Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Justices of the Supreme Court. My fellow Americans.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., publicly announced Monday that the Florida National Guard would not deploy to Washington D.C. for the State of the Union address on Tuesday.
In 1974 when Vice President Gerald Ford succeeded to the presidency after Richard Nixon resigned, the country was in a bad economic crisis. The Arab oil shocks of 1973 led to a 300% increase in the price of oil, which translated into inflation of more than 12%.
The Biden administration has sent defense officials to Taiwan in support of the nation over concerns that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spark China’s invasion of the self-governing island.