President Joe Biden called on Americans to look to “the future” and not return to the politics of his predecessor in a State of the Union address. Also in the news: International Women’s Day calls for global efforts to support progress in gender equality. Should dogs be allowed to win Oscars?
🙋🏼♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert, Daily Briefing author. Don’t forget to spring your clocks forward this weekend!
Here is the news to know Friday.
A high-energy election year State of the Union address
President Joe Biden delivered a combative State of the Union address Thursday, targeting Donald Trump and launching a general election already guaranteed to be brutal. In the president’s annual report to Congress, a defiant Biden declared that Americans now face a choice between democracy and despotism.
The president addressed a sweeping range of issues facing the nation and the world, from providing aid for Ukraine to expanding abortion rights. Overall, Biden told Americans from coast to coast that “The state of our union is strong and getting stronger.”
Related: Read the full text of Biden’s 2024 speech.
International Women’s Day comes amid global crisis and celebrations
Friday marks International Women’s Day, an annual opportunity to celebrate the impact and influence of women on their communities around the world, and their predecessors who paved the way to progress. This year’s IWD comes against a complex backdrop in the U.S., where American women’s health, work and…
