WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. may not have "risen from recession" quite as rousingly as President Barack Obama suggested in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Seven years after that severe downturn began, Tonight President Barack Obama's State of the Union address gives us a great chance to compare the quality in feeds … Read more
AS MY colleague wrote yesterday, the fact that there is virtually no chance of any of the priorities outlined in Barack Obama's State of the Union address becoming law during his administration renders the entire affair a sort of pantomime. As AS MY colleague wrote yesterday, the fact that there is virtually no chance of … Read more
Right off the bat, the president touted the fact that more kids are graduating from high school and college than ever before. "We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world," he said in Tuesday's State of the Union speech. "And President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address to … Read more
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said voters sent a "loud and clear" message in the midterm elections and pledged to forge ahead with Republican's legislative agenda in her GOP response to President Obama's State of the Union. "We heard the message you sent in President Barack Obama delivered a rather unexpected applause line during his State … Read more
Let's figure out who our next president will be. No, not the 2016 thing, no one cares about that yet because it's still more than a year away. We mean the person who is the State of the Union speech's "designated survivor" — the person asked to stay The State of the Union airs Tuesday … Read more
The Columbia University student who drew national attention for carrying a mattress around campus to protest her alleged rape will now be taking her mattress to a new venue: the United States Capitol. Emma Sulkowicz WASHINGTON — One night last week Cody Keenan, the chief White House speechwriter President Obama has christened “Hemingway,” knew he … Read more
While the President dedicated only a brief part of his State of the Union address to immigration, his message went beyond his speech, and the evidence was sitting among the guests invited to join the first lady in the viewing box. "I feel honored and Tonight, this chamber speaks with one voice to the people … Read more
While the President dedicated only a brief part of his State of the Union address to immigration, his message went beyond his speech, and the evidence was sitting among the guests invited to join the first lady in the viewing box. "I feel honored and A president's annual address to Congress offers the opportunity to … Read more
(CNN) — Just think of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address as a Rorschach of sorts. Sure, there were plenty of feisty proclamations and bold promises for action. But the political context behind the swagger reveals a President who is Instead, #madmen became about something much more than a TV show when President … Read more
Army Sergeant 1st Class Cory Remsburg couldn't be blamed Tuesday night if the ear-splitting, two-minute standing ovation he received near the end of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address brought back memories of the day a blast changed The exchange between the Republican Congressman from Staten Island and New York 1 reporter Michael … Read more