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Biden came into office with the goal of countering China by rebuilding military alliances with Asian allies. In late 2022, a top Pentagon official promised to accelerate that effort, vowing that “2023 is likely to stand as the most transformative year in U.S. force posture in the [Pacific] region in a generation.”
South Korea and Japan have a mutual antipathy that goes back decades, linked to Japan’s brutal colonial rule of Korea from 1910-1945 as well as long-simmering territorial disputes in the East China Sea. That has fueled such acrimony in South Korea that until relatively recently public opinion polls in the country have rated Japanese leaders only slightly more popular than North Korea’s.
Biden came into office after having promised to slash oil production on public land. Canceling the Keystone XL pipeline during his first week in office seemed to confirm the image of him as a president who would happily throttle the country’s oil industry while showering the renewable energy industry with government dollars. But things turned out a little differently.
Successive presidents tried for so many years to pass infrastructure legislation that it became a running joke in Washington. Maybe that’s one reason polls show that voters don’t know that Biden finally broke that logjam, and did it with support from lawmakers of both political parties. It was the kind of historic investment — following years of deferred needs — that previous presidents had tried and failed to achieve.
Artificial intelligence has gone mainstream. As U.S. tech companies have raced to release shockingly powerful large language models, public reaction ran the gamut from rapture to horror. Policymakers from Washington to Beijing realized quickly that generative AI — and successive AI breakthroughs — would crown new market leaders, hand more decisions to machines, put cyberattacks on steroids and fundamentally alter people’s trust in what they see, read or hear. Biden has taken a keen interest in understanding the inner workings of large language models and how the U.S. could turn AI into a lasting economic advantage.
Federal labor law has been essentially frozen since the Taft-Hartley Act passed over President Harry Truman’s veto in 1947, leaving Republicans and Democrats to engage in decadeslong trench warfare at the National Labor Relations Board to nudge legal precedents and enforcement standards in their preferred direction. The result has been an ever-escalating series of policy shifts when the balance of power in Washington flips from one party to the other that puts the fate of disputes between employers and workers in the balance.
During the Covid public health emergency, the federal government took several steps to make it easier to access health care via telemedicine. Most of those measures have ended. But one of the regulations that Biden held in place allows many controlled substances like Adderall for ADHD treatment, testosterone for gender-affirming care and buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder to be prescribed without first having an in-person visit. In-person-visit requirements have traditionally been used to prevent fraud and abuse.
Explore the transformative impact of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—the largest investment in roads and bridges since Eisenhower’s interstate highway system. With $40 billion dedicated to bridges, over 4,600 projects initiated, and 69,000 miles of roads under repair, discover how this historic legislation prioritizes road safety, awards $800 million for city projects, and aims to reconnect communities through a $185 million initiative. Dive into a new era of infrastructure revitalization and its far-reaching implications for America’s future.
Explore the transformative impact of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, channeling $17 billion into vital ports and waterways. From completed projects like Georgia’s Noyes Cut to ongoing initiatives at major ports, witness the nation’s infrastructure revitalization in action. Discover how these investments are reshaping economic landscapes and fortifying America’s competitive edge on the global stage.
Discover the transformative impact of Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, investing nearly $90 billion in public transit, electrifying buses, improving ferry services, and enhancing rail accessibility. Explore how this landmark initiative is shaping a sustainable, efficient, and inclusive future for America’s transportation infrastructure.
Explore the transformative impact of Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a historic $50 billion investment in water infrastructure—the largest in U.S. history. Discover how this groundbreaking initiative is replacing lead service lines, closing the wastewater gap for millions, and fostering nationwide improvements through grants and forgivable loans administered by the EPA. Uncover the latest fiscal year 2023 allocations and witness the commitment to environmental justice with emerging contaminants funding for small and disadvantaged communities.
Explore the transformative impact of Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a $5 billion investment in Superfund and brownfield projects. Discover how the Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating backlogs, cleaning up contaminated sites nationwide, and fostering economic growth while prioritizing environmental justice. Witness the positive changes as communities reclaim their health, environment, and vitality.
Dictionary.com revealed their word of the year for 2023, Taylor Swift celebrated her 34th birthday, House Republicans voted to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, Hunter got a subpoena to testify today before the House oversight committee and showed up at the Capitol offering to answer questions in public, the lead witch hunter James Comer inadvertently revealed what this investigation is really about, Don Jr. took some time to educate us all about education, Daddy Donald released his first ever collection of Christmas music, and Jimmy crowns the Clip of the Year!
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Susan Page of USA Today join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including how Rosalynn Carter transformed the role of First Lady, President Biden’s latest approval ratings and a bandaid budget that won’t heal the nation’s divides or congressional dysfunction in the election year to come.
President Biden’s campaign releases a Veterans Day ad attacking former President Trump on comments Trump made about veterans. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
Bill reacts to the top stories of the week, including President Biden‘s visit to Israel and the Republicans‘ inability to govern.
The official U.S. poverty rate in 2022 “remained stable compared to 2021,” but an alternative method of measuring poverty “increased significantly, reflecting changes in economic well-being following the end of many pandemic-era programs,” the Census Bureau says in a new report.
WATCH: Republicans’ star witness abandons them as hearing goes DOWN IN FLAMES 🔥
Taylor Swift’s new movie is coming out and expected to be the highest grossing concert film of all-time, Donald Trump gave a doozy of a speech last night where he attacked Israel, went on and on spreading lies about the ‘rigged’ election, incoherently claimed Joe Biden might be a cokehead, complained about his microphone, we have a new edition of Drunk Donald Trump, Republicans can’t seem to find a speaker, George Santos is voting no for Scalise, and Aunt Chippy talks about her time on ABC’s “The Golden Bachelor.”
Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump saying he would beat President Biden in a physical fight, Taylor Swift not attending the latest Chiefs game and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. running for president as an Independent.
