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state of the union
Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Escorted From State of the Union After Protest
By Mahita Gajanan
What Makes Trump's 'Treason' Talk Different
By Ryan Teague Beckwith and Lauren Bogholtz
Pentagon Sends Troops to Border as Trump Raises Fears
By W.J. Hennigan
Trump’s Whiplash SOTU
By Brian Bennett
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Trump's Immigration Ad Lib Was False
President Donald Trump loves to throw in little ad libs in his speeches, often throwing out superlatives. He once claimed he'd be “the greatest jobs producer that God ever created” and often calls his 2016...
By Abby Vesoulis
February 6, 2019
Congress Sang 'Happy Birthday' to a Holocaust Survivor at the State of the Union
Judah Samet also survived the Pittsburgh shooting last fall
By Abigail Abrams
February 5, 2019
President Trump Used the State of the Union to Call for an End to Investigations. So Did Nixon
"If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation"
By Tara Law
February 5, 2019
Memers Applauded Pelosi's Clapping Moment at the State of the Union
After he applauded at his own State of the Union address in 2018, Donald Trump went viral. This year, it was his archrival, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who got all the applause online. For Americans watching...
By Ashley Hoffman
February 5, 2019
Gillibrand Fundraises Off State of the Union Sigh
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was caught sighing and rolling her eyes on camera during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Now she’s trying to fundraise off the moment for her presidential campaign. Her personal...
By Abby Vesoulis
February 5, 2019
Pelosi's State of the Union Introduction Never Happened
The President broke from tradition with his quick start
By Abigail Abrams
February 5, 2019
Migrants From TIME Cover to Attend State of the Union
Lawmakers have long used their plus-one invitations to the annual State of the Union address to send political messages to the President, and this year is no different. Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren...
By Abby Vesoulis
February 5, 2019
Stacey Abrams Is Delivering the State of the Union Rebuttal. Here’s the History Behind the Speech
The rebuttal serves multiple functions for the opposition party
By Olivia B. Waxman
February 5, 2019
Will Trump's SOTU Reset His Presidency?
When Donald Trump enters the House Chamber Tuesday night, it will be the first time since he was elected president that he will be outnumbered by Democrats. How he handles the moment could define the...
By Brian Bennett and Tessa Berenson
February 5, 2019
State of the Disunion
"He has no more right to come and speak before a joint session than any of us have to crash the White House"
By Alana Abramson
January 23, 2019
Trump Calls Democrats 'Treasonous' for Not Clapping
He was referring to the State of the Union
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
February 5, 2018
Here's What It Was Like to Watch the State of the Union With the Resistance
“This doesn’t feel real”
By Philip Elliott / Los Angeles
January 31, 2018
President Trump's Keeping Guantanamo on the Political Radar
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday to keep open the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba, rolling back his predecessor's order to close the prison for suspected terrorists. Trump made the public...
By W.J. Hennigan
January 31, 2018
Stormy Daniels Is Coy About Affair With Trump
She even appeared to deny that she had issued a Tuesday afternoon denial of the affair
By Ashley Hoffman
January 31, 2018
'Tonight We Got Teleprompter Trump.' Democrats Seethe After State of the Union
In the moments after a president gives the State of the Union, Statuary Hall becomes a carnivalesque madhouse. Television networks from around the country have set up shop on the floor of the airy pillared...
By Nash Jenkins
January 31, 2018
Trump Mentioned the Pledge of Allegiance Pose in His State of the Union. Here's the Real Reason for the Hand-on-Heart Gesture
Patriotism is "why we put our hands on our hearts for the Pledge of Allegiance," Trump said—but there's a specific reason behind that pose
By Olivia B. Waxman
January 31, 2018
The Surprisingly Complicated Symbolism of the Freedom Statue Mentioned in Trump's State of the Union
Jefferson Davis asked for the design of the statue to be revised
By Lily Rothman
January 30, 2018
Donald Trump Clapped at His Own Speech. The Internet Clapped Back
President Donald Trump clapped at his own State of the Union, and his internet critics couldn't resist taking a few shots. As Trump punctuated his first State of the Union address to Congress with applause,...
By Ashley Hoffman
January 30, 2018
Lawmakers Honored Recy Taylor at the State of the Union
"I'll be there in protest, but no one can take my seat from me"
By Alana Abramson
January 30, 2018
Fact-Checking Donald Trump's Energy Claim in the State of the Union
President Trump will use his State of the Union address to declare an end to what he described as "the war on American Energy" and say that the U.S. is now "an exporter of energy...
By Justin Worland
January 30, 2018
President Donald Trump Just Delivered His First State of the Union. Read The Full Transcript.
