Biden Urges Keeping Abortion Rights: State of the Union Update
Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 1.
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President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress, set against the turmoil of Russia invading Ukraine, surging inflation, deadlock over his domestic legislative agenda, bitter political divisions in the country and lingering effects of the pandemic.
Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin thought he could divide the U.S. and its allies, but “Putin was wrong. We were ready.”