by Syd Stone | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON — Facing political turmoil and historically low approval ratings, President Donald Trump stressed unity and bipartisanship in his first State of the Union address, appealing to Americans’ sense of civic duty and proposing new infrastructure projects across...
by Erica Snow | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON — Although President Donald Trump called for unity and bipartisanship in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers generally saved their applause and lambasted what they saw as a hypocritical message. During the speech...
by Renzo Downey | Jan 31, 2018 | National Security, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON – Despite reports by the FBI and CIA of Russian interference in the 2016 election, concerns that the foreign meddling will continue in the 2018 midterm elections and private security breaches in the last year, President Donald Trump did not mention...
by Anna Laffrey | Jan 30, 2018 | Living, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump said a proposed infrastructure plan would build a “gleaming” America in his first State of the Union address. He called on Congress to draft a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion in new infrastructure...
by Libby Berry & Paola de Varona | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress, mainly Democrats and women, as well as audience members showed support for the the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements at Tuesday’s State of the Union address by wearing black and pins with the slogans, but President Donald Trump did not...
by Eric Miller | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
Members of Congress Stage Unprecedented Boycott of the State of the Union More than a dozen lawmakers staged an unprecedented boycott of President Trump’s State of the Union Tuesday night. Included in that list were Civil Rights leader Rep. John Lewis of Georgia,...
by Stavros Agorakis | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON — During his first State of the Union address, several of President Donald Trump’s remarks Tuesday were met with silence or lukewarm applause from Democrats. None of them appeared to divide the House chamber more, though, than his immigration reform...
by Priyanka Godbole | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump kicked off his first official State of the Union address Tuesday by touting the success of his tax bill and taking credit for record stock market highs. “Just as I promised the American people from this podium 11 months ago,...
by Maggie Harden & Anna Laffrey | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
Keep up with #SOTU18 as reporters Anna Laffrey and Maggie Harden fact-check President Trump’s first State of the Union address in real time. 22.47How did Trump do overall with accuracy? Politifact says several of his points were “fatally flawed” and...
