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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel … But in many ways, Biden sees Netanyahu as the one responsible for the deal slipping away. … - Biden has given the Israeli government unprecedented support over the past five months, at the cost of strong pushback from the president's party during an election year.
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NBC News:
Biden team brings in $10 million in the 24 hours after the State of the Union — First to NBC News: The financial haul dwarfs some of the president's biggest fundraising days in 2023, before his rematch with Donald Trump was set. — President Joe Biden's re-election machine brought …
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Americans split on who they trust to do a better job as president: POLL — An ABC News/Ipsos poll finds a near-even split between Biden, Trump and neither. — President Joe Biden delivers the annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the Capital building …
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Political Wire
George Chidi / The Guardian:
Biden hits out at Trump in Georgia rally: 'He's been sucking up to dictators all over the world' — Biden took the State of the Union to the battleground state that was critical to his 2020 win ahead of Tuesday's primary — The question isn't whether Democrats in Georgia will vote for President Joe Biden …
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The Hill, CNN, Georgia Recorder, Political Wire, Washington Examiner and WAGA-TV
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Fine, Call It a Comeback — If the Joe Biden who showed up to deliver the State of the Union address last week is the Joe Biden who shows up for the rest of the campaign, you're not going to have any more of those weak-kneed pundits suggesting he's not up to running for re-election. Here's hoping he does.
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump backtracks on statement that Georgia polls are rigged because now he is ‘winning by so much’
Trump backtracks on statement that Georgia polls are rigged because now he is ‘winning by so much’
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Points for ‘Scaring’ Joe Biden at SOTU
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Points for ‘Scaring’ Joe Biden at SOTU
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Expresses Regret for Calling an Undocumented Immigrant ‘an Illegal’
Biden Expresses Regret for Calling an Undocumented Immigrant ‘an Illegal’
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Biden says he regrets referring to ‘an illegal’ during his State of the Union address
Biden says he regrets referring to ‘an illegal’ during his State of the Union address
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New York Times:
The Biden-Trump Rerun: A Nation Craving Change Gets More of the Same
The Biden-Trump Rerun: A Nation Craving Change Gets More of the Same
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CNN, Axios, Associated Press and The Hill
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Florida Democrat: Marginalized communities won't ‘survive’ a second Trump term
Florida Democrat: Marginalized communities won't ‘survive’ a second Trump term
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MSNBC:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden says he regrets calling migrant an ‘illegal’ during State of the Union speech
EXCLUSIVE: Biden says he regrets calling migrant an ‘illegal’ during State of the Union speech
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Axios, Israpundit, Power Line, MeidasTouch, Breitbart and Fox News
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Katie Britt used decades-old example of rapes in Mexico as Republican attack on Biden border policy — The Republican senator who gave the party's response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address used a harrowing account of a young woman's sexual abuse to attack his border policies …
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John Archibald / al.com:
How Katie Britt, Alabama's so-called ‘reasonable’ senator, lost herself and much more — This is an opinion column. — Katie Britt's kitchen was empty. Her table was bare. — There was nothing to see but her. And she was - they told us - ready for her closeup. — Come on in, America.
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Raw Story
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Katie Britt's false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden
Katie Britt's false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden
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The Hill, The Status Kuo, Raw Story, Forbes, The Moderate Voice, al.com, HuffPost, Digby's Hullabaloo and Political Wire
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Questions Arise About Britt's State of the Union Response
Questions Arise About Britt's State of the Union Response
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden rebutter Sen. Britt blasted for recycling 20-year-old sex traffic story to attack border policy
Biden rebutter Sen. Britt blasted for recycling 20-year-old sex traffic story to attack border policy
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ABC News, al.com, NBC 7 San Diego, DNyuz, The Guardian, New York Magazine and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
$91M Bond Didn't Stop Trump From Trashing E. Jean Carroll Again — Donald Trump just had to post a $91.6 million bond while he appeals the verdict in the defamation case won by his rape accuser, E. Jean Carroll. But that whopping sum wasn't enough to get him to stop trashing her.
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New York Times and Raw Story
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's team hires lawyer to “watch the money” at RNC … - Trump campaign co-campaign manager and incoming RNC chief operating officer Chris LaCivita is bringing on Sean Cairncross to be his number two at the RNC. — Cairncross is a lawyer with a reputation of enforcing financial discipline …
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Raw Story
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’ — Trader Joe's and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board — Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations in the US are seeking …
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Kari Lake Tries a New Tactic: Mending Fences — The close Trump ally is courting former foes and trying to mend fences as she runs for Senate in Arizona. But bad blood from her 2022 campaign simmers at home. — Conciliatory messages on social media. Open invitations for coffee.
Ted Litchfield / PC Gamer:
600 Activision QA workers just formed the biggest videogame union in the US — Quality assured. — First reported by The Verge, 600 Activision QA workers have formed a new union at the publisher. It was organized through the Communications Workers of America (CWA), like other unions at the company …
Brad Bauman / Salon:
Nervous about November? Stop listening to pundits and start defending the president — It's the only way that we are going to defeat the anti-democratic forces that are looking to transform our nation — This past week's State of the Union, and the incredibly powerful performance by the President …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
After Trump ballot ruling, critics say Supreme Court is selectively invoking conservative originalist approach — Some legal scholars criticized the court for ignoring arguments based on the text and original understanding of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in a ruling that kept Trump on the ballot.