State of the Union recap
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) -President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union address before Congress and the nation. This speech comes at a critical time as it is the president's last State of the...
View ArticleBiden goes after Trump in strikingly political State of the Union address
President Biden drew a sharp contrast with former President Trump and Republican lawmakers in Thursday’s State of the Union address, using the bully pulpit to harp on issues that will shape the...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson grimaces, shakes head through heavily political Biden address
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) grimaced and shook his head at multiple points throughout Thursday's State of the Union address, his first while serving in his new post. The Speaker of the House...
View ArticleBritt goes after 'dithering, diminished' Biden in State of the Union rebuttal
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) on Thursday argued President Biden is a “dithering and diminished” leader who is taking the U.S. down a worrisome path. Delivering the GOP response to Biden’s State of the...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson: GOP hecklers responding to 'overly partisan' State of the Union
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said GOP lawmakers who heckled President Biden during his State of the Union address Thursday evening were responding to an “overly partisan speech.” A handful of...
View ArticleFive takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address
President Biden delivered his final State of the Union before the 2024 election on Thursday evening. It was a pivotal moment — a rare opportunity to speak unmediated to an American public that, right...
View ArticleTop GOP negotiator warns lawmakers to 'stop playing with fire' before...
Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, warned lawmakers to “stop playing with fire” hours ahead of a looming deadline to prevent a partial government...
View ArticleConservatives threaten to delay Senate bill to avert government shutdown
A bill to avert a partial government shutdown Friday night is running into delays in the Senate amid partisan disputes, but is slowly moving toward a final vote. Absent unanimous consent or an...
View ArticleBiden on hot mic: ‘Come-to-Jesus meeting' with Netanyahu on the way
(The Hill) — President Biden told a Democratic lawmaker and members of his Cabinet after the State of the Union address that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they will need to...
View ArticleBiden gets political in SOTU speech as campaigning ramps up
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - President Joe Biden is hitting the campaign trail in Pennsylvania on Friday after delivering a fiery State of the Union Address on Thursday night. His speech was overtly...
View ArticleSenators rush to avoid partial shutdown
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Senators are rushing to avoid a partial government as the clock winds down. Things are slowly moving in the Senate, but it is still unclear if enough Republicans are ready to...
View ArticleForeign aid, border combo deal still floating in House
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – A group of House Democrats and Republicans have not given up on a bill that would link foreign military aid to tougher migrant policies at the southern border. "Ukraine is an...
View ArticleNew port in Gaza will allow more humanitarian aid
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden announced a plan for U.S. Army and Navy forces to build a temporary pier on the Gaza coast. It will allow the U.S. and...
View ArticleKentucky lawmakers hope to clamp down on profiting from AI deepfakes
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — As generative artificial intelligence technology continues to advance, Kentucky lawmakers want to get ahead of so-called deepfakes of people's voices or images being passed...
View ArticleDid US reverse-engineer alien spacecraft? And other Pentagon report takeaways
A long-awaited Pentagon report on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) concluded Friday there is no evidence the U.S. has reverse-engineered alien spacecraft and rebutted claims that Washington is...
View ArticleSenate sends $460B bill to avert shutdown to Biden's desk just hours before...
Senators on Friday passed a bill to fund a slew of government agencies for the rest of fiscal year 2024, sending the measure to President Biden’s desk hours before a shutdown deadline after Congress...
View ArticleTrump wins American Samoa GOP caucus
Former President Trump is projected to win American Samoa’s Republican caucus, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump earned all 110 votes cast, according to Decision Desk HQ. American Samoa awards nine...
View ArticleBiden campaign launches ad touting president’s age as an asset
President Biden's campaign released an ad Saturday that will air in major battleground states connecting the president's age with his ability to get things done during his first term, seeking to draw...
View ArticleRobert De Niro slams Trump as likely GOP nominee: 'The guy is a total monster'
(The Hill) — Actor Robert DeNiro slammed former President Trump Friday as the former president is likely to be the GOP presidential nominee in November. “The guy is a total monster... I don't...
View ArticleBiden signs government funding bills to avoid partial shutdown
President Biden signed the government spending legislation to keep an array of federal departments open Friday, as lawmakers turn their focus to the remaining appropriations bills. Biden signed the...
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