- Times-Union Republican primary survey: Donald Trump continues to dominate in Sunshine State http://jacksonville.com/news/2015-12-17/story/republican-primary-survey-trump-continues-dominate-sunshine-state 3 comments politics
- The governor of WI can now fire any state worker any time he wants to. The anti-family union-busting legislation rammed through the Senate gives state officials the power to fire state workers under any "state of emergency" declared by the governor. http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/03/wisconsin-walker-union-republican-senate-budget-bill 6 comments reddit.com
- European Union states have revealed for the first time the freezing of about 23 billion euros ($24.5 billion) of assets of the Russian Central Bank, a figure that was expected to be much higher https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-eu-sanctions/brussels-says-about-24-bln-of-russian-central-bank-assets-frozen-in-eu-less-than-expected-idUSL2N2XH1HY 28 comments worldnews
- COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in New Zealand passes United States, Britain and European Union all-time per capita case peaks https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/covid-19-omicron-outbreak-new-zealand-passes-united-states-britain-and-european-union-all-time-per-capita-case-peaks.html 42 comments worldnews
- Biden's first State of the Union address has perfect timing https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-s-state-union-needs-rally-stalled-democrats-n1290308 82 comments politics
- This time, the State of the Union address will matter https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/595237-this-time-the-state-of-the-union-address-will-matter 22 comments politics
- The Washington Post has a real-time State of the Union fact checker https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/live-updates/trump-white-house/fact-checking-and-analysis-of-trumps-state-of-the-union-2018-address/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_sotu-liveblog-ticker%3Aprime-time%2Fpromo&utm_term=.1ee80bda4115 3 comments politics
- The Washington Post has a real-time State of the Union fact checker https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/live-updates/trump-white-house/fact-checking-and-analysis-of-trumps-state-of-the-union-2018-address/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_sotu-liveblog-ticker%3Aprime-time%2Fpromo&utm_term=.1ee80bda4115 3 comments politics
- Why is Wyoming the most powerful state in the Union? 1 vote in Wyoming had over 4.4 times more impact than a vote in Florida https://hindsight2020.io/why-is-wyoming-the-most-powerful-state-in-the-union-cb801339db5c#.sn784ue14 52 comments politics
- European Commission - Press release - State of the Union 2015: Time for Honesty, Unity and Solidarity http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_speech-15-5614_en.htm 6 comments europe
- Obama addresses nation on gun violence more times than he’s given State of The Union speeches http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/09/16/obama-addresses-nation-on-gun-violence-more-times-than-hes-given-state-of-the-union-speeches/ 43 comments politics
- The average full-time worker in a “Right To Work” state makes about $1,500 less annually than a similar worker in a non-RTW state. That’s not just union workers. That’s every worker earning less as a result of union busting. http://www.nationalmemo.com/5-ways-right-to-work-for-less-laws-crush-the-middle-class/2/ 1013 comments politics
- Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said a one time assistance from centre upto Rs 10 crores for opening of new homeopathic institutions in states not having such institutes http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/homeopath-doctors-double-in-two-decades/articleshow/16098627.cms 4 comments india
- 'The Time For Games Is Over' --- Interview with sociologist Amitai Etzioni on future of EU. Mistake was to introduce more centralism in Europe without building sense of community. Remedy: Go on to political union; or, more likely, back to pre-EU state http://theeuropean-magazine.com/495-etzioni-amitai/496-the-construction-of-europe 3 comments worldnews
- WI GOP Senate leader Scott Fitzgerald: "If we win this battle, and the money is not there under the auspices of the unions, certainly what you're going to find is President Obama is going to have a much more difficult time getting elected and winning the state of Wisconsin" http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117798133.html 5 comments politics
- Passage of the health-care bill will be, for the administration, a catastrophic victory. If it is voted through in time for the State of the Union Address, as President Obama hopes, half the chamber will rise to their feet and cheer. They will be cheering their own demise. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748704130904574644701673362182.html?mod=rss_opinion_main 8 comments politics
- Obama will address a joint session of Congress on health care reform on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The last time a president addressed a joint session of Congress that wasn’t a State of the Union, or the first address by a new president, was Sept. 20, 2001, when Bush spoke following 9/11. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26700.html 3 comments politics
- For first time in history, two women sat behind president at State of the Union https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/01/kamala-harris-nancy-pelosi-state-of-union/9335641002/ 13 comments worldnews
- For first time in history, two women sat behind president at State of the Union https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/01/kamala-harris-nancy-pelosi-state-of-union/9335641002/ 134 comments politics
- It’s High Time We Messed With Texas: From the way it entered the Union, right up through this week, the Lone Star State has been aggressively dragging the country backward. https://newrepublic.com/article/163516/texas-abortion-law-greg-abbott 4 comments politics
- Whitmer says 'it's time for action' in Dems' response to Trump's State of the Union https://www.upi.com/top_news/us/2020/02/05/whitmer-says-its-time-for-action-in-dems-response-to-state-of-the-union/1391580877266/?sl=5 3 comments politics
- The New York Times has fact checked Trump's State of the Union Address for the accuracy of his claims. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/us/politics/fact-check-state-of-the-union.html?fbclid=iwar0fvn3hy-2bfstnolorbm357shfb05sb5evofpk_hdffc1phcogynhye_8 4 comments politics
