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US President Joe Biden arrives at the US House of Representatives to deliver his State of the Union address. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden's immigration chief escapes impeachment over the border crisis by a razor-thin margin, in a show of support that left House Republicans two votes short of the total they needed to force a Senate trial. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has long been in Republicans' crosshairs over what they describe as a humanitarian crisis, with record numbers of mainly South and Central Americans trying to enter the United States from neighboring Mexico. IMAGES
President Joe Biden will deliver his annual State of the Union speech before Congress on February 7, the White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters during a briefing. The new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, sent a "kind invitation and the president has accepted it and looks forward to delivering the State of the Union," Jean-Pierre says. SOUNDBITE
Amazon workers celebrate in New York after they voted to form the first US union at the e-commerce giant, a milestone at a company that has steadfastly opposed organized labor in its massive workforce. Employees at the Staten Island JFK8 warehouse voted 2,654 to 2,131 in support of the unionizing drive, according to a tally of ballots from the National Labor Relations Board. IMAGES
"We just started a movement," says Starbucks employee Casey Moore after workers at a Starbucks shop in Buffalo, New York, voted to establish the first union at one of the coffee chain's company-owned shops in the United States. "This is the most incredible feeling in the whole entire world, to go through what we've done and then be victorious," Moore says. SOUNDBITE
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