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Added on the 06/01/2021 20:02:13 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Eric Ciotti, leader of the conservative Republicans (LR) who caused a split in the party after advocating an alliance with the far-right National Rally (RN) party, is voting in Nice for the early legislative elections in which he is a candidate. IMAGES
The Republican-led US House of Representatives votes to launch a formal impeachment investigation against President Joe Biden motivated by his son's controversial foreign business dealings, accusations dismissed as unfounded by Democrats. IMAGES
The White House calls the latest negotiations with Republicans on avoiding a US debt default "productive." "The team has had productive discussions," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says. The upbeat assessment comes a week before the estimated "X date" when the government will run out of money if Republicans controlling the House of Representatives do not agree to authorizing more borrowing. SOUNDBITE
"Let's sit down together and discuss our mutual plans together," US President Joe Biden urges Republicans in Congress in his annual State of the Union address, amid deep political divisions. SOUNDBITE
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