Perfect Storm of Issues Gathers at Washington as Biden Prepares for His State of the Union Address

A jobs boom prompts the Federal Reserve to eye interest rate increases, while the administration is calling on Congress to borrow yet more money — even as war clouds are scudding.

AP/Nam Y. Huh
A hiring sign at a restaurant at Rolling Meadows, Illinois, January 30, 2023. AP/Nam Y. Huh

President Biden will, despite his pledges to unify the country, deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday to one of the most bitterly divided Congresses in modern American history. 

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