State of the Union News

On this holiday weekend, the nation faces enormous challenges on many fronts, and some wonder whether America's best days are behind her.

Republicans need to learn their lesson! How can they expect to win without falling in line behind and singing the praises of Barack Obama? How better to beat Obama than to tirelessly support his policies... albeit of course, with some moderation? Why can't Republicans come together and unify behind the politics of racial and ethnic divisions? Why ...

The Associated Press 1 comment Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, shown in this file photo, is a moderate Republican who says... Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, shown in this file photo, is a moderate Republican who says he endorsed Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain for president because he thought Obama was the better ...

Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action.Powell, who's from the same Bronx neighborhood in New York as Sotomayor, said she should face "a spirited set of hearings" in the Senate.

He's not the most inspiring politician on the world -- but he's also not dogged by scandal and he doesn't appear to mess around on his wife.

Obama as a candidate pledged to end the ban. As president, he has not said when or how he will take steps to do so, drawing criticism from gay rights activists and others.

Colin Powell says the U.S. took too long to strengthen its forces in Iraq after Baghdad fell early in the war.

After U.S. troops moved out of Iraqi cities this past week, top administration and defense officials head to the Sunday talk shows to map out the next steps in the Middle East.

In his 2002 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush described an "axis of evil," which included Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

In an interview to be broadcast this Sunday on CNN, former secretary of state Colin Powell said that he had recently cautioned Obama administration officials about taking on way too many costly initiatives that were causing the nation's debt to spiral.

Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Al Franken should be seated in the U.S. Senate, potentially giving the Democratic Party a crucial 60th vote nearly nine months after voters went to the polls in November.

There is a great amount of angst flowing through the conservative base of the Republican Party these days, and as a lifelong Democrat, I could not be more pleased.

As the media trumpets sound for the pullback of American troops from urban areas in Iraq, the essential lesson of our involvement must be recalled: Nothing about our entanglement in Iraq has ever been as it seemed.

Despite some recent high-profile bombings, Iraqi forces are ready to take over major cities from U.S. forces, the top U.S. general in Iraq said Sunday.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty says a climate change bill making its way through Congress is misguided.

One of the few Republicans still considered a viable contender for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, says his party has suffered a blow from recent revelations of extramarital affairs by Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.

Health care reform, especially with the rising number of Americans losing their jobs and health benefits, is one of the more pressing public policy issues of the day.

A Democratic Congress is poised to heed President Bush's call to help save the economy, but may not give him much else after a State of the Union speech that recycled many of the administration's past initiatives.

Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said Sunday the U.S. should still talk with Iran about that nation's nuclear ambitions despite postelection turmoil in Tehran.

Observers may wonder why President Barack Obama's gargantuan and monumentally expensive attempt to re-shape the nation's health care system would be having problems given a New York Times/CBS News poll showing overwhelming support for just about everything the president wants.