State of the Union address
noun phrase
: a yearly speech given by the U.S. President to Congress and the people to tell them about important things that are affecting the country
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Pelosi was one of Trump’s chief critics during his first term, famously tearing up his State of the Union address in 2020.
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
In 2020, then-President Trump selected Whitmer to deliver the Democratic response to the State of the Union address.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
In his January 1941 State of the Union address, Roosevelt famously identified four essential freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
—Katherine Tai, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2025
In addition, the annual Presidential State of the Union address on March 7 averaged 32.2 million viewers.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
In 2020, then-President Trump selected Whitmer to deliver the Democratic response to the State of the Union address.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
In his January 1941 State of the Union address, Roosevelt famously identified four essential freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
—Katherine Tai, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2025
In addition, the annual Presidential State of the Union address on March 7 averaged 32.2 million viewers.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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