Tag: Barack Obama

"Nearly 18 million have gained coverage so far. Health care inflation has slowed. And our businesses have created jobs every single month since it became law," President Obama said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama takes victory lap on Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 13, 2016 2:25 am

Islamic State group militants stand with a captured Iraqi army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 155 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Obama calls for new war authorization against Islamic State

Jacqueline Klimas · January 13, 2016 2:18 am

President Obama seeks to frame his final year as one of optimism and achievement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama looks to counter GOP’s ‘doom and gloom’ in last SOTU

Nicole Duran · January 13, 2016 2:11 am

President Obama said, "Tonight marks the eighth year Ive come here to report on the State of the Union. And for this final one, Im going to try to make it shorter." (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

Read: Obama’s last State of the Union speech

Pete Kasperowicz · January 13, 2016 2:02 am

The press' handling of Tuesday's speech differs slightly from previous years, when coverage of the annual event merited little more than yawns and skepticism. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Media sells State of the Union as historic event

Becket Adams · January 13, 2016 2:00 am

"Just over a year ago, millions of Americans rose up and shocked the Washington cartel," said Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Cruz previews his State of the Union message

Gabby Morrongiello · January 13, 2016 12:50 am

President Obama will tell the nation tonight that, among other things, it must "fix" politics. (AP File Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: America must ‘fix’ its politics

Nicole Duran · January 13, 2016 12:41 am

Haley to criticize Obama, Trump in GOP rebuttal

David M. Drucker · January 13, 2016 12:41 am

Coal industry proponents say President Obama will touch on key areas of climate change and the economy in his final address, but won't discuss the "many negative consequences of his actions" in places where coal is integral to the economy. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Energy and Environment

Obama’s final address sets up a fight on energy

John Siciliano · January 13, 2016 12:04 am

Today's seizure has also provided the most obvious argument against the alleged accomplishment that Obama must surely mention in tonight's speech -- his nuclear deal with Iran. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Iran flips Obama on eve of big speech

Washington Examiner · January 12, 2016 11:47 pm

President Obama delivers his State of the Union address in 2010. He promised to create a website that publishes every lawmakers' earmark requests. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Watch: 140 SOTU promises Obama made and never kept

Anna Giaritelli · January 12, 2016 11:28 pm

Beltway Confidential

Three thoughts on Obama’s final State of the Union address

Jason Russell · January 12, 2016 11:04 pm