Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Thursday.
Tonight's State of the Union is a big moment for BidenAbout three hours after this newsletter hits your inbox, President Biden will stand at the lectern on the floor of the House of Representatives and deliver his State of the Union address. The speech will offer Biden perhaps his best opportunity before Election Day to tell Americans at length about his record in office and what he would do if re-elected. The president will use some of the time to boast about the economy, which during his tenure defied gloomy expectations and delivered strong growth and low unemployment. While the address is not technically a campaign speech, Biden is expected to describe what he sees as the grim consequences for women's rights, foreign policy and American democracy if Donald Trump is returned to power. Biden will also hint at his agenda for a second term, which would include efforts to increase corporate taxes and reduce the cost of housing. Tonight's event, which is nowhere near as staid as it once was, could be the most-watched moment of the 2024 campaign, giving Biden an opportunity to confront concerns about his age. "The biggest question for many voters remains whether, at age 81, he's up to the job for another four years," my colleague Reid Epstein, a politics reporter, told me. "Democrats are hoping to see a vigorous and energetic president." The Times will carry his address live, with analysis from reporters. For more: We took a look at the 20 guests who were invited to join Jill Biden in the first lady's viewing box, and we built a quiz to test your knowledge of Biden and Trump's economic accomplishments.
The U.S. will build a pier to help get aid into GazaPresident Biden is planning to order the U.S. military to build a floating pier off the coast of Gaza, to allow additional aid to be delivered by sea to Palestinians who are on the brink of starvation. Biden is set to announce the plan tonight during his State of the Union address. Officials said the temporary port would be built on ships and then moved close to shore and potentially attached to a temporary causeway. The project could take more than 30 to 60 days and require hundreds or thousands of U.S. troops, but none would be on the ground inside Gaza, the officials said. In other news from the region, Hamas negotiators left Cairo with no breakthroughs in cease-fire talks.
The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is showing signs of wearThe U.S. has been an important ally for Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion more than two years ago. But the bond has given way to mutual frustration. The American exasperation comes down to a single, recurring issue: U.S. military officials believe that Ukraine needs to concentrate its forces on one big fight at a time instead of defending every inch of the country. Ukrainian officials are increasingly disheartened that American political paralysis has resulted in shortages of ammunition for troops on the front lines.
Russia is using mock news sites to push propagandaThe New York News Daily, The Chicago Chronicle and D.C. Weekly might all sound like good places to get local news. But they are not news organizations at all. They're Russian creations. According to researchers and government officials, they are meant to push Kremlin propaganda — such as a crude, fake "leaked audio recording" of a U.S. official — by interspersing it among an at-times odd mix of stories about crime, politics and culture. More top news
Voyager 1, the interstellar pioneer, may have gone darkIn 1977, a space probe named Voyager 1 was launched on a four-year mission to take up-close images of Jupiter and Saturn. It did that and so much more, discovering active volcanoes, moons and planetary rings over more than four decades. Its most famous moment came on Valentine's Day in 1990, when it turned around and snapped a humbling photo of Earth known as the Pale Blue Dot. Now, Voyager 1 may have bid its final farewell. The probe, 15 billion miles away, hasn't sent usable data from interstellar space in months.
They wanted to share the joy of living on the waterSix years ago, Cat Greenleaf and Michael Rey moved from the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn to Sea Gate, a beach community at the western tip of Coney Island. It was such a refreshing change, they said, that they felt compelled to encourage others to try out living on the water. The couple set aside a budget of $450,000 to purchase a distressed waterfront property that they could renovate and rent out to a low-income tenant — preferably someone who had just left prison. They had several options to choose from; which one would you have picked?
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Meet the flying manateesIn 2021, three orphaned manatees were brought to ZooTampa's manatee hospital. There they were given names — Calliope, Soleil and Piccolina — and nursed back to health with lots of attention, big bottles of formula and, later, huge quantities of salad. After a stint at the Cincinnati Zoo came the hard part: transporting the 1,000-pound animals from Ohio to the ocean. A full team of workers helped lift the manatees into padded crates in which they were shipped, on an airplane, back home to Florida. We followed them on their journey, and photographed their adventure at every stop. Have an uplifting evening. Thanks for reading. I'll be back tomorrow. — Matthew We welcome your feedback. Write to us at evening@nytimes.com.
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