More than 23 million viewers tuned in for President Biden's State of the Union address this week, according to early TV audience reports. According to an analysis by Forbes, Fox News scored the largest ratings in prime time with 4.27 million viewers, while MSNBC's coverage drew 2.96 million viewers and CNN had 1.85 million viewers. Biden's address last year drew more than 38 million viewers. This year's speech was geared as a soft launch for a 2024 presidential campaign, with much of Biden's speech focused on what he characterized as unfinished work building on the economic recovery following the pandemic. The president got a taste of the coming election cycle, sparring with unruly House Republicans who booed and heckled at times. Biden continued to lean into his message and jab at Republicans on Wednesday while traveling in the key battleground of Wisconsin. The responses to Tuesday's prime-time event have largely fallen along party lines. Democrats say Biden handled the GOP jeers deftly and made critics look bad, while Republicans have panned the speech as misleading. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) praised Biden over his back-and-forth with Republicans on Social Security and Medicare, saying that they walked into a "trap" he laid for them. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) defended booing Biden, telling CNN the president "got exactly what he deserved." "What am I going to do? Stand up and give golf claps? No, thank you. I don't clap for liars," she said. The Hill's Brett Samuels has identified five key lines in Biden's speech. 🗣️ Biden's speech was his longest State of the Union yet. He also managed to cram in the most words of any such speech in decades, according to one analysis. |
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- Seven northeastern states just had their warmest January on record, a federal report has found.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says he spends his time "delivering results" and not "trying to smear other Republicans," after former President Trump's latest social media posts attacking him.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) stands by his proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years after President Biden pointed out in his State of the Union that it would sunset Social Security and Medicare.
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🎈 Lawmakers seek more info on Chinese balloon
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Lawmakers are gearing up for hearings as they seek more information about the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that traveled across the U.S. before it was shot down over the weekend. The Biden administration plans to brief House and Senate members in the coming days with the latest information as crews work to recover balloon debris in the Atlantic Ocean. Foreign affairs and defense officials also will testify on related topics in hearings Thursday with a Senate Appropriations subcommittee and the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. |
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💻 White House hits House GOP over hearing 'stunt'
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The White House has accused House Republicans of orchestrating a "bizarre political stunt" with a hearing related to social media and reports on president's son, Hunter Biden.
"The morning after President Biden delivered a State of the Union address emphasizing the significant progress we've made as a nation to generate historic job and economic growth and the work still to be done to address Americans' top priorities like tackling inflation, raising wages, and investing in manufacturing and infrastructure jobs, House Republicans are making it their top priority to stage a bizarre political stunt," Ian Sams, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement.
The high-profile hearing Wednesday focused on Twitter's decision to limit the spread of a New York Post story on Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 election, with Democrats voicing irritation over holding the hearing. |
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🗽 Santos-Romney spat spills over to second day
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Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has continued to spar with Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), saying the former GOP presidential candidate's interaction with him at the State of the Union "wasn't very Mormon." Both lawmakers previously shared their accounts of the brief interaction before Biden's speech, when Santos positioned himself near the aisle where the president and other political dignitaries walked into the chamber. The New York congressman has faced repeated calls for his resignation or removal over multiple past fabrications and falsehoods about his background and experience before being elected. According to Romney, he told Santos that he is an "embarrassment" who doesn't "belong here." |
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🇺🇦 Zelensky visits London in rare trip outside Ukraine
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Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to London this week to address the Parliament, telling British lawmakers and allies that his country will need more advanced weapons, including modern fighter jets, to fend off Russian forces. He also met with King Charles III during the trip. |
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📊 Lightfoot locked in tight 3-way battle in Chicago mayor's race: poll
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Embattled Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) is locked in a tight three-way race for reelection against Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (D-Ill.) and Paul Vallas, the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, according to a new poll. |
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📺 NBC, MSNBC staffers threaten walk-out amid layoffs
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More than 200 workers at NBC News and MSNBC are planning a walk-out on Thursday in protest of recent workforce cuts, their union says. The NBC Guild said in a statement the broadcast giant has "repeatedly broken the law, disrespected the rights of its employees, and illegally terminated hard-working union journalists." A network spokesperson told The Hill the union is "misrepresent(ing) the facts" of ongoing negotiations. |
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"Biden's State of the Union: Everything is awesome" — Joe Concha, media and politics columnist. (Read here) "Biden presented a path of cooperation, Republicans should follow it" — Steve Israel, former New York congressman and chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. (Read here) | |
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29 days until President Biden unveils his proposal for the next fiscal year. 234 days until the federal budget deadline. 636 days until the 2024 presidential election. |
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President Biden travels to Florida — another battleground state on his "blitz" touting his priorities and accomplishments. This trip's focus is on protecting Social Security, Medicare and health care. The National Governors Association kicks off its winter meeting in D.C. 10:15 a.m.: Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Defense holds a hearing on the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon with assistant Defense Secretary Melissa Dalton, deputy assistant Defense Secretary Jedidiah Royal, Joint Staff Vice Admiral Sara Joyner and Joint Staff Rear Admiral Fred Kacher. 10:30 a.m.: Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on
U.S.-China relations with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. 12 p.m.: House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government meets. |
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