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What Biden Did and Didn’t Say About the Economy During His State of the Union Address

By Nik Popli

Biden’s State of the Union Sees a Loud Crowd Become the Norm

By Mini Racker

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
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Pentagon Sends Troops to Border as Trump Raises Fears

The Defense Department said Wednesday it sent about 250 troops to the southern border in Texas ahead of the arrival of a migrant caravan currently in Mexico. The deployment comes a day after President Donald...

By W.J. Hennigan

Trump’s Whiplash SOTU

In the very moment he started to speak, President Donald Trump split his State of the Union address in two. Before giving the annual address to Congress, the president is traditionally introduced by the Speaker,...

By Brian Bennett

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

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

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

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

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

Pelosi's State of the Union Introduction Never Happened

The President broke from tradition with his quick start

By Abigail Abrams

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

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

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

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

Trump Calls Democrats 'Treasonous' for Not Clapping

He was referring to the State of the Union

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

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

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

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
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