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#BREAKING In State of the Union speech, Biden tells Russian oligarchs West will 'seize their yachts, their luxury apartments, their private jets'

#BREAKING Biden bans Russian aircraft from US airspace

#BREAKING Biden repeats US forces 'will not engage in the conflict with Russian forces in Ukraine'

#BREAKING Biden says US will release 30 million oil barrels from strategic reserve

US President Joe Biden brands Russia's Vladimir Putin a "dictator" during his State of the Union address.

"A Russian dictator, invading a foreign country, has costs around the world... in the battle between democracy and autocracy, democracies are rising to the moment"

As President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Sen. Joe Manchin, stands and applauds while seated among Republican Senators and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene voices opposition

#BREAKING Biden says US will "never just accept living with Covid," as he tries to rally weary Americans facing their third year of the pandemic.

"Thanks to the progress we have made this past year, Covid-19 need no longer control our lives... but... we have to stay on guard"

VIDEO: Biden calls Putin 'a Russian dictator'

US President Joe Biden brands his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "dictator" during his State of the Union address, one week after Moscow invaded Ukraine

VIDEO: Biden promotes 'make it in America' instead of 'foreign supply chains'

"Instead of relying on foreign supply chains, let’s make it in America," US President Joe Biden says in his first State of the Union address, as several members of Congress chant "USA"