HEADLINE: Obama adviser previews State of the Union<br/>
CAPTION: White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says President Barack Obama will focus on the economy and health care reform in his first State of the Union address<br/>. (Jan. 27)

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House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama likely has the authority to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract work
ers.
But the speaker warned against...

HEADLINE: Obama, GOP face off on spending cuts

CAPTION: For all the talk of harmony in Washington, there was no shortage of stark differences between President Barack Obama and newly empowered Republicans ahead of Tuesday's...

House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation.

The memo purports to show improper use of...

1. George W. Bush, US President arriving for the State of the Union address

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"Thank you very much. Tonight I have the high privilege and...

HEADLINE: Obama presses Congress on tax cuts

CAPTION: President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the temporary payroll tax cuts that were enacted late last year during his annual State of the Union message. He also...

1. US President Barack Obama entering the House chamber and shaking hands with members of Congress

2. First Lady Michelle Obama appla
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Justice Anthony Kennedy's successor will have a chance over a likely decades-long career to tackle a host of big issues in the law and have a role in shaping the answers to...

President Donald Trump will deliver the State of the Union address on Feb. 4 — just a day after the Iowa caucuses.

1. US President Barack Obama entering the House chamber and shaking hands with members of Congress

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U-S President Bill Clinton gave the first State of the Union address of his second term Tuesday n
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The President identified education as his top...

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"We also need to more to reform the way Washington spends people's money. Under the current system Congress can...

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1. Illinois Democratic US Senator and Presidential hopeful Barack Obama walks into hearing

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"The (US)...

1. Wide shot of Nancy Pelosi, House of Representatives Democratic Leader and Tom Daschle, Senate Democratic Leader

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1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marco Rubio, Florida Republican Senator:

So Mr. President, I don't oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich. I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbours. Hard-working...

HEADLINE: Wisc. town watches speech ahead of Obama arrival

CAPTION: Residents of Manitowoc, Wisc. gathered to watch President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night. The president will visit the town Wednesday....

Justice Anthony Kennedy's successor will have a chance over a likely decades-long career to tackle a host of big issues in the law and have a role in shaping the answers to...

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on Tuesday offered a kinder, gentler vision of Republicans who are determined to empower Americans, not the government, and close the gap "between where you are and where you want to be." Tapped to...

1. UPSOUND (English) of George W. Bush, US President, giving radio address, over graphic showing Bush:

"This coming Tuesday I will deliver the 'State of the Union' address to Congress and the American people. Our nation faces...

HEADLINE: Hardball host ''forgets'' Obama is black

CAPTION: Cable news channel MSNBC''s Chris Matthews says President Barack Obama has done so much to heal racial divisions that he "forgot he was black" while watching...

HEADLINE: Does sitting together tear down political walls?

CAPTION: When President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, some Democrats and Republicans will sit together in a show of unity. That's a...

Republican Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa delivered the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, and painted a far less rosy picture of the US economy than the one Obama laid...

United States President Gerald Ford delivers the annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House of Representatives.

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