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Ukraine, economy to take center stage in Biden's State of the Union address
Caroline Brehman - Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- It was one of the most consequential weeks of President Joe Biden's presidency, and it came right before his first State of the Union address to Con...
Mar 01, 2022
Controversial fencing around Capitol goes back up as part of SOTU security
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The nation's capital is ramping up security ahead of President Joe Biden's first State of the Union address on Tuesday. Up to 700 National ...
Mar 01, 2022
Congress drops mask mandate just ahead of Biden's State of the Union address
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Masks will no longer be required in the House chamber when President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday night, a major reversal in the pol...
Mar 01, 2022
Here's how to watch President Biden's first State of the Union address
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address Tuesday night amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, changing public health guidance around COVID-19 and as the n...
Mar 01, 2022
Trump seeks to rewrite his role in bolstering Ukraine, NATO
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump on Monday sought to recast his administration's role in bolstering Europe's security, claiming credit for strengthening NATO and ar...
Feb 28, 2022
DeSantis GOP's rising star as 2024 hopefuls drill anti-'woke' message at CPAC
Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has emerged from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference as the potential GOP presidential c...
Feb 28, 2022
First Jan. 6 trial begins with high stakes for government prosecutors
Samuel Corum/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Jury selection was set to begin Monday morning in the case of Guy Reffitt, who faces five felony counts in the first trial of an alleged participant in the Jan...
Feb 28, 2022
Supreme Court weighs rollback of EPA's power to fight climate change
Skyhobo/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the impacts of global climate change exact an increasingly dire human and economic toll, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is considering a major challenge to the...
Feb 28, 2022
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton won't condemn Trump's praise of Putin
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has refused to condemn former President Donald Trump's praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine. "George, if you want to k...
Feb 27, 2022
Putin's nuclear alert part of 'pattern' of 'manufacturing threats': Psaki
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to put his nation's nuclear deterrent forces on a state of heightened alert was...
Feb 27, 2022
