Jan 28 White House offers split-screen experience for SOTU viewing incentive By News Desk If you're the President of the United States, heading into your sixth year of office, facing disapproval over your leadership, how do you get people to pay attention to your State of the Union address? How do you get them… Continue reading
Jan 28 Obama to emphasize executive action in State of the Union By Terence Burlij, Katelyn Polantz Fresh off his 2012 re-election victory and second inaugural, with approval ratings above 50 percent, President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address last year to call for bold action on issues such as tax reform, climate change,… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch How will GOP lawmakers react Obama's State of the Union agenda? By Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Obama looks to move beyond tough year with State of the Union message By Terence Burlij, Katelyn Polantz President Barack Obama will look to rally support for his agenda focused on economic mobility and income inequality during Tuesday's State of the Union address in the face of a sharply divided Congress and with little public confidence in his… Continue reading
Jan 24 Help us translate President Obama's 2014 State of the Union address By Joshua Barajas If you read or write in a language other than English, the PBS NewsHour needs your help. Join our all-volunteer captioning and translation team to help us translate President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address and the Republican… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Federal oversight board says NSA should stop collecting phone records entirely By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 22 If history repeats, Obama's State of the Union won't compel Congress to act By Associated Press When President Barack Obama delivered his 2013 State of the Union, he asked Congress to tackle many issues, including immigration reform, a minimum wage hike and gun legislation. But one year later, little progress has been made on the… Continue reading
Jan 21 American anxiety about inequality reinforces recent political rhetoric By Simone Pathe President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty 50 years ago this month. Today, Democrats and Republicans still argue over ways to eliminate poverty and spur job growth. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch Can the tech industry strike the privacy, safety balance? By Gwen Ifill, PBS News Hour Even before President Obama outlined his proposed changes in how the NSA should collect data for surveillance, many tech giants were vocal in their criticism. Gwen Ifill discusses what's at stake with Christian Dawson of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition and… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch European critics react to proposed NSA changes By PBS News Hour In his speech on Friday, President Obama discussed how the U.S. will change its intelligence gathering practices. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Geoff Dyer, Foreign Policy correspondent at the Financial Times, about the speech and how it was received by American… Continue watching