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The White House / Medium:
President Obama's State of the Union Address—Remarks As Prepared for Delivery — There is a ritual on State of the Union night in Washington. A little before the address, the White House sends out an embargoed copy of the President's speech to the press (embargoed means that the press can see the speech …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The most important sentence in Obama's 2015 State of the Union — 1) The most striking sentence in President Obama's 2015 State of the Union came near the start: “Tonight, we turn the page.” — 2) It is the seventh year of Obama's presidency. But it's the first in which the economy is no longer in crisis.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Barack Obama's disconnected, out-of-touch, in-denial State of the Union — Perhaps the most striking thing about the 2015 State of the Union address was not the president at the podium but the audience in the seats. The joint session of Congress listening to President Obama Tuesday night …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A fantasy for tweens: Obama's State of the Union Address — Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union. — “We turn the page,” said President Obama last night in citing all the good news he could about the current state of the union. “The shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong.”
CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: SOTU more popular than last year — Obama: ‘Tonight we turn the page’ 03:05 — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama's sixth turn at the State of the Union podium sparked a more positive reaction among speech-watchers than last year's address, according to a CNN/ORC instant poll …
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New York Times:
At the State of the Union, a President Outgunned in Congress Is Still Combative
At the State of the Union, a President Outgunned in Congress Is Still Combative
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Megyn Kelly Moment — On a gray Wednesday in November, the Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and four producers gathered around a conference table on the 17th floor of the News Corporation building in Manhattan. They were there to plan the 281st episode of “The Kelly File,” …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner invites Netanyahu to speak to Congress — The speaker says he didn't consult with the White House. — Speaker John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress about Iran next month, a move sure to inflame the Obama administration …
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Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Rebuffing President Barack Obama on Iran, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he had invited Israel's prime minister to address a joint meeting of Congress next month about the threats from Tehran and radical Islam. — The Republican leader released a letter extending the invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu for Feb. 11.
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Snubs Calls for Campaign Finance Curbs
Obama Snubs Calls for Campaign Finance Curbs
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Chris Mortensen / ESPN:
11 of 12 Pats footballs underinflated — The NFL has found that 11 of the New England Patriots' 12 game balls were inflated significantly below the NFL's requirements, league sources involved and familiar with the investigation of Sunday's AFC Championship Game told ESPN.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Full Text of Republican Response to State of the Union — The office of House speaker John Boehner has posted the full text of the Republican response to the State of the Union (breaking its own self-imposed embargo), to be delivered by Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa: — “Good evening. — “I'm Joni Ernst.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Joni Ernst goes folksy in GOP response
Joni Ernst goes folksy in GOP response
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The remarkable confidence of Barack Obama — Seventy seven days ago, Barack Obama's party lost control of Congress — largely due to his unpopularity nationwide. You'd have never known it watching the president deliver his sixth State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Democrats put target on ‘corporate deserters’
Democrats put target on ‘corporate deserters’
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Republicans Post Doctored Version Of State Of The Union, Censor Facts On Climate Change — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). — CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File — The official website for House Republicans has posted on YouTube a doctored version of President Obama's State …
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Joe Biden Reveals ‘There Is A Chance’ He Would Challenge Hillary Clinton … With the 2016 presidential election season heating up and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton considered the presumptive front-runner for the Democratic nomination if she decides to jump into the race …
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Rex Hall Jr / MLive.com:
Puppy killed when used as weapon by man in beating of girlfriend in Kalamazoo — KALAMAZOO, MI - In November, Timothy Tucker punched his girlfriend in the face and then pummeled her with the couple's two-week-old puppy to the point that the small animal defecated on the woman and died.
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Nathan Deal's mysterious overseas adventure — Gov. Nathan Deal skipped town over the weekend for an economic development trip. Just where he went is being treated like a state secret. — Gov. Nathan Deal/AJC file — His office won't disclose where the state's top elected official journeyed or whom he visited.
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama calls for civility, then immediately taunts Republicans over his two presidential wins … President Obama spent much of Tuesday's State of the Union calling for civility in politics — then taunted Republicans over his two election victories, after many of them applauded the looming end of his political career.
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Emily DeVoe / WECT-TV:
Veteran slammed with nasty note for parking in reserved spot — When Mary Claire Caine walked outside after finishing her routine grocery trip to Harris Teeter Friday, she couldn't believe what she found plastered to the front window of her car. — As a veteran of the Air Force who served …
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Sharon Cotliar / People.com:
Chelsea Clinton Shares Her Mommy Routines with Baby Charlotte (VIDEO) — New mom Chelsea Clinton talks about bonding with her baby Charlotte - “I'm so happy being a mom” - and shares why she's so passionate about talking, reading and singing to her baby, in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE …
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Kate Connolly / Guardian:
Photograph of Germany's Pegida leader styled as Adolf Hitler goes viral — Lutz Bachmann, said by German intelligence services to be a target for Islamist terrorists, posted the picture on Facebook — A photograph of the leader of a growing “anti-Islamisation” movement in Germany styled …
Steve Deace Show:
Deace Show Podcast 01-20-15 — A State of the Union preview with Senator Ted Cruz. Can America undo Obama's mess of a legacy? We'll ask Dr. Ben Carson. Yemen becomes Obama's latest “success” story. The dumbing down of America, and why it matters. — PODCAST — 20 JAN -
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Washington Post:
Shiite insurgents control Yemen's presidential palace and residence … SANAA, Yemen — Shiite insurgents tightened their grip on Yemen's capital Wednesday, seizing control of a missile base and keeping the president as a virtual hostage in a showdown threatening a key American ally in the fight against al-Qaeda.
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