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Four Supreme Court justices opted against attending President Biden's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening.
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Kyrsten Sinema sits amidst Republicans as Biden shouts out some of her accomplishments
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., said she welcomed President Joe Biden's "support of our bipartisan successes."
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Scott doubles down on sunsetting all federal programs after Biden’s jab
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday defended his proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years and slammed President Biden as “confused” in response to Biden’s claim at the State of the Union address that some Republicans want to sunset Social Security and Medicare. “In my plan, I suggested the following: All federal legislation…
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Here are the spending cuts Republicans have pitched in debt limit talks
President Biden ripped Republicans during his State of the Union address for efforts to use the nation’s debt ceiling as leverage to extract spending cuts from Democrats. “Some of my Republican friends want to take the economy hostage, I get it, unless I agree to their economic plans,” Biden said Tuesday night as the White…
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George Santos grabbed an aisle seat at the State of the Union. Not everyone was eager to shake his hand.
Seated beside GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Santos soon discovered that not everyone, including some Republicans, was interested in seeing him.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Shouts 'Liar' At Joe Biden During State Of The Union
Republicans erupted when the president said they wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare.
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House Republicans Offer Cuts They’d Back in Deal for Debt Limit
(Bloomberg) -- Republicans on the House Budget Committee on Wednesday floated a list of sample budget cuts they could back in exchange for raising the nation’s debt ceiling. Most Read from BloombergMeta Asks Many Managers to Get Back to Making Things or LeaveGeorge Santos Gets Into Fight With Mitt Romney at State of the Union DebutBiden Taunts Xi Days After Shooting Down Chinese BalloonRussia Will Fail to ‘Break’ Ukraine, Estonia’s Spy Chief SaysDeSantis Chides Trump as Republicans’ 2024 Preside
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DeSantis vs Disney update: State committee nixes Reedy Creek bill amendments
DeSantis said the district will remain responsible to its bond debts, while being controlled by the state. "There's a new sheriff in town and that's just the way it's going to be," he said.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Outbursts during Biden address ‘quite shocking’
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her response to President Biden’s State of the Union address and Republican reactions during the speech.
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The Most Outrageous Karen Moments At The State Of The Union Last Night
Last night’s State of the Union was one for the books, but not for the reasons one might think. Though President Biden tried to express an agenda of unity with the GOP, it predictably fell on deaf ears. “To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there is no reason we can’t work together and find consensus on important things in this Congress as well,” he stated.
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From the economy to police reform: Fact checks from Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address
President Joe Biden outlined his administration's achievements in his State of the Union address Tuesday, but in places he left out important context.
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Jeffries suggests Republicans who heckled Biden are unfit to serve in Congress
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested that Republicans who heckled President Biden during the State of the Union address Tuesday evening are unfit to serve in Congress. “President Biden delivered a compelling speech outlining a vision to make life better for everyday Americans,” Jeffries tweeted following the speech. “And his dignity presented a stark…
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Letters to the Editor: Rep. Ilhan Omar's remarks bother more than just Republicans
The Democrat's past statements on Israel render her unfit to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says a reader.
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Disney's Reedy Creek: Florida lawmakers file changes to bill, offset power structure
Most amendments filed by Florida lawmakers to the bill that will restructure the power held by Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District address prohibiting potential board members from having affiliations with the governor.
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Illinois gun-ban incites challenges to legislative shortcuts
For all the fanfare and the legal rigmarole of Illinois' ban on semiautomatic weapons, it might come as a surprise to learn the legislation was titled “Insurance Code-Public Adjusters.” The ban on dozens of semiautomatic rifles and handguns took effect immediately, but enforcement is under scrutiny after a state appellate court endorsed a temporary restraining order last week in a case filed by thousands of advocates and led by Accuracy Firearms, a dealer in Effingham, 101 miles (162 kilometers) northeast of St. Louis. Less than four weeks old, the provision — now known as the “Protect Illinois Communities Act" — has prompted lawsuits at a rate of more than one every four days.
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DeSantis makes a mess, and Florida lawmakers use special session to clean up after him | Opinion
The Florida Legislature isn’t a check on the executive power anymore; it’s the governor’s rubber stamp, the Herald Editorial Board writes
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President Biden's State of the Union report card: Ratings from former speechwriters are in
Speechwriting experts say Biden made a good faith effort at promoting bipartisanship in his State of the Union, but did not confront the China threat as aggressively as he should have.
- Miami Herald
Neighbors heard ‘noises’ coming from a tree in Florida. Then they saw it was alive
The ordeal lasted three days.
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Biden played the State of the Union perfectly, but the raucous GOP proved he's dealing with a whole new kind of opposition
The affair resembled the chaotic scenes of the UK's parliament and not the usually staid State of the Union.
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Hot mic catches President Biden telling Cuban lawmaker he has to talk to him 'about Cuba'
As President Biden was mingling with House and Senate lawmakers following his State of the Union address, he told Sen. Bob Menendez that he needed to speak with him about Cuba.