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The imagery of President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress will be notable Wednesday evening for what it will not include, with attendance dramatically scaled back to ensure social distancing amid the pandemic. But it will also be historic for what it will: two women will be sitting behind the President for

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court, said at a Senate hearing Wednesday that her race doesn’t play a role in her work as a judge, but that her experience as an African American jurist “might be valuable” should she be confirmed to the

Republicans will not provide an official Spanish response to President Joe Biden’s speech to Congress on Wednesday night, breaking a modern tradition that has become standard with the annual address. Instead, the Republican National Committee will translate the English response from GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, and — most-likely — release it after

First things first: Joe Biden isn’t going to take away your hamburgers. There’s a bizarre rumor going around in right-wing circles — and being spread by Fox News and Republican members of Congress — that President Biden is scheming to come into your kitchen and pry the cold, dead beef out of your hands. Rep.

The New York Post temporarily deleted, and then edited and republished, a debunked article that falsely claimed that copies of Vice President Kamala Harris’ book were being included in “welcome kits” given to migrant children at a shelter in Long Beach, California. The reporter who wrote the article, Laura Italiano, tweeted late Tuesday afternoon that

President Joe Biden will deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, but since this is his first address, it’s not technically called a “State of the Union” speech. It is an “annual message.” Since 1977, new presidents have not called their first speech before a joint session of Congress

Rep. Ted Budd launched his North Carolina Senate campaign on Wednesday, aligning himself with former President Donald Trump in a 2022 bid for the crucial seat. The congressman, who was first elected in 2016, had been widely expected to run to replace the retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr. He joins a growing primary field including

Richard Barnett, the man who put his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and left her an insulting note during the Capitol riot, will be released from jail to await further court proceedings from home. A judge deemed on Tuesday that Barnett was not dangerous enough to stay in jail as

Carol Erker vividly remembers the emotion that washed over her after Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Even as she worried about the pandemic and the Oval Office that Biden was inheriting, she felt like she could finally breathe. As Biden nears the 100-day mark of his presidency, Erker is pleasantly surprised. “I was really

On the cusp of the 100-day mark of Joe Biden’s presidency, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds 53% of Americans approve of the way he is handling the job and say he has had the right priorities, and 59% say he is doing a good job keeping his campaign promises. Biden earns broad

Most Mondays and Tuesdays, former President Donald Trump skips golf to confer with aides about the week ahead. Together they decide which Republican candidates he will meet with at his office — a converted bridal suite above Mar-a-Lago’s 20,000-square-foot ballroom — and whether they deserve his support. Often, he’ll ask for updates on his leadership