EU leaders are in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday for a Special European Council. What’s so special about it? Well, the leaders will (after a trip to see the king of the Belgians) spend Wednesday evening talking about developments in Ukraine and EU-Turkey relations. In the wake of Iran’s drone and missile attacks against Israel, … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris told supporters in Denver on Tuesday that she would fight to ban “assault” weapons, raise the federal minimum wage and protect abortion rights if she and President Joe Biden win reelection in November. “In memory of Columbine, Aurora, Uvalde and Club Q, we continue — and we all continue — to … Read more
“We have pointed out a few things as a potential, very natural [with] the Baltic states, both on air policing, but also other tasks,” he said, highlighting Sweden’s undersea capability in the Baltic Sea, a crucial zone of activity for the Russian navy around Kaliningrad. He also stressed Sweden’s strong defense industry as a role … Read more
President Joe Biden walked back his use of the term “illegal” to describe an undocumented immigrant on Saturday, telling MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, “I shouldn’t have used illegal. It’s undocumented.” Biden’s use of the label came in a testy back-and-forth with Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene during his State of the Union address. Greene arrived … Read more
Alabama Senator Katie Britt is defending herself from one of many self-inflicted wounds during her widely mocked State of the Union response address, as journalists have been poking holes into an anecdote she told as part of a critique of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. In an emotional rebuttal to the president’s address on Thursday, … Read more
Biden announced his pier plan after the United Nations raised the alarm about an “imminent” famine in the Gaza region amid reports that Israel’s military operation is hindering road deliveries of aid and food to the Palestinian territory of 2.3 million people. The U.N. on Wednesday warned that the population in Gaza is suffering from … Read more
By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Katie Britt called President Joe Biden a “dithering and diminished leader” in the Republican rebuttal to his State of the Union address Thursday evening. The first-term Alabama Republican, the youngest woman in the Senate, delivered a stinging election-year critique of the president while sitting at her own kitchen table. She argued … Read more
White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients had promised Americans would see a “very energized president” in Thursday night’s State of the Union—and Joe Biden certainly came out swinging. In an at-times fiery speech, the president laced into MAGA Republicans, Supreme Court conservatives, and especially 2024 rival Donald Trump—though he pointedly declined to mention his … Read more
By Chris Megerian and Aamer Madhani, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union address is one of the durable set pieces of the presidency, a forum that almost always favors the speaker in a one-way conversation with millions of Americans. Most of the speeches are instantly dissected, and almost as quickly forgotten. … Read more
By CHRIS MEGERIAN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union speech is one of the biggest pieces of political theater every year. It’s rooted in a simple requirement in the U.S. Constitution that directs the president to “give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their … Read more
