Rep. Garret Graves (R-La) criticized former Rep. George Santos for observing President Biden's State of the Union address Thursday night on the House floor, calling him a “moron” who left the rest of the New York delegation incensed. “The guy’s a moron. He shouldn't be here,” Graves told reporters after the State of the Union....
Story at a glance A new Gallup poll published Friday shows 57 percent of American adults believe the country would be better governed if more women held political office. That is the same percentage of Americans as in 1999 when Gallup first began tracking views on women in political office. While that is...
Former White House aide turned CNN pundit Alyssa Farah Griffin called the staging for a response given by Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) to President Biden's State of the Union address "bizarre." She said Britt is a "rising star" within the GOP and called her "an incredibly impressive person," but she noted "the staging of this...
President Biden drew a sharp contrast with former President Trump and Republican lawmakers in Thursday’s State of the Union address, using the bully pulpit to harp on issues that will shape the general election campaign and sell voters on his first three years in office. Biden’s remarks, which lasted just over an hour, could at...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) grimaced and shook his head at multiple points throughout Thursday's State of the Union address, his first while serving in his new post. The Speaker of the House and vice president are in the backdrop of every State of the Union address, and this was the first to pair Johnson...
A conservative Super PAC said it will spend at least $10 million on Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) reelection. The Washington Post first reported Wednesday that the Club for Growth Action plans to spend a huge sum of money in support of the Texas Republican’s bid to stay in his Senate seat. The announcement follows the...
In his State of the Union Thursday evening, President Biden lambasted the rise in legislation making it harder to vote. “A transformational moment in our history happened 59 years ago today in Selma, Alabama,” Biden said. “Hundreds of foot soldiers for justice marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, named after a Grand Dragon of the...
President Biden delivered his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, a speech coming in at just over an hour and one directed squarely at Republicans and, without naming him, former President Trump. The address comes during a pivotal election year in which Biden is seeking a second...
flailing to address a boiling voter rebellion on abortion, Biden’s focus is more than just good government. It’s winning politics. By making his State of the Union a report on America’s battered democracy, Biden is tying his political hopes to voters’ love of freedom. That pitch worked in 2020 and 2022. Biden, Democrats and democracy are all depending on America’s voters hearing Biden’s call one more time.
President Biden slammed former President Trump on immigration during his Thursday State of the Union address, denouncing his predecessor’s rhetoric and actions on the border, but then echoed some of that rhetoric by referring to a Venezuelan national as “an illegal.” Biden’s remarks came in response to GOP heckling demanding he mention the name of...
President Biden had an impromptu exchange with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) during Thursday's State of the Union address after the conservative firebrand heckled him on immigration and urged him to acknowledge a University of Georgia student who was killed last month. As Biden spoke about a bipartisan border security bill in the Senate that...
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced Thursday that he will run for Congress again, this time challenging Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.). Santos was expelled from his Long Island congressional seat in December over allegations of fraud. He was replaced in Congress last month by Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.) after a special election as he faces...
More than half of Asian American residents of New York City say they have experienced hate due to race or ethnicity, according to a recent survey. The survey by The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), found that 54 percent of Asian American New Yorkers said they had experienced “either insults, harassments, threats, or physical attacks in...
A local Pennsylvania official invited as Rep. Chris Deluzio’s (D-Pa.) guest to President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday evening said he’s “a little disappointed” by the lack of progress on rail safety legislation a year after a trail derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Mike Carreon (R), chair of the Board of Supervisors for...
Supporters of former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley are far more likely to vote for President Biden in November than former President Trump, according to an Emerson College poll released Thursday. The survey found that 63 percent of Haley supporters back Biden after the former South Carolina governor dropped out of the GOP primary Wednesday....
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is the designated survivor for President Biden’s State of the Union address, according to a White House official. Cardona, as Education secretary, is the 16th in the presidential line of succession. Cardona has served in Biden’s Cabinet since March 2021. The designated survivor tradition involves a member of the president’s Cabinet...
Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged to be married later this year. Murdoch is set to marry Elena Zhukova, 67, the retired molecular biologist he started dating last year, The New York Times first reported. The Hill confirmed the Times's reporting Thursday evening. Murdoch, 92, last year ceded control of his multi-billion-dollar media empire, including...
President Biden is set to give his State of the Union address Thursday at a critical time for his campaign as it fully turns to taking on former President Trump in the general election. Biden will be at the Capitol two days after Super Tuesday, when he and Trump swept their respective primaries. Republican Nikki...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) issued a disaster declaration for the crawfish industry Wednesday, according to a press release. “Louisiana’s extreme drought conditions have affected our farmers, our economy, and our way of life,” Landry said in a statement in the release. “All 365,000 crawfish acres in Louisiana have been affected by these conditions. That...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said there is nothing President Biden can say in his State of the Union speech Thursday to undo the damage done by his border policies. “[T]he fact of the matter is, when Biden became president, and today, there are three laws passed by Congress already, that empower the president to...
President Biden will take a thinly veiled swipe at former President Trump in his State of the Union address Thursday, according to excerpts shared by the White House ahead of the 9 p.m. EST speech. “My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy. A future based on the core values that have defined...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said President Biden should begin an “apology tour” at Thursday's State of the Union address. “I hope … President Biden starts tonight is an apology tour,” Scott said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” with host Joe Kernen. “Apologizing for ‘Bidenomics,’ it has devastated average Americans. Apologizing for the chaos...
A federal judge on Thursday rejected former President Trump’s request to delay the $83.3 million judgment in advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit, refusing to give Trump more time to post a bond with the deadline only a few days away. The former president and near-certain GOP nominee has mounted efforts to postpone the...
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Thursday quipped the “single most important factor” of President Biden’s State of the Union speech will likely be his ability to keep his energy up for the entire address. “Biden has two huge challenges. The first is a performance challenge. He’ll gain a little bit if he gives...
