Associated Press, The Hill, Raw Story, The Guardian, NPR and Newsbusters


AR-15 lapel pin is a perfect symbol for a GOP that's become a death cult — The backward walk of devolution that is the modern Republican Party, and the near-death experience of American governing, can be best told through the story of two adjacent Long Island congressional districts that …
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Koch network to back alternative to Trump after sitting out recent primaries — The return of one of the biggest spenders in American politics to the presidential primary field poses a direct challenge to the former president's comeback bid — The network of donors and activist groups led …
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House Republican says he's working with Democrats on ‘fail-safe’ option for debt ceiling — Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said on Sunday that he is working across the aisle on a bipartisan solution on the debt ceiling as lawmakers brace for bitter negations in the coming months over the nation's finances.
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Gut spending? Slash the IRS budget? 7 GOP ideas for debt limit talks.
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In China's Covid Fog, Deaths of Scholars Offer a Clue — After Covid ripped uncontrolled through China, the government announced that 80,000 people had died. But that is likely a vast undercount. We scoured obituaries of the nation's top academics for clues about the true toll of the outbreak.


George Santos Is Accused of Sexual Harassment in His Capitol Office — The complaint was made by a man seeking work as a House aide, whose bid for a job was rejected because he faced criminal wiretapping charges in Ohio. — A prospective congressional aide has accused Representative George Santos …


An ex-Romney presidential campaign strategist says Nikki Haley ‘embodies the collapse’ of the Republican Party — Ex-Romney strategist Stuart Stevens on MSNBC blasted Nikki Haley for her expected White House bid. — “No one else really embodies sort of the collapse of the party as well as Nikki Haley,” he said.
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Moscow, Tehran Advance Plans for Iranian-Designed Drone Facility in Russia — The two countries are deepening a military partnership that has alarmed the West — How We Know Russia Is Using Iranian Drones in Ukraine — Created with sketchtool. … 1x
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The Times of Israel and NewsNation