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President Biden delivered his second State of the Union address Tuesday amid the customary pomp and circumstance — and to loud acclaim from Democrats. But the speech also came as Biden struggles with mediocre approval ratings, the realities of a divided Congress and the looming start of the 2024 election campaign. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave the official GOP response. Here are the main takeaways from the night. Pitched battle between Biden and GOP The high point of bipartisanship came in the first f
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Progressives have kept President Biden close during his first term in office, pushing him to embrace their preferred policies, while pulling him in just enough to create a genuine alliance. On Tuesday night, those efforts were on full display. During Biden’s State of the Union speech, progressives heard the president reference their loftiest priorities, from income inequality and higher taxes for the mega-wealthy, to health care and increased spending for social causes and education. Biden's reverence for the left — delivered from the bully pulpit in front o
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