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• How classified documents became a schoolgirl's show and tell

  26-01-2023 06:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dramas over the mishandling of classified documents at a high level of the U.S. government aren't all new
  
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• Biden stares down Republican hecklers in feisty State of the Union tackling economy, police reform and China

  08-02-2023 06:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden engaged in a running back-and-forth with Republicans that at times seemed more like something out of Prime Minster’s Questions than anything in the American parliamentary tradition. Andrew Feinberg writes
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for dressing ‘like Cruella de Vil’ at State of the Union

  08-02-2023 06:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The controversial Republican congresswoman repeatedly interrupted Joe Biden’s speech, but her outfit drew as much attention as her heckling
  
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• Kyrsten Sinema’s Oscar-worthy State of the Union dress goes viral

  08-02-2023 06:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sen Kyrsten Sinema, now an Independent, is facing a complicated path to re-election next year
  
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• How long was Biden’s State of the Union address? Here’s how the address compares to past speeches

  08-02-2023 06:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Biden gives one of the ten-longest running State of the Union addresses in the last 60 years
  
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• Biden stares down Republican hecklers in feisty State of the Union speech tackling economy, police reform and China

  08-02-2023 06:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden engaged in a running back-and-forth with Republicans that at times seemed more like something out of Prime Minster’s Questions than anything in the American parliamentary tradition
  
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• State of the Union: How progressives responded to the soft launch of Biden’s 2024 run

  08-02-2023 06:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Speech was Biden’s opportunity to soft launch 2024 campaign
  
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• Sussexes to be deposed in US defamation suit brought by Meghan’s half-sister

  08-02-2023 06:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle made ‘demonstrably false and malicious statements’, says half-sister Samantha
  
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• Kevin McCarthy shushes ‘classless’ Republican lawmakers for interrupting Biden tribute to fentanyl victim

  08-02-2023 06:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  GOP spectators including Marjorie Taylor Greene chose to heckle the President as he honoured overdose victim Courtney Griffin during his State of the Union address
  
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• George Santos - latest: Mitt Romney tells congressman ‘you don’t belong here’ as House Ethics probe expected

  08-02-2023 05:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Follow for updates on the latest lies and scandals swirling round the Republican congressman
  
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• Turkey earthquake – latest: Baby born in rubble as death toll passes 7,900

  08-02-2023 05:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Emergency rescue continues as death toll from 7.8 magnitude quake passes 7,200
  
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• What is the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and can congress pass it?

  08-02-2023 05:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawmakers failed to meet Joe Biden’s deadline for comprehensive police reform legislation. Republicans say the bill is a ‘nonstarter’ while families of victims of police violence demand action
  
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• Members of Congress are wearing special pins at the State of the Union – here’s why

  08-02-2023 05:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Congressional Black Caucus members are wearing to protest police violence against Black Americans
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Biden has given into ‘woke mob’ in hardcore culture war speech

  08-02-2023 05:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders accused President Joe Biden of being a slave to a “woke mob” in the Republican response to the president’s State of the Union address that leaned heavily on social conservatism that has animated much of the GOP.
  
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• Five key takeaways from Biden’s combative State of the Union address

  08-02-2023 04:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president toggles between the magnanimous bipartisan dealmaker and combative incumbent battling Republican heckling
  
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• Trump predictably tries to make Biden’s State of the Union all about himself

  08-02-2023 04:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former president attempts to blanket media with his response but fails due to lack of Twitter presence
  
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• Kevin McCarthy shushes ‘classless’ Republican lawmaker for interrupting Biden tribute to fentanyl victim

  08-02-2023 04:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  US Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was forced to shush hecklers in his own party as they interrupted President Joe Biden’s tribute to a fentanyl victim.
  
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• Biden speech takeaways: More conciliation than conflict

  08-02-2023 04:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time since voters in the midterm elections handed control of the House to Republicans
  
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• State of the Union 2023 – live: Biden spars with GOP heckling as he warns China and honours Tyre Nichols

  08-02-2023 04:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Speech to joint session of Congress concludes after more than an hour and twenty minutes
  
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• Joe Biden says US will not let China ‘threaten our sovereignty’ after shooting down spy balloon

  08-02-2023 04:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  In his 2023 State of the Union address on Tuesday, the US president took a moment to rattle his sabre at China
  
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• State of the Union 2023 – live: Biden hits back at Republican heckling as he warns China

  08-02-2023 04:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Speech to joint session of Congress gets underway
  
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• Mitt Romney told George Santos he doesn’t belong in Congress during tense exchange before State of the Union

  08-02-2023 04:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘You ought to be embarrassed’, Sen Mitt Romney appears to tell embattled Republican congressman
  
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• Tyre Nichols’ emotional parents stand to applaud Biden as he insists police ‘be held accountable’

  08-02-2023 04:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Biden has called on lawmakers to pass George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene shouts ‘liar’ at Biden during State of the Union after disrupting last year’s speech by heckling

  08-02-2023 04:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Greene’s own far-right colleague suggested such an idea just days ago
  
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• Bernie Sanders commended as only lawmaker to wear a mask at the State of the Union: ‘A stud’

  08-02-2023 04:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Sanders praised for masking at the crowded, indoor event
  
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• Transcript: Biden's second State of the Union address

  08-02-2023 03:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Transcript of President Joe Biden's second State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery and as provided by the White House:
  
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• State of the Union 2023 – live: Biden hits back at GOP heckling as Kevin McCarthy refuses to applaud speech

  08-02-2023 03:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Speech to joint session of Congress gets underway
  
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• Kevin McCarthy doesn’t stand or applaud as Biden condemns Jan 6 riot

  08-02-2023 03:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  McCarthy is watching his first State of the Union as Speaker of the House
  
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• George Santos appears to have tense exchange with Mitt Romney ahead of State of the Union

  08-02-2023 03:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘You ought to be embarrassed’
  
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• State of the Union 2023 – live: Latest updates as Biden delivers address

  08-02-2023 03:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Speech to joint session of Congress gets underway
  
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