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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 …
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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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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Points for ‘Scaring’ Joe Biden at SOTU — LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! — “You know, you guys saw that video of Joe Biden when he saw me this week at the State of the Union. This is the hat I had on.” — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) …
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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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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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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
Tara Suter / The Hill:
UAW president doubles down on support for Biden after State of the Union shoutout
UAW president doubles down on support for Biden after State of the Union shoutout
Mike Allen / Axios:
“Smokin' Joe Biden”: Campaign builds on SOTU buzz
“Smokin' Joe Biden”: Campaign builds on SOTU buzz
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Nielsen, USA Today, New York Post, The Guardian, Associated Press, Twitchy, HuffPost, HotAir, Blue Virginia, NBC News, The Hill, Mediaite and New York Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Early polling of Biden's State of the Union doesn't quite match the hype
Early polling of Biden's State of the Union doesn't quite match the hype
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Twitchy, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
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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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Katie Britt's false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden — The Fact Checker … — Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), in the Republican response to the State of the Union address, March 7 — If you were watching Britt's speech on Thursday night, you likely would have thought …
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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 …
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 …
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.
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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Bloomberg.com:
Pope Francis Says Ukraine Should Negotiate End of War With Russia — Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.
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HotAir, Outside the Beltway and DNyuz
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Pope says Ukraine should have ‘courage of the white flag’ of negotiations
Pope says Ukraine should have ‘courage of the white flag’ of negotiations
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UPI, DNyuz, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, Forbes, The Daily Caller and The Universe As A Causal Set