SOTU: How Obama ‘turned the page’
Comparing
Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union with his SOTU two years ago is a
tale of two speeches that tells a larger story about the changes that
America, its politics and its president have gone through since the
beginning of Obama’s second term.Read More ...
Joni Ernst SOTU response challenges Obama in an affable tone
Ernst’s elevation to the national stage became complete Tuesday night when she delivered a speech responding on behalf of her party to Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress.
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Members of Congress, others can't resist #SOTU selfies
Even the U.S. Capitol isn’t immune to the sway of the selfie.
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Time to 'turn the page' and help middle class, Obama to say
By
Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack
Obama will challenge a skeptical Republican-led Congress on Tuesday to
back tax increases on the wealthy to help lift up middle-class
Americans, saying in a State of the Union speech it is time to "turn the
page" from recession and war. On foreign policy, Obama will call on
lawmakers to pass a new authorization of military force against Islamic
State militants to replace powers that were given to President George W.
Bush to prosecute the Iraq war. Obama's appeal for a new force
authorization for Washington's five-month campaign of air strikes in
Iraq and Syria may be one of the few items he proposes on Tuesday that
will gain congressional approval, as Republicans cast a dim view on his
call for tax hikes. Obama will credit his "middle-class economics" for a
surge in the U.S. economy and say it is time to "turn the page" from
recession and war and to focus on growth for the middle class, according
to excerpts of his 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT Wednesday) televised speech
released by the White House.Read More ...
Jury selection starts in Colorado cinema massacre trial
By
Keith Coffman and Daniel Wallis CENTENNIAL, Co. (Reuters) - A judge in
Colorado began the process on Tuesday of choosing the jury for the
murder trial of James Holmes, the former neuroscience graduate student
who killed 12 people in July 2012 at a midnight screening of a Batman
movie. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. Jury selection may
take up to four months as Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos
Samour seeks to narrow a field of some 9,000 possible jurors to a panel
of 12 and 12 alternates. Each person will be questioned about views on
topics such as insanity defenses and the death penalty.Read More ...
Boston hospital surgeon dies after shooting
A
cardiac surgeon at a major Boston hospital died of gunshot wounds on
Tuesday evening, hours after he was shot by a man who opened fire inside
the medical center and later killed himself, officials said. Dr.
Michael Davidson, the director of endovascular cardiac surgery at
Brigham and Women's Hospital, died as a result of the morning shooting
that occurred at the Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, the hospital said in
a statement late on Tuesday. The city's Police Commissioner William
Evans told reporters that the shooter, also male, had asked for his
victim by name before the attack. Brigham & Women's, located in
downtown Boston amid a cluster of major healthcare facilities, is a
teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School.Read More ...
'Designated Survivor': Anthony Foxx is cabinet official absent from SOTU address
Transportation
Secretary Anthony Foxx is the designated survivor for this year's
presidential State of the Union address, a long-held and secretive
tradition.Read More ...
How the U.S. Capitol gets ready for the State of the Union
It
may only draw half the viewers it once did, but for staffers at the
U.S. Capitol, Tuesday night’s annual State of the Union address by the
president is their Super Bowl. It is the single most complex logistical
undertaking held each year in the United States’ more than 200-year-old
central legislative building. Months of work by press gallery staff, the
House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and Capitol Police are required to
stage the event properly for television cameras around the world.Read More ...
Paris mayor plans to sue Fox News over reports of Muslim 'no-go zones'
Anne
Hidalgo says she intends to sue the American cable network over reports
suggesting there are Muslim “no-go zones” in the French capital.Read More ...
Watch live: President Obama's 2015 State of the Union address
The
president gave his penultimate State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Yahoo News provided live streaming coverage and analysis of the speech.Read More ...
Obama in State of the Union: America is turning the page
President
Barack Obama was set to urge Americans on Tuesday night to "turn the
page" on years of economic troubles, terrorism and lengthy wars, arguing
that his presidency had ushered in an era of smarter American
leadership and a growing U.S. economy.Read More ...
French authorities arrest five suspected of preparing attack
A group Chechens in southern France are in police custody.
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Oil could hit $25 a barrel
By
Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell as much as 5 percent on
Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund cut its 2015 global
economic forecast and key producer Iran hinted prices could drop to $25 a
barrel without supportive OPEC action. Genscape, an analytics firm that
monitors U.S. oil stocks, reported a 2.6 million-barrel build last week
in Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for the U.S. crude futures
contract, adding to the market's bearish sentiment, traders said. Trade
group American Petroleum Institute will issue its data on U.S. crude
inventories for last week on Wednesday while the government's Energy
Information Administration will release its stockpile tally on Thursday,
both delayed a day by a holiday on Monday.Read More ...
Houthis take Yemen presidential palace
The development follows some of the most intense fighting in Sanaa in years.Read More ...
Kenyan officials condemn use of tear gas at children's protest
By
Edith Honan NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan officials on Tuesday rushed to
condemn the use of teargas against children at a Nairobi primary school
who were protesting at the loss of their playground. Police were seen
firing at least three canisters of tear gas just outside the Langata
Primary School as several hundred tried to knock down a wall surrounding
the playground in protest at what they called an illegal "land grab" to
turn it into a car park. Children wearing green school uniforms were
seen scampering away from the clouds of gas, coughing and choking.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said he had censured the Ministry of Lands and
the National Land Commission for failing to address the dispute sooner.Read More ...
Jury selection begins in Colorado theater shooting case
The
process of choosing the dozen jurors who will decide whether James
Holmes was sane or insane at the time of the Colorado theater rampage in
July 2012 began Tuesday afternoon, when the first wave of an
unprecedented 7,000 prospective jurors reports to the Arapahoe County
Justice Center.Read More ...
Why Obama’s State of the Union still matters in the Twitter era
His team plans to use a complex social media blitz to make up for a shrinking TV audience.Read More ...
Islamic State threatens two Japanese captives
ISIS is reportedly demanding $200 million for their release.Read More ...
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