Joe Biden utilizó su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión en 2024 para adoptar una postura de lucha. Biden no dijo el nombre del expresidente Donald Trump en sus comentarios, pero invocó con frecuencia el historial y las propuestas de Trump, refiriéndose a él normalmente como “mi predecesor.” Algunos republicanos criticaron a Biden desde […]
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address from her kitchen table in Montgomery, Alabama. During her 17-minute rebuttal, Britt criticized Biden on immigration, the economy and crime. “What we saw was the performance of a permanent politician who has actually been in office for longer […]
As president, Joe Biden saw the economy endure 40-year-high levels of inflation. But during his 2024 State of the Union address, he took a victory lap on the reduced inflation rate, job creation and other economic metrics. “I came to office determined to get us through one of the toughest periods in our nation’s history,” […]
Surprise guests are a feature of the president’s State of the Union address. President Joe Biden’s March 7 speech had a big one, though not one invited by the president: former Rep. George Santos, who was seen mingling with his former Republican colleagues a little more than three months after the House expelled him. This […]
Facing a challenging path to reelection amid low favorability ratings and public wariness over the economy, President Joe Biden used his 2024 State of the Union address to take a fighting posture. He repeatedly drew contrasts with his presumptive Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, and occasionally sparred with GOP lawmakers in the audience. “This […]
PolitiFact is tracking the status of 99 promises Joe Biden made as he campaigned for president in 2020. Our team researches and rates the status of each promise on a spectrum of progress. By our measure, the majority of his promises — 63% — are Stalled or In the Works; 27% were Kept, 6% were […]
Abortion rights advocate California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched ads criticizing efforts in Republican-led states to stop women from traveling out of state for abortions. On CNN’s “The Lead” with Jake Tapper, the Democrat bashed the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos should be considered children. Newsom then shared an eye-popping figure […]
Tras el aumento del número de inmigrantes chinos cruzando la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, el congresista republicano de Florida Mario Díaz-Balart, el expresidente Donald Trump y otros republicanos han dicho que los que están llegando son “hombres de edad militar” y que esto es alarmante. “Casi 9 millones de encuentros ilegales a nivel nacional […]
It’s Election Day in November 2024. Across the U.S., voters are heading to the polls. And major social media platforms are not working. The scenario could alarm voters and draw news organizations’ attention. But would it affect voting? A similar incident played out March 5, when Meta platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Threads stopped working […]
As Texas tries to contain the biggest wildfire in the state’s history, baseless conspiracy theories that first circulated online after other well-known fires are resurfacing. More than 1 million acres of land have burned so far in Texas from the wildfires, which began in late February. The Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest of the fires, […]
Talk about a disconnect. Unemployment is near record lows. Job creation is robust. The economy is growing, driven by healthy consumer spending. And the stock market has hit record highs. Yet surveys show that Americans are disgusted with the economy. And President Joe Biden, seeking reelection in November, is feeling the public’s agitation. Biden has […]
When former President Donald Trump said he’d let Russia “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO nations that didn’t pay for collective defense, he alarmed world leaders — and spurred President Joe Biden to imagine a world without the alliance. Biden in February asked voters to contemplate this scenario — Trump winning the election […]