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​Jill Biden says the concept floated by GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley that any politician over age 75 submit to a mental compentency test is a nonstarter. Speaking today on CNN’s State of the Union, Jill Biden said her 80-year-old husband Joe would “never even discuss” such a thing, branding…

(Updated with Biden statement) Less than a week after U.S. jets shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic, President Joe Biden this morning ordered the military to destroy a self-described "high-altitude object" over Alaska. Asked about the incident while awaiting the arrival of the President…

UPDATED with latest: President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address drew an estimated 27.3 million viewers, a drop of 29% from last year, according to Nielsen. That figure is the lowest audience for a SOTU in at least 30 years, according to Nielsen records. Biden’s 2021 speech to a joint session…

Twenty minutes after ending his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Joe Biden was still shaking hands in the double doorway of the House chamber, even though many members having already left, much of the room was already cleared and Speaker Kevin McCarthy had already called it a…

The veneer of bipartisan civility didn't last long tonight at Joe Biden's second State of the Union address – – and that was all right with the president and Democrats. Less than an hour into Biden's speech before members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, it all turned into a screaming…

UPDATED: Joe Biden’s State of the Union included a number of gestures to Republicans, promotion of the spirit of bipartisanship and mention of a whole host of issues that garner backing from both parties. But there were plenty of outbursts among the GOP, signaling how unlikely it probably is that…

President Joe Biden is set to deliver his second State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday: “The president will underscore the progress we have made during one of the most challenging times…in history.” The…

Bono will be among the guests of First Lady Jill Biden at tonight’s State of the Union address, joining a list that includes the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Oksana Markarova and Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols. The…

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House press secretary and newly elected governor of Arkansas, will deliver the GOP response after President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Sanders will deliver the address from Little Rock. Sanders served as President Donald Trump’s…

President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 7. The event typically is a showcase for broadcast and cable networks, as they load up on reporting and analysis before and after the speech. It’ll also likely mark a return to more candid shots in…

CNN’s State of the Union talk show highlighted two hot takes Sunday from former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. The most startling was his pronouncement that an economic ecession was "more likely than not" within the next two years. Summers’s statement was in opposition to current Treasury Secretary Janet…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has acquired the second series of Nick Hornby/Stephen Frears’ high-end short form series State of the Union from Endeavor Content. See-Saw Films’ second run, a Sundance TV original, moves Stateside and features Brendan Gleeson, Patricia Clarkson and Esco Jouléy. Clarkson plays Ellen, a liberal…