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Mediaite reports: A whopping 72 percent of viewers approved of President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union speech — including 43 percent of Republicans who watched. Biden delivered his first State of the Union address under the new GOP House majority Tuesday night, and a raucous majority it turned out to be. Another key piece of good news for Biden: …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivers his second State of the Union address since taking office. It’s also the first time he will address Congress since Republicans won control of the House. Biden is expected to use the speech, set for 9 p.m. ET, to make the case for his re-election, even though he has yet to …

Axios reports: President Biden’s State of the Union address will include calls for insulin cost caps for privately insured patients and a renewed bid to close the Medicaid coverage gap in Republican-controlled states that haven’t accepted the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. The push to expand health coverage to millions of low-income people in 11 red states by closing the …

CNN reports: Paul Pelosi, Tyre Nichols’ parents, U2 star Bono, Monterey Park shooting hero Brandon Tsay, Ukraine’s ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova and a Holocaust survivor are among those headed to the US Capitol Tuesday evening where President Joe Biden is set to deliver his State of the Union address. Biden’s remarks will both touch on key themes of …

The Associated Press reports: The Biden administration is considering a plan to shoot down a large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance on the U.S. military, by bringing it down once it is above the Atlantic Ocean where the remnants could potentially be recovered, according to four U.S. officials. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss …

The New York Times reports: Upending decades of political tradition, members of the Democratic National Committee voted on Saturday to approve a sweeping overhaul of the Democratic primary process, a critical step in President Biden’s effort to transform the way the party picks its presidential nominees. For years, Democratic nominating contests have begun with the Iowa caucuses and the New …

The Washington Post reports: The labor market shattered expectations in January, as the economy added 517,000 jobs, despite tens of thousands of layoffs in the tech sector. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent, according to data released Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reaching a new longtime low. The uptick in high-profile layoffs has not been reflected in …

Reuters reports: Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that he and President Joe Biden have agreed to meet again for talks on raising the U.S. government borrowing limit. Biden and McCarthy held initial talks on Wednesday in a first test of how the two could work together. The pair spoke again on Thursday at the …

The Washington Post reports: The Justice Department conducted a search Wednesday of President Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., as part of its ongoing investigation of his retention of classified documents, but did not find any documents with classified markings, the president’s personal attorney said. The 3-and-a-half hour search took place Wednesday morning “in coordination and cooperation with the …

CNN reports: The FBI is conducting a search of President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday as a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified material begins in earnest. “Today, with the President’s full support and cooperation, the DOJ is conducting a planned search of his home in Rehoboth, Delaware,” Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer wrote …

The Associated Press reports: President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared. The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations would formally restructure the federal …

NBC News reports: Atlanta is one of the three finalists to host the convention, along with New York City and Chicago. Houston was also in the running until recently; its mayor has now joined Atlanta’s bid, adding his name to the letter. The letter, sent Monday to Biden and Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, is signed by more than …

Politico reports: There’s been lots of talk but little progress towards a solution to the upcoming debt ceiling crisis on Capitol Hill. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is set to meet this week with President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss Congress’ need to pay the tab it’s already racked up. All eyes will be on the Biden-McCarthy meeting …

Issued last night by the White House: Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols’ death. It is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every single day. My heart goes out …

The New York Times reports: President Biden said on Friday that Jeffrey D. Zients, who served as the coronavirus response coordinator and a chairman of Mr. Biden’s transition, would take over as the White House chief of staff. The formal announcement came several days after it was reported that Mr. Zients had been tapped to replace Ron Klain, the longtime …

Via press release from the White House: Jill and I extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of Tyre Nichols and the entire Memphis community. Tyre’s family deserves a swift, full, and transparent investigation into his death. As Americans grieve, the Department of Justice conducts its investigation, and state authorities continue their work, I join Tyre’s family in calling for …

CNN reports: More than 8 in 10 Americans approve of the appointment of a special counsel to investigate classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s Delaware residence and an office he used after serving as vice president, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. The poll finds broad approval across party lines for the appointment, with 88% of …

The Hill reports: A majority of Democratic voters say President Biden should be the party’s 2024 White House nominee, according to a new Emerson College poll released on Tuesday. Fifty-eight percent of registered Democrats said Biden should be the nominee, while 42 percent said it should be someone else. “Biden has solidified his support among minority voters in his party,” …

The Washington Post reports: The Justice Department on Friday completed an extensive search of President Biden’s home in Wilmington and turned up additional classified documents, some of which date to his time in the United States Senate and others from his eight-year tenure as vice president, the president’s personal attorney announced Saturday night. After being given full access to Biden’s …

NBC News reports: More classified documents from the Obama administration were found in President Joe Biden’s Delaware residence this week — in addition to the two batches that were previously disclosed — the White House said Saturday. This brings the total batches of records found to three: a “small” number in a Washington office Biden used, another set in the garage of …