State of the Union: Biden addresses a divided Congress for first time as president
Updates and analysis of the speech from Yahoo News reporters in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.
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President Biden delivered his annual State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., where he faced a divided Congress for the first time since taking office.
"Democracy must not be a partisan issue. It must be an American issue," Biden said. "We must see each other not as enemies, but as fellow Americans."
But despite his calls for bipartisanship, Biden's speech was interrupted multiple times by booing and heckling from Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who at one point called the president "a liar." Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who delivered the official GOP response, accused Biden and Democrats of launching a “left-wing culture war.”
Yet Biden appeared to draw energy from the GOP jeering — and seemed to relish in drawing a contrast with a Republican Party.
For a recap of Biden's address along with updates and analysis from Yahoo News reporters and trusted partners, see the live blog below.
