President Obama Delivers Final State of the Union Speech  —  In his final State of the Union address, President Obama plans to talk about the need to “fix our politics” in order to ensure that opportunity and security in America are strong, according to prepared remarks released by the White House ahead of the speech.

Obama's State of the Union Optimism at Odds With Voter Anxiety  —  President draws stark contrast with Republican frontrunners  —  Address skirts past stagnant wages, economic uncertainty  —  President Barack Obama isn't on the ballot this November, but his final State of the Union address …

Homeland Security secretary named ‘designated survivor’  —  Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has been named the so-called “designated survivor” for President Barack Obama's final State of the Union, the White House confirmed Tuesday.  —  As the designated survivor …

10 U.S. sailors in Iranian custody  —  Washington (CNN)Ten American sailors were being held in Iranian custody after two small U.S. naval craft apparently briefly entered Iranian territorial waters, a U.S. senior defense official said Tuesday.  —  The official, however, expects the situation to be resolved quickly.

Under Ted Cruz's own logic, he's ineligible for the White House  —  There's more than meets the eye in the ongoing dustup over whether Ted Cruz is eligible to serve as president, which under the Constitution comes down to whether he's a “natural born citizen” despite his 1970 Canadian birth.

The Brutalism of Ted Cruz  —  In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart.  This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term.  But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law.  Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years.