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Biden speaks on spy balloon, says UFOs were likely tied to private scientific research

WASHINGTON — The mysterious objects U.S. fighter jets shot down over North America in recent days are likely balloons tied to private scientific research and have no connection to the large Chinese spy balloon the U.S. military shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, President Joe…

Los Angeles Times

Biden hosts screening of film about lynching of Emmett Till

President Joe Biden is hosting a screening later Thursday of the movie “Till,” which is about the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi

The Independent UK

White House: U.S. 'deeply dismayed' by Israeli settlement expansion

The United States is "deeply dismayed" at an Israeli Cabinet decision to expand Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, the White House said on Thursday, suggesting President Joe Biden was prepared to take a harder line in dealing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Reuters

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Why aliens wouldn't spy with balloons

Astronomers weigh in on the latest balloon conspiracy theory

Salon

US Seeks to Deflate Chinese Balloon Worries

The White House sought Tuesday to take the air out of an escalating diplomatic crisis with Beijing, saying that preliminary evidence suggests three unidentified aerial objects shot down by US jets were not involved in a broader Chinese spy balloon program. The United States has been in a state of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

White House sidesteps simple question: ‘Is Biden woke?’

‘I wonder if we couldn’t begin with a threshold question to wit: Is President Biden woke?’

The Independent UK

President Biden, first lady to screen ‘Till’ at the White House; movie tells Emmett Till story

Invitees to the Thursday screening include the cast of the film, the family of Emmett Till, students, civil rights leaders, historians and families of victims of hate crimes.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Rumors swirl about balloons, UFOs as officials stay mum

Officials have offered few details about four aerial objects recently shot down over North America, helping to fuel fuel conspiracy theories and conjecture on the internet

The Independent UK

Aliens? U.S. lack of info on shootdowns breeds wild ideas

The downing of three unknown aerial objects in as many days by U.S. fighter jets has prompted wild speculation about what they were and where they came from

The Independent UK

White House calls Fox statement that Biden will sit for Super Bowl interview ‘inaccurate’

‘Fox has since put out a statement indicating the interview was rescheduled, which is inaccurate,’ White House says

The Independent UK

Biden won’t do Super Bowl interview amid feud with Fox

This much we know: President Joe Biden won’t be doing a Super Bowl interview with Fox before the big game on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Fox cancels — then un-cancels — Biden Super Bowl interview

Fox executives appear to have reversed the decision to nix a planned interview of Mr Biden by Fox Soul, a streaming channel targeted at Black viewers

The Independent UK

Fox cancels Biden Super Bowl interview

Executives at the parent company of Fox News have cancelled plans to broadcast an interview with President Joe Biden rather than allow Mr Biden to sit for an interview with a Fox-owned channel targeted at Black audiences, the White House has said.

The Independent UK

What you need to know about the US State of the Union address

President Joe Biden will give speech to Congress outlining view on current state of the nation, priorities for future.

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Roll Call

Biden set to deliver speech in House under new management - Roll Call

The last time a president delivered a State of the Union speech before a House speaker of the opposite party, Pelosi tore up Trump's speech.

Salon

Uncle Joe's tightrope walk: SOTU 2023

Facing Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the amped-up Republican House, Biden still hopes optimism will pull him through

Chicago Sun-Times

Chinese balloon soars across US; Blinken scraps Beijing trip

Aside from the government response, fuzzy videos dotted social media as people with binoculars and telephoto lenses tried to find the “spy balloon” in the sky as it headed southeastward over Kansas and Missouri at 60,000 feet.

Tribune News Service

US postpones Blinken's China visit in uproar over alleged spy balloon

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration postponed Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming trip to Beijing after detecting a Chinese surveillance balloon that was lingering at high altitude over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana.

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The Independent UK

Treasury makes more electric SUVs eligible for tax credits

The Treasury Department said Friday it is making more electric vehicles — including SUVs made by Tesla, Ford and General Motors — eligible for tax credits of up to $7,500 under new vehicle classification definitions

Tribune News Service

US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Belize after sentence served

The United States has transferred a Guantanamo Bay prisoner to Belize after he completed a sentence, as President Joe Biden’s administration says it still plans to eventually close the facility in Cuba.

The Independent UK

White House condemns House GOP for ‘political stunt’ after Ilhan Omar removed from Foreign Affairs panel

‘The way that we see this it’s a political stunt’, White House says in response to vote against Rep Ilhan Omar

The Independent UK

After Tyre Nichols funeral, Biden faces pressure on policing

President Joe Biden is facing fresh pressure to make progress on police legislation after the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis

The Independent UK

Musk, top Biden aides meet in Washington, talk electric cars

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and top aides to President Joe Biden have met in Washington to discuss electric vehicles

The Independent UK

White House defends Biden on police brutality ahead of Tyre Nichols video release: ‘He’s been vocal’

Congress has so far failed to pass police reform.

The Independent UK

House GOP seeks new restrictions on use of US oil stockpile

For the second time this month, House Republicans are seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat

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