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US Shoots Down Craft High Over Canada's Yukon

Trudeau says he conferred with Biden and Air Force acted at his request

(Newser) - A US F-22 shot down an unidentified object flying at a high altitude over the Yukon territory on Saturday at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's request. Trudeau tweeted that he'd discussed the matter with President Biden and that Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled after the object was...

On Biden-Fox Chat Before Super Bowl, a 'Strange Back-and-Forth'

Tradition looks to be broken after an apparent impasse between WH, Fox Corp.

(Newser) - It's been a mostly-followed tradition on Super Bowl Sunday that an interview with the president of the United States is aired before the big game, conducted by the news unit of whatever network is hosting the sports event. This year, however, the matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas...

Nicaragua Surprises US By Sending 222 Detainees

Biden welcomes arrivals, saying, 'I'm glad they're out'

(Newser) - In the middle of the night, political leaders, priests, students, and activists languishing in Nicaragua's most notorious prisons were awoken, given back the clothes they had been arrested in and told to dress. Hours later, 222 of them, widely considered political prisoners, landed at a Washington-area airport, deported from...

Greene Shrugs Off Criticism of Her Heckling
Criticism of Marjorie
Taylor Greene Gets Personal
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Feb 9, 2023 2:40 PM CST

Criticism of Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Personal

James Carville references 'white trash,' as congresswoman hits back at critics

(Newser) - Two days after Marjorie Taylor Greene heckled President Biden during his State of the Union address—even calling him a "liar" —the topic remains a buzzy one in DC. In an interview with the New York Times , Greene remained defiant and said she expected no formal rebuke from...

Romney Had It Out With George Santos at SOTU

Utah senator doesn't mince words about his opinion of freshman rep from NY at SOTU

(Newser) - You can count the junior senator from Utah as someone who won't be breaking bread with Rep. George Santos anytime soon. Sen. Mitt Romney had some words for the newly elected and unrelentingly controversial representative from New York at Tuesday night's State of the Union address, and they...

Here's What People Are Saying After Biden's State of the Union

Takeaways from both sides of the aisle

(Newser) - One big theme in coverage of President Biden's Tuesday night State of the Union address? The POTUS was scrappy and seemed to relish it. As Politico's headline briefly put it, "Biden pokes the elephant." Some quick takes and reactions:
  • CNN offers a few takeaways from the
...

In GOP Rebuttal, Sanders Says Choice Is 'Between Normal or Crazy'

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls President Biden unfit to serve

(Newser) - Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered the Republican rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday night, and she did not hold back: The Arkansas governor declared Biden "unfit to serve as commander in chief" and said he's putting both the US and the entire world at...

Tyre Nichols&#39; Parents Get Standing Ovation
Parents of Tyre Nichols
Receive Standing Ovation
state of the union
Feb 7, 2023 9:46 PM CST

Parents of Tyre Nichols Receive Standing Ovation

As does California shooting hero Brandon Tsay

(Newser) - President Biden addressed gun violence and police reform in two notable moments during his State of the Union address:
  • Tyre Nichols: The parents of Tyre Nichols, the man who died after a beating by Memphis police officers, received a standing ovation as Biden recognized them. “Let’s do what
...

Biden&#39;s Jab at Trump Met With Republican Jeers
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Calls Out, 'Liar!'
state of the union
Feb 7, 2023 9:27 PM CST

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Out, 'Liar!'

She objects to Biden's claims that the GOP is going after Medicare and Social Security

(Newser) - Things got a little testy in the House as President Biden made his pitch for Congress to lift the debt ceiling to avoid default. Biden said Republicans lifted the ceiling three times for former President Trump "without preconditions or crisis," per the New York Times . "Tonight, I’...

Biden to GOP: Work With Me
Biden to GOP:
Work With Me
state of the union
Feb 7, 2023 8:40 PM CST

Biden to GOP: Work With Me

President gives his State of the Union address

(Newser) - President Biden is stressing unity and the economy in his 2023 State of the Union address. Some key early points on those fronts from his prime-time speech on Tuesday:
  • "You know, my Republican friends, we could work together the last Congress. There’s no reason we can’t work
...