- Trump on State of the Union: ‘I will do the address when the shutdown is over’ – East Bay Times https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/01/23/trump-on-state-of-the-union-i-will-do-the-address-when-the-shutdown-is-over/ 19 comments politics
- Owasso wins the Oklahoma 6A-1 State Championship. This is the first time since 1995 that a school other than Jenks or Tulsa Union has won the championship https://twitter.com/ossaaonline/status/936809366593744901 3 comments sports
- President François Hollande said he will invoke the European Union's ‘mutual defence clause’ for the first time to combat the perpetrators of the Paris attacks, betting on EU support over NATO in the country's fight against the Islamic State http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/france-war-inaugurates-eus-mutual-defence-clause-319531 37 comments worldnews
- Obama's State Of The Union Theme: Time To Move Past Reagan's Vision http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/democrats-reagan-era-obama-state-of-the-union 4 comments politics
- End Roaming Charges Across Europe, E.U. Chief Says "By making the issue of roaming charges one of the centerpieces of his annual State of the Union address, Mr. Barroso was seizing on one of the few truly popular European initiatives at a time of rising skepticism about the Union." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/business/global/end-roaming-charges-across-europe-eu-chief-says.html 3 comments europe
- Republican Congressman invites Ted Nugent -- the guy who said "if Barack Obama becomes the president in November, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year" -- to the State of the Union. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/02/11/1571751/texas-congressman-invites-ted-nugent-who-threatened-the-presidents-life-to-the-state-of-the-union/ 27 comments politics
- When the State of the Union was controversial. -- President Woodrow Wilson had Washington, D.C., "agape" at his decision to deliver the State of the Union address in-person to Congress. It was the first time in more than a century that a president had the gall to do such a thing. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/28/when-the-state-of-the-union-was-controversial/ 5 comments history
- State of the Union: Politically wounded from the shutdown, Trump faces a tough time with his agenda https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/04/state-union-donald-trumps-agenda-faces-stiff-political-headwinds/2703469002/ 9 comments politics
- Only a few short weeks after Republicans took control of both branches of the state legislature and the Governor’s mansion here for the first time since 1929, GOP leaders aimed their new strength at Nevada's powerful labor unions. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/02/can-labor-survive-nevadas-republican-party/385578/ 3 comments politics
- A judge struck down part of Missouri's gay marriage ban for the first time on Friday by ordering the state to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states, saying state laws banning the unions single-out gay couples "for no logical reason" http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7d44e3529aac43e593a41f84bc88b9b7/missouri-judge-sides-married-same-sex-couples 3 comments politics
- After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions -- After one of Supreme Court’s most anti-union rulings in recent years, is there still time for organized labor to save itself? http://www.thenation.com/article/180478/after-harris-v-quinn-state-our-unions 12 comments politics
- NY Times: "The Buffett Rule" has become a signal piece of election-year political rhetoric. It featured heavily in Obama’s State of the Union address. It has become a favored talking point on the campaign trail. But the White House says it is only a "guideline," rather than a initiative. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/us/politics/white-house-sees-buffett-tax-rule-more-as-a-guide.html?_r=1&ref=politics 9 comments politics
- Toward the end of his address, Obama declared that Americans “condemn the persecution of women, or religious minorities, or people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.” This marks the first time a president has used the words “transgender” and “bisexual” in a State of the Union address. http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/01/20/state_of_the_union_obama_includes_transgender_and_bisexual_in_the_2015_address.html 731 comments politics
- SOTU: "We are stuck in a 1860s time warp, where half the country is rooted in religious fanaticism, ancient grudges, and demagoguery, while the other half is trying to move quickly, along scientific and technological lines, into the modern era. The State of the Union remains divided." http://thecontributor.com/gops-sotu-response-reminds-us-theres-two-americas 983 comments politics
- NHS Ambulances fail to reach most seriously ill and injured patients in time despite efficiency drive - National requirements state that 75% of life-threatening calls must be reached in 8 mins - Unions warned that the system is being “manipulated” to make it easier to hit government-imposed targets. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-ambulance-response-time-targets-seriously-ill-injured-patients-efficiency-drive-secret-plans-a7690476.html 3 comments worldnews
- In a remarkable bit of good timing, President Obama is set to deliver a State of the Union speech focused on income inquality and tax unfairness on exactly the same day that Mitt Romney will reveal that he made over $40 million in the last two years — all of it taxed at a lower rate http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/what-timing-on-day-of-obamas-big-inequality-speech-romney-reveals-massive-income-low-tax-rates/2012/01/24/giqalwuenq_blog.html 7 comments politics
- In the State of the Union, Americans grew familiar with George W. Bush's attention to terrorism and terrorists. He said both words a combined 111 times. All other presidents since Carter mentioned terrorism and terrorists just 32 times combined. Obama didn't even use the word in last year's speech. http://www.thestreet.com/story/11840059/1/in-the-state-of-the-union-president-obama-will-only-say-this-once.html 3 comments politics
- Portugal's Anti-euro Left Barred From Taking Power: "For the first time since the creation of Europe's monetary union, a member state has taken the explicit step of forbidding Eurosceptic parties from taking office on grounds of national interest." http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/portugals-anti-euro-left-barred-from-taking-power/2015/10/24/article3095038.ece 16 comments worldnews