Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:  —  Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq.

Reagan Count: Gingrich 55, Romney 6  —  In Monday night's debate in Tampa, Fla., Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, mentioned Ronald Reagan just four words into his first answer of the night.  It was the first of five times that Mr. Gingrich would mention Reagan; no other candidate did so even once.

American hostage in Somalia rescued by US Navy SEALs in overnight raid  —  WASHINGTON — In a daring nighttime raid Tuesday, U.S. Navy SEALs rescued two hostages, including one American, who were being held by kidnappers in Somalia, U.S. officials tell NBC News.

Gov. Daniels: Obama is ‘pro-poverty’  —  Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) castigated President Obama's policies as “pro-poverty” and extreme in his response to the State of the Union address.  —  The Indiana governor, who considered a run for the White House before deciding last year against a campaign …

What really happened in the Gingrich ethics case?  —  The Romney campaign has been hitting Newt Gingrich hard over the 1990s ethics case that resulted in the former Speaker being reprimanded and paying a $300,000 penalty.  Before the Iowa caucuses, Romney and his supporting super PAC …

Is Florida Still in Play for Republicans?  —  Only nine months from Election Day, Latino voters — the nation's fastest-growing voting bloc — favor President Obama over all the Republican candidates by a wide margin, according to a new poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Univision News and ABC News …

“My Message is Simple”: Obama's SOTU Written at 8th Grade Level for Third Straight Year  —  Obama's SOTU addresses have the lowest average Flesch-Kincaid score of any modern president; Obama owns three of the six lowest-scoring addresses since FDR  —  For the third consecutive State of the Union Address …

Pelosi On A Gingrich Presidency: “That Will Never Happen”  —  John King, CNN: “You make your case there passionately for President Obama.  But also understand that this is a tough reelection climate for any president, Democrat or Republican in this economy.

Updating our privacy policies and terms of service  —  In just over a month we will make some changes to our privacy policies and Google Terms of Service.  This stuff matters, so we wanted to explain what's changing, why and what these changes mean for users.  —  First, our privacy policies.

State Department slams GOP bill to force Keystone approval  —  The State Department is bashing House GOP legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.  —  The legislation, which Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) is pushing, “imposes narrow time constraints and creates automatic mandates …

Cantor says debate over Warren Buffett's secretary will ‘play out this election’  —  The billionaire investor's secretary was invited to Obama's address to highlight the president's call for higher taxes on the wealthy.  —  House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) …

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SOTU- Too Long, Too Partisan, Too Barren of Policy  —  President Obama's third State of the Union address was, as expected, a transparently partisan kick-off speech for his 2012 election campaign.  —  The president began shamelessly by hyping the complete withdrawal of all troops from Iraq.

Bingaman preps ‘clean’ power plan after SOTU shout-out  —  Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is getting close to unveiling a proposed “clean” electric power standard - a plan President Obama admitted Tuesday night has not gained the traction that Obama had hoped.

Convicted terrorist accused of plotting to kill witnesses  —  RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina man sentenced to prison recently as part of a homegrown terrorist ring has been accused in a federal court document of plotting to kill witnesses who testified against him at trial.

Will Israel Attack Iran?  —  As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above a street in north Tel Aviv, its walls lined with thousands of books on subjects ranging from philosophy and poetry to military strategy.