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On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will deliver the annual State of the Union address. Coverage of the event will begin shortly before 9 pm. In his speech, the president is expected to address his involvement in the 2024 election and his ability to hold Democrats and Republicans together. The war …
Read More »Watch live: President Biden delivers 2023 State of the Union Address
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will present the annual State of the Union Address. Coverage for the event will begin shortly before the president takes the stage at 9 p.m. In his speech, the president is expected to address his participation in the 2024 election and his ability to keep …
Read More »An exit interview with outgoing Sen. Ben Sasse as he prepares to become UF president
As a new Congress began work on Monday, Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said goodbye. NPR’s Steve Inskeep talked to Sasse about when government is effective, and why he retired from the Senate. Transcript: STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As a new Congress began yesterday, Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse said goodbye. …
Read More »Watch: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Washington to speak with Biden, address Congress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington D.C. to meet with President Joseph Biden and to address a joint meeting of Congress.
Read More »Biden and Macron will hold a joint press conference as part of a state visit
President Biden will host a joint press conference with Emmanuel Macron on Thursday as a part of the French president's three-day state visit.
Read More »Speaker Pelosi says she will step down as party leader after two decades at the top
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement paves the way for a new generation of Democratic lawmakers to fill the leadership ranks.
Read More »NASA’s Artemis moon rocket is hours from launch. Will it finally fly?
NASA is once again counting down the hours to the first flight test of its new 32-story-tall Artemis rocket, the one the agency hopes will carry astronauts back to the moon in just a few years. The space agency has been struggling to get the multi-billion-dollar rocket off the ground …
Read More »Watch live: House Jan. 6 committee holds public hearings on its investigation
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is holding a series of public hearings. The committee has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and collected tens of thousands of pages of documents as part of its investigation into the deadly attack. The next hearing — …
Read More »Live updates from NPR News: Up to 21 people are dead in Florida as Hurricane Ian bears down on South Carolina
Follow NPR’s live blog covering Hurricane Ian
Ian has strengthened into a brutal, historic-sized storm, with top winds of 155 mph — just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status — and a threat of a surge of up to 18 feet in the Fort Myers area. The National Hurricane Center is imploring people to go inside and stay there.
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