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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Biden, in State of the Union, mixes bipartisanship with defiance — Speech is marked by unusual back-and-forth between president and Republican lawmakers — By Toluse Olorunnipa and Yasmeen Abutaleb — President Biden, facing a vocal and divided Congress, used his second State …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Republicans Turn Themselves Into Props for Biden — For four decades, since Ronald Reagan re-invented the modern State of the Union address, television audiences have become accustomed — arguably to the point of tedium — to presidents putting the spotlight on ordinary Americans invited …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Lays Down Economic Challenge to House Republicans in State of the Union Address — President Biden was heckled during the State of the Union address when he spoke about fentanyl and when he accused Republicans of threatening Social Security and Medicare.
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Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Dark Brandon shows up at State of the Union, mops the floor with lost Republicans — Biden went off script regularly, parrying GOP lawmakers who heckled him, at one point backing the party into a corner and getting them to swear to protect Medicare and Social Security benefits. — View Comments
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Wall Street Journal:
The State of the Union Contradiction — If Biden is such a success, why aren't Americans pleased? — By The Editorial Board — President Biden was set to devote much of his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to celebrating what he says is a long list of legislative and economic achievements …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address
Takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address
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Politico:
Playbook: Biden's no-compromise SOTU
Playbook: Biden's no-compromise SOTU
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
ABC's Jon Karl Declares SOTU One Of Biden's ‘Best Speeches’ — Made Republicans Look ‘Bitter Rude Angry’
ABC's Jon Karl Declares SOTU One Of Biden's ‘Best Speeches’ — Made Republicans Look ‘Bitter Rude Angry’
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Jeffries suggests Republicans who heckled Biden are unfit to serve in Congress
Jeffries suggests Republicans who heckled Biden are unfit to serve in Congress
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The State of the Union Was a Preview of 2024 for Both Biden and Republicans
The State of the Union Was a Preview of 2024 for Both Biden and Republicans
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New York Post:
Biden's State of the Union set new records for dishonesty and emptiness
Biden's State of the Union set new records for dishonesty and emptiness
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The Hill:
Biden, GOP battle at raucous State of the Union
Biden, GOP battle at raucous State of the Union
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Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
Deal with It: Biden's State of the Union Was an Aesthetic Win
Deal with It: Biden's State of the Union Was an Aesthetic Win
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
How Biden Successfully Baited Congressional Republicans
How Biden Successfully Baited Congressional Republicans
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders attacks ‘left-wing culture war’ in SOTU response
Sarah Huckabee Sanders attacks ‘left-wing culture war’ in SOTU response
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The White House:
Remarks of President Joe Biden - State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery
Remarks of President Joe Biden - State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery
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Politico:
House GOP's under-the-radar Hunter Biden problem: DOJ got there first — House Republicans are itching to investigate Hunter Biden. But they have a problem: The feds got there first. — Though their probes differ in focus and scope — Republicans are looking at possible conflicts …
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Estimate of misspent Covid unemployment payments leaps to $191B — The Labor Department's internal watchdog identified nearly $30 billion more in pandemic unemployment benefits that were wrongfully sent out than previously estimated, according to testimony submitted Wednesday to the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Half in U.S. Say They Are Worse Off, Highest Since 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reflecting on their personal financial situations, 35% of Americans say they are better off now than they were a year ago, while 50% are worse off. Since Gallup first asked this question in 1976 …
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Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
Putin implicated by Dutch prosecutors in downing of Malaysia passenger jet — Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday that it was likely Russian President Vladimir Putin personally signed off on a decision to supply long-range antiaircraft missiles systems to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
NBC, MSNBC employees plan walkout in protest of layoffs — It's the latest major labor action to strike a national news organization in recent months as the media industry faces headwinds and cut-backs — More than 200 employees of NBC represented by the NewsGuild of New York plan to walk off …
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Michelle Marchante / Miami Herald:
Doctors raise concerns over Florida possibly requiring student athletes' menstrual info — While a change in diet, medication, exercise and stress can all affect a girl's menstrual flow, doctors say cycle irregularities don't affect their ability to play sports and are raising privacy concerns …
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
What it's Like When Ron DeSantis Takes Over Your College — Students at Florida's tiny New College are alarmed by Gov. Ron DeSantis' hostile takeover—and worry who his next targets will be. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US — PB — Ron DeSantis has made a tiny liberal arts college …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court backs N.C. attorney general in battle to avoid criminal libel prosecution — A federal appeals court has sided with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein in his bid to avoid prosecution under a state law criminalizing “derogatory” statements related to political candidates.
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CNN:
Romney told Santos 'You don't belong here' in tense exchange in House chamber before SOTU — Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah told GOP Rep. George Santos of New York: “You don't belong here,” according to a member who witnessed the tense exchange in the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday night.
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
‘A Sick Puppy’: Mitt Romney And George Santos Get Into Tense Exchange At State Of The Union
‘A Sick Puppy’: Mitt Romney And George Santos Get Into Tense Exchange At State Of The Union
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Paul Kirby / BBC:
Notorious Russian nationalist Igor Mangushev shot dead in Ukraine — Notorious Russian army captain and mercenary Igor Mangushev has died in hospital, days after he was shot in the head at close range in occupied Ukraine, his friends have said. — Mangushev's wife Tatyana described his killing as an execution.
Adam Smeltz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pa. Democrats sweep 3 Allegheny County special elections and win the state House — Democrats cruised to victory in three special elections for the state House on Tuesday, giving the party control of the lower chamber of the legislature for the first time since 2010.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Accused Libyan bombmaker in 1988 Lockerbie plane attack pleads not guilty — Abu Agela Mas'ud Kheir al-Marimi was extradited to U.S. on charges of making explosives used in downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland, one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history