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Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Friday, January 28th. I'm Nyla Buddha. Here's what you need to know today.

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For first, today's one big thing. President Biden's two big lifelines.

We've focused a lot on the difficulties President Biden has been facing this January,

but it's actually been a pretty good week for the president. The GDP is up,

and he's got a chance to appoint a new Supreme Court justice. Here to wrap it all up on this Friday

morning is Margaret Taliv, managing editor for politics at Axios. Hi, Margaret. Hey, Nyla, how are you?

Well, I want to ask how Joe Biden is because the new GDP numbers that came out yesterday

show the economy grew almost 7% in the last quarter of 2021. Is that something that Biden

administration can take credit for? It's definitely something the Biden administration will take

credit for, as would any president ever from any party in American history. Like two huge lifelines

for President Biden after a completely crappy run of several months now. Just look at the Axios

headline from those GDP numbers. 2021 economy boomed at fastest rate in 37 years. That's 6.9%

annual growth rate. And look at the other big elements this week. Justice Breyer making the

decision to announce his plans to retire at the end of the session, assuming that his successor

is nominated and confirmed. President Biden said during the campaign, he would nominate a black

woman for that spot, reiterating those pledges now. That's really important for him because he

has been such a disappointment to elements of the progressive base, African-American voters,

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