Tag: State of the Union

Obama praises Iran nuclear deal, doesn’t mention 10 sailors in Iranian custody

National Security

Obama praises Iran nuclear deal, doesn’t mention 10 sailors in Iranian custody

Jacqueline Klimas · January 13, 2016 3:11 am

Obama pushes clean energy

Energy and Environment

Obama pushes clean energy

John Siciliano · January 13, 2016 3:07 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)

Obama ignores $19 trillion debt in final SOTU

Pete Kasperowicz · January 13, 2016 2:52 am

Obama’s State of the Union a response to the rise of Trump

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s State of the Union a response to the rise of Trump

Philip Klein · January 13, 2016 2:47 am

Obama praises oil glut’s low gas prices, ignores thousands of layoffs

Energy and Environment

Obama praises oil glut’s low gas prices, ignores thousands of layoffs

John Siciliano · January 13, 2016 2:47 am

Obama: Let’s cure cancer

Obama: Let’s cure cancer

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 13, 2016 2:43 am

Obama: Food stamp recipients didn’t cause crisis

Obama: Food stamp recipients didn’t cause crisis

Joseph Lawler · January 13, 2016 2:40 am

Not only should laid-off workers receive unemployment insurance, President Obama said, but they should also be encouraged to get training for a new job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama calls for system of wage insurance

Joseph Lawler · January 13, 2016 2:29 am

"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 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