President Trump largely stressed the theme of unity
By Alana Abramson
January 30, 2018
Democrats Invited 'Dreamers' to the State of the Union. A GOP Lawmaker Wants Them Arrested
He asked Capitol Police to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants at the speech
By Katie Reilly
January 30, 2018
The Internet Is Losing It Over This Typo on Trump's 2018 State of the Union Tickets
Some politicians have even chimed in on the error
By Megan McCluskey
January 29, 2018
11 Democrats Will Not Attend President Trump's State of the Union
At least 11 Democratic lawmakers are boycotting the Capitol Tuesday night where President Donald Trump will give his first State of the Union address. That's fewer than the 60 lawmakers who boycotted President Trump's inauguration,...
By Maya Rhodan
January 29, 2018
Rising Star to Give Democratic Response to Trump's State of the Union
The young Democrat will deliver the official Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address.
By Maya Rhodan
January 29, 2018
Concern Over Trump's Plan to Highlight Immigrant Crime
Before President Trump's first joint address to Congress, House Democratic leaders urged their members to be on their best behavior to avoid being "outclassed." But there was one proposal in Trump's hour-long speech that tested...
By Maya Rhodan
March 1, 2017
Trump Delays New Travel Ban
President Trump has delayed the announcement of a new version of his travel ban, after his first address to Congress was warmly received. The new travel ban was due to be signed Wednesday but some...
By Zamira Rahim
March 1, 2017
Trump Supporters in the Bronx Praise the President’s Address
The attendees were slow to file into the Bronx GOP headquarters Tuesday night for President Trump's first address to Congress. The office, tucked in a Republican-leaning neighborhood inside a largely Democratic New York City borough,...
By Josh Sanburn
March 1, 2017
Trump's Toughest Sales Pitch Was to His Own Party
Donald Trump made a fortune selling developments by making big promises about how his projects would turn out. Addressing a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, the President used every sales trick in his book...
By Sam Frizell
March 1, 2017
President Trump Called for a 'Level Playing Field.' That Could Mean This New Tax
An innovative new tax aimed at imports and exports
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
February 28, 2017
Donald Trump Finally Sounded Like a President
For the first time in his presidency, Donald Trump acted the part. “I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength,” he announced from the Speaker’s rostrum moments into his hour-long joint...
By Alex Altman and Zeke J Miller
February 28, 2017
Watch Antonin Scalia's Widow Get a Standing Ovation Before Congress
Watch the moment here
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
February 28, 2017
See the Female Lawmakers Who Wore White to President Trump's Speech
As President Donald Trump spoke to Congress for the first time, he could see from the rostrum a large group of female Democratic lawmakers wearing white in protest. The color is a reference to the...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
February 28, 2017
These Three Supreme Court Justices Skipped Trump's Speech
Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to every one of Obama's speeches
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
February 28, 2017
Read Excerpts of President Trump's First Address to Congress
President Trump will argue that "the time for trivial fights is behind us," as he gives his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. The speech, which is not technically considered a...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
February 28, 2017
Trump Teases Immigration Deal
President Donald Trump told network anchors Tuesday that he is considering adding a call for a comprehensive immigration reform deal to his joint address to Congress tonight. Trump’s comments came during the traditional off-the-record lunch...
By Zeke J Miller
February 28, 2017
Democrats Are Using Their Guests at the Joint Address to Troll President Trump
Many Congressional Democrats opted to sit out the inauguration of President Donald Trump as a form of protest, but on Tuesday when Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress, Democrats will...
By Maya Rhodan
February 28, 2017
Why Trump's Speech Is Not a State of the Union Address
The tradition of not calling a post-inauguration address a State of the Union is only a few decades old
By Lily Rothman
February 28, 2017
Trump's Big Night
The speech will mark Trump’s latest effort to regain his footing after a rocky first five weeks in office
By Zeke J Miller
February 28, 2017
How the Candidates Slammed Obama's State of the Union in the Republican Debate
"I watched story time with Barack Obama"
By Maya Rhodan
January 14, 2016
President Obama's Playground Grievances at the State of the Union
If the purpose of the speech was to reassure a jittery country, I’m not sure he succeeded
By Joe Klein
January 14, 2016
Obama's Final State of the Union Was His Least-Watched
Ratings have been dropping steadily for the better part of two decades
By Daniel White
January 13, 2016
Why Obama Hasn't Closed Guantanamo Bay—and Probably Never Will
'It is hard to see how closing Guantanamo unilaterally will burnish President Obama’s legacy in the short run or the long run'
By Jack Goldsmith
January 13, 2016
4 Things Obama Didn't Say at the State of the Union
Or Black Lives Matter
By Maya Rhodan
January 13, 2016
Why Curing Cancer Is Not a 'Moonshot'
The shopworn metaphor actually makes the challenge seem easier than it is
By Jeffrey Kluger
January 13, 2016
South Carolina GOP Chair Blasts Coulter, Defends Haley
The chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party fired back at critics of Gov. Nikki Haley's response to the State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying her welcoming tone should be commended. "First off,...
By Zeke J Miller / Charleston, S.C.
January 13, 2016
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