Politics

Tuesday night was State of the Union time again, which meant two things: President Barack Obama had to pull off the most difficult oratorical balancing act there is for any president: delivering a substantive policy speech that manages to inspire and move Americans. And it means that we do what we do after every State…

Here’s a prediction about President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union that isn’t very bold: No matter what he says in Tuesday night’s address, odds are that Republicans will openly pan it—but not actually find much to critique on the merits. Although Obama and Republicans are expected to focus on “income inequality” in the…

President Obama will sign an executive order that will raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for some federal contract workers, USA Today reports. While it is expected that Tuesday’s State of the Union speech from the president will emphasize his desire to work with Congress on legislation to increase the federal minimum wage…

We all watch the State of the Union to hear the president lay out his policies for the coming year. But just because the policy is serious doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun. If the State of the Union were a high school class, these would be the superlatives. Most Likely to Nod…

For President Obama, questions before the State of the Union abound about what, exactly, a State of the Union is supposed to be: halftime locker-room speech or the loser’s postgame press conference.  What we do know is that the yearly exercise now known more as #SOTU (because it’s easier like that) is a window into…

For four years, President Barack Obama has offered his State of the Union address in a time-honored format that follows the trend set by most of his predecessors: with a laundry list of policy plans that he has hoped to rally Congress to pass. This year, though, he’s expected to try a variation on that…