Biden Has 'Impossible Speech' to Give

President delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday night

(Newser) - President Biden delivers his second State of the Union address Tuesday night, but don't expect a raft of specific new policy proposals given the near impossibility of making them reality in a divided Congress, reports the AP . Instead, expect a speech offering Americans general reassurances that the nation is...

Poll Finds Most Democrats Don't Want Biden to Run Again

The number is 37%, down from 52%

(Newser) - A majority of Democrats now think one term is plenty for President Biden, despite his insistence that he plans to seek reelection in 2024, the AP reports. That's according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that shows just 37% of Democrats say they...

US Braces for China&#39;s Response
US Braces for China's Response
Feb 4, 2023 5:25 PM CST

US Braces for China's Response

Balloon crisis sets back diplomatic efforts

(Newser) - Now that the US has ended what it says was an espionage flight and China says was an off-course weather balloon, US officials are waiting for a response. Among the possibilities is a retaliatory strike by China, the New York Times reports. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who canceled a...

Democrats Move Iowa From Top Spot in 2024
Democrats Rearrange Primaries
Feb 4, 2023 5:05 PM CST

Democrats Rearrange Primaries

Party to lead off with South Carolina in 2024, increasing clout of voters of color

(Newser) - The Democratic Party on Saturday approved reordering its 2024 presidential primaries, replacing Iowa with South Carolina in the leadoff spot as part of a major shake-up meant to empower Black and other minority voters critical to its base of support. Although more changes are possible later this year, the formal...

Rules Change for EV Tax Credits
Rules Change for EV Tax Credits
Feb 3, 2023 3:45 PM CST

Rules Change for EV Tax Credits

Automakers lobbied for higher-priced models to be included

(Newser) - The Treasury Department said Friday it is making more electric vehicles—including SUVs made by Tesla, Ford, and General Motors—eligible for tax credits of up to $7,500 under new vehicle classification definitions. The revised standards for EV tax credits follow lobbying by automakers that had pressed the Biden...

Biden, McCarthy Start Debt Ceiling Talks
Biden, McCarthy
Make 'No Promises'
Feb 1, 2023 7:05 PM CST

Biden, McCarthy Make 'No Promises'

Both sides describe debt ceiling meeting as a frank exchange of views

(Newser) - President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held their first session about raising the nation's debt ceiling on Wednesday, and both described the talks later with the sort of diplomatic wording that would, were it a negotiation with a foreign adversary, make everyone nervous. The two had a "...

Biden Lawyer: No Classified Docs Found in Beach House Search

But FBI removed materials for further review

(Newser) - Bob Bauer, President Biden's personal lawyer, says the FBI searched the president's Delaware beach house for more than three hours Wednesday and did not find any documents with classified markings—but agents "took for further review some materials and handwritten notes that appear to relate to his...

COVID Emergencies to End on May 11
COVID Emergencies
to End on May 11
Jan 30, 2023 5:55 PM CST

COVID Emergencies to End on May 11

Patients will have to pay more drug, treatment costs

(Newser) - President Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared. The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations...

Tyre Nichols' Parents, Monterey Park Hero Invited to SOTU

Biden will deliver his second SOTU address next Tuesday

(Newser) - President Biden will deliver his second State of the Union Address next Tuesday and the guests will include the parents of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis man who died days after he was brutally beaten by police. Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Sunday that Nichols'...

There Will Be No Default, McCarthy Says

Like Biden, speaker says he won't back cuts to Social Security, Medicare

(Newser) - Saying he'll meet with President Biden on Wednesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday discounted the chances of the US defaulting on its debt. The two will look for a "reasonable and responsible" way to lift the debt ceiling and cut spending, McCarthy said on CBS' Face the ...

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