Tag: State of the Union

• Wednesday, February 25th 2026 - 12:25 UTC

  Trump delivers longest recorded State of the Union amid polarization, with tariffs and foreign policy under scrutiny

  

  US President Donald Trump delivered the longest recorded State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, speaking for 108 minutes before a joint session of Congress, as Washington enters a highly charged political stretch ahead of the midterm elections.

• Friday, March 8th 2024 - 11:00 UTC

  Biden gives State of the Union speech in campaign mode

  

  US President Joseph Biden of the Democratic Party Thursday gave the traditional State of the Union speech before Congress which was regarded by many as the kickoff of his reelection bid against his predecessor, the Republican Donald Trump, who won sweeping victories in primaries on Super Tuesday this week.

• Thursday, February 6th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  “Not a page without a lie”, House leader Pelosi comment on Trump's State of the Union

  

  U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page “that didn’t have a lie on it,” she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Trump announces meeting with Kim, calls for unity and blasts “ridiculous partisan investigations”

  

  United States President Donald Trump has announced in his State of the Union speech that he will hold a second nuclear summit with North Korea's leader this month. In an address to the nation with the theme “Choosing Greatness”, he vowed once again to build a border wall.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 21:20 UTC

  Obama pledges support for the middle class and is prepared to bypass Congress

  

  US President Barack Obama displayed his strategy for getting around a divided Congress starting with a wage hike for federal contract workers in a State of the Union speech on Tuesday that reflected scaled-back legislative ambitions after a tough year.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:51 UTC

  Obama attacks income inequality and calls for higher taxes on the wealthy

  

  President Barack Obama has attacked income inequality as he set the tone for his re-election bid in his third State of the Union speech. Obama emphasised the importance of an economy that works for everyone, in the nationally televised address to Congress.