What Obama Got Wrong in the State of the Union

Jan. 13, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where President Obama's swan song of a State of the Union speech has some admiring the rhetoric while others reject the policy. Heritage Foundation experts weigh in on what POTUS got wrong. We fact-check Obama's claims from health care to climate change. And we round up some pithy reaction from conservatives. Also: Two lawmakers want to know about 113 terror suspects; how your senators voted on auditing the Fed; and a video praising a politically incorrect America.
Commentary What Obama Got Wrong in the State of the Union Researchers at The Heritage Foundation weigh in on the policies and viewpoints President Obama advocated in his speech. Read More
News Fact-Checking Obama's Final State of the Union The Daily Signal looks at the facts behind President Obama's claims on issues ranging from Obamacare to jobs to energy. Read More
Commentary In Defense of a Politically Incorrect America It seems everyone is talking about political correctness—even President Obama in last night's State of the Union. Comedian Tom Shillue, host of "Red Eye" on Fox News Channel, defends a politically incorrect world. Watch the Video
News 48 Tweets From Conservatives About the State of the Union "I love how a guy who tirelessly defends the big unions, regulations, and taxes that kill innovation [is] talking about the future," wrote one conservative. Read More
News Find Out If Your Senators Voted to Audit the Fed If passed, the legislation would have expanded oversight over the central bank and, for the first time, empowered the Government Accountability Office to audit the institution. Read More
News Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions Blame Lax Immigration Enforcers for 113 Terror Suspects in US A new letter from Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., draws attention to suspected terrorists who were admitted to the U.S. as refugees. Read More
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