While the economy received a strong emphasis during Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, education, immigration, terrorism and cyber security were addressed – albeit briefly.
The 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney responded to President Barck Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday via his Facebook page, adding fuel to the rumors that he is going to run for president yet again in 2016.
Hillary Clinton's eternal front-runner status apparently is not scaring Vice President Joe Biden, who on Wednesday told ABC News that he is not ruling out a White House run in 2016. "Yes, there is a chance" he might challenge Clinton, the vice president noted.
The U.S. economy was a major focus for President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. From the start, Obama said the country’s economy is growing, creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999 and the unemployment rate lower than before the 2008 financial crisis.
A new poll released on Tuesday reveals that recent world events have cast a spotlight on the importance of foreign policy for the current administration. A majority of Americans admit that they are living in fear of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil that they feel is imminent and have also expressed concern that Congress is incapable of keeping the country safe from such a threat.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans to submit a proposal for a minimum wage increase on Sunday, Jan. 18. He aims to raise New York City's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour and $10.50 an hour for the rest of the state by 2016.
The Republican Party has selected a Cuban American freshman congressman to deliver the GOP’s State of the Union rebuttal in Spanish Tuesday night. Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., would deliver the Spanish-language address.
Freshman Sen. Joni Ernst from Iowa is set to deliver the Republican Party's response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night.
With the U.S. and Cuba normalizing its diplomatic relations, President Barack Obama is expected to comment on its progress, however, the future with the Guantanamo Bay prison facility remains shrouded.
On the historically controversial topic of United States-Cuban relations, a poll released Tuesday revealed that 60 percent of the American public say that they approve of President Barack Obama’s recent decision to restore diplomatic ties with the island nation.
President Barack Obama has a busy agenda to address for his upcoming State of the Union address Tuesday with issues affecting all age groups, notably millennials.
Mexican police have arrested last Friday a member of a criminal drug gang linked with the murder of 43 student teachers in the southern city of Iguala last September
Ted Cruz runs little risk of being called a "moderate Republican," and that is a good thing as far as he is concerned. The Texas senator believes that the GOP needs to stir away from the political center and pick a staunch conservative for its 2016 White House bid.
A Chicago teenager who penned a heartfelt letter to Santa pleading, "I just wanna be safe" and drew a personal response from U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to be on the House floor Tuesday night to hear the president's much anticipated State of the Union address.
President Barack Obama will propose a new tax plan during Tuesday's State of the Union address aimed at simplifying the current tax code for individuals and eliminating loopholes for the benefit of the middle class.
