President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Reveling in the political moment, Biden fired multiple broadsides at “my predecessor” without ever mentioning … Read more
For Democrats, Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night was proof the 81-year-old president is alive, well and able to deliver an energetic 70-minute speech to a joint session of Congress. But to some Republicans who’ve called him everything short of a walking corpse, Biden’s election-year address to the nation was too vigorous. … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Katie Britt (R-Alabama) called President Joe Biden president “diminished” and claimed that he is “not in command” of the country in the official rebuttal to his State of the Union address on Tuesday. The 42-year-old freshman Republican senator spoke live from her home kitchen in Alabama after Biden delivered his annual address … Read more
President Joe Biden directly addressed several Supreme Court justices while discussing reproductive rights during his State of the Union address on Thursday night. Early in his speech, Biden said he would push to restore the abortion access enshrined by Roe v. Wade — a decision he believes “got it right” — which the Supreme Court … Read more
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address — his last before he faces off with former President Donald Trump at the polls — is Thursday night. As HuffPost’s Kevin Robillard reported, the speech marks a chance for Biden to tout his first-term accomplishments ahead of his November match-up with Trump. Read Biden’s remarks as … Read more
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Goodbye, Nikki. See you later, Dean. It’s down to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, starting with Thursday night’s State of the Union address — the biggest chance Biden will get to impress voters before the Democratic National Convention in August. Biden begins the heart of his re-election campaign trailing Trump in public … Read more
Democrats plan to put reproductive freedom front and center at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night. Over 30 Democrats, as well as First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, are bringing guests who are involved in the reproductive rights movement in some way. The guests range from people impacted by abortion bans to … Read more
President Joe Biden previewed a key piece of the agenda he plans to tout Thursday at the State of the Union address by holding a meeting Tuesday of economic regulators to announce plans to lower prices, tackle junk fees and increase market competition. But the antitrust agenda, now a major political talking point for the … Read more
President Joe Biden thinks his administration’s actions to reduce the price of prescription drugs represent some of his biggest achievements in office. He is about to call for doing even more. During Thursday night’s State of the Union address, Biden will propose strengthening the federal government’s ability to negotiate down the prices of drugs in … Read more
