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About 27.3 million people watched Biden address, down from last year

9 Feb 2023

By Helen Coster and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -An estimated 27.3 million people watched U.S. President Joe Biden’s Tuesday night State of the Union speech, according to Nielsen ratings data from 16 television networks. Biden’s audience fell 29% from his State of the Union address last year, which brought in 38.2 million television viewers, Nielsen said. …

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Texas Walmart massacre suspect pleads guilty to U.S. hate crimes

9 Feb 2023

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A Texas man accused of targeting Latinos during a 2019 massacre of 23 people at an El Paso Walmart store pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crimes, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office prosecuting the case. Patrick Crusius, 24, changed his plea to guilty during a hearing …

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In Wisconsin, Biden touts ‘deal’ with Republicans on Social Security

9 Feb 2023

By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt DEFOREST, Wis. (Reuters) -Fresh off a State of the Union speech to Congress that challenged opposition Republicans to help unite the country, President Joe Biden embarked on a tour of U.S. states crucial to his expected 2024 re-election bid. In Wisconsin, the Democratic president told workers at a union …

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North Carolina ban on false campaign statements likely unconstitutional, court rules

9 Feb 2023

(Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that a decades-old North Carolina law making it a crime to publish false derogatory statements about a candidate in an election was likely to be unconstitutional. The law, which dates to 1931, was challenged by Josh Stein, now the state’s attorney general, who in 2020 was …

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U.S. House votes to end foreign air traveler COVID vaccine requirement

9 Feb 2023

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to end a requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions still in place. The vote was 227 to 201 with seven Democrats joining Republicans. No Republicans voted against the bill. …

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White House says blog post on Nord Stream explosion ‘utterly false’

9 Feb 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Wednesday dismissed a blog post by a U.S. investigative journalist alleging the United States was behind explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines as “utterly false and complete fiction.” Reuters has not corroborated the report, published by U.S. investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, which said an attack was carried out …

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White House: Biden put Republican lawmakers on defensive over entitlement programs

9 Feb 2023

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden put Republicans on the defensive over their threats to attack Social Security and Medicare during his State of the Union speech last night, and will continue to call them out on the issue, the White House said on Wednesday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre …

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In State of the Union speech, Biden challenges Republicans on debt and economy

8 Feb 2023

By Jeff Mason, Nandita Bose and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden challenged Republicans to lift the U.S. debt ceiling and support tax policies that were friendlier to middle class Americans on Tuesday in a State of the Union speech that served as a blueprint for his 2024 re-election campaign. Assailing oil companies for …

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