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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On the Democratic side, Rep. Dean Phillips drops his long shot challenge to Biden.
March 7: Biden delivers a fiery, lashing State of the Union address that leaves supporters overjoyed and Republicans sore.
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Vice President Kamala Harris stand in the House of Representatives ahead of US President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 07 March 2024.
—Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
Sam’s ex-fiancee (Traylor Howard) arrives to write a feature about the State of the Union address, and Sam’s not comfortable with it.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
Biden took Deanna Branch, a Milwaukee mother and activist vocal about the city’s lead problem, to his State of the Union address last year.
—Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Vice President Kamala Harris stand in the House of Representatives ahead of US President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 07 March 2024.
—Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
Sam’s ex-fiancee (Traylor Howard) arrives to write a feature about the State of the Union address, and Sam’s not comfortable with it.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
Biden took Deanna Branch, a Milwaukee mother and activist vocal about the city’s lead problem, to his State of the Union address last year.
—Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
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