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US President Joe Biden tells Americans in his first speech to Congress that the nation has pulled off a massive logistical success with its battle against the coronavirus pandemic. SOUNDBITE
The bombshell news of US President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis has sent a chill down the spines of his campaign aides. According to Business Insider, they fear that his diagnosis could harm his reelection chances. Trump spent months downplaying the disease and ignoring CDC guidelines. GOP strategists worry voters will hold it against him. His campaign message that Democratic opponent Joe Biden was old and unable to lead will be undermined if Trump is unwell and Biden remains healthy. Trump was already behind in the polls and had been trying to move the conversation away from the US handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
US President Biden offers in his State of the Union speech to "work together" with Republicans in Congress. "Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere," he says. SOUNDBITE
President Joe Biden says the United States will "never just accept living with Covid," as he uses his State of the Union address to rally weary Americans facing their third year of the pandemic. SOUNDBITE
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters that US President Bidens's speech on the Omicron variant on Tuesday will not be about "locking the country down." SOUNDBITE