State of the Union News

Alan B. Krueger, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, issued the following statement today on the employment situation in May.

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, on CNN's "State of the Union," called the recall election of Wisconsin's governor a "test run" for the presidential race.

Like a basketball player who masters the crossover dribble and uses it ad nauseum, even when the effects have worn off, so is the U.S. Department of Education in announcing the newest iteration of its Race to the Top program.

After a morning Alumni-Faculty forum on bipartisanship, the 'Prince' sat down with Bruce Reed '82, the chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and an assistant to the President, to discuss his two tours in the White House, his career aspirations as a Princeton student and "surviving your 20s." A: My day starts at 7:30 a.m. I go into a senior ... (more)

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Problems in the job market were long in the making and will not be solved overnight.

President Barack Obama waves after speaking at the TPI Composites, a wind blade manufacturer, in Newton, Iowa, on May 24, 2012.

The appearance of former presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan before summer blockbusters comes courtesy of a new campaign by the American Clean Skies Foundation, a natural gas advocacy group.

President Obama in a recent State of the Union address spoke about homeownership and how the American Dream has dissipated for many due to lingering challenges in housing and mortgage lending.

A day after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, retired Justice John Paul Stevens on Wednesday night backed President Barack Obama's suggestion during his 2010 State of the Union address that the Citizens United decision could lead to "foreign entities" bankrolling American elections.

House Minority Leader John Boehner reacts to remarks from U.S. President Barack Obama during his first State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 27, 2010.

Editor's note: John Avlon is a CNN contributor and senior political columnist for Newsweek and The Daily Beast.

By Stratton SchaefferA A A IA t was 1961 and President John F. Kennedy was the new resident of the White House.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz appeared uncharacteristically off balance and disarmed during her interview by Candy Crowley on CNN's Sunday show "State of the Union," according to video in Jeff Poor's May 27, 2012 Daily Caller article .

When my wife was a liberal, she complained that libertarian reasoning is coldhearted.

More than 70 percent of "the Obama Energy Department's grants and loans went to individuals who were bundlers, members of Obama's National Finance Committee or large donors to the Democratic Party." DESPITE a growing backlash from his fellow Democrats, President Obama has doubled down on his attacks on Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital.

Despite the fervent effort by Democrats to unseat Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin's June 5 recall election, recent polls suggest Walker will prevail.A In preparation for this defeat, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep.

Obama's energy speech: lots to say about wind, nothing to say about climate. Last month, the White House edited climate change from Obama's Earth Day 2012 proclamation .

On this Memorial Day weekend, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America founder Paul Rieckhoff says veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are finding it hard to get a job.

Republican Fiscal responsibility has a sorted past, Republicans always want to cut taxes, which historically has lead to deficits.