State of the Union

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Ilhan Omar, theGrio.com
February 24, 2026
Trump referred to Omar's fellow Somali community in Minnesota as "pirates" in reference to fraud cases being investigated in the…
Al Green, theGrio.com
February 24, 2026
The 78-year-old longtime congressman's brief moment of protest comes after he interrupted Trump's joint address to Congress last year.
Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Donald Trump, State of the Union, SOTU, theGrio.com
February 24, 2026
Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus are skipping the primetime remarks entirely, while others will protest in other ways.
Donald Trump, Congress, theGrio.com
February 24, 2026
Only 21% of Black Americans approve of the president's job performance, a decrease from 28% when he returned to office…
Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden
March 7, 2024
President Joe Biden will deliver his third and final State of the Union address of his first presidential term. Black…
February 8, 2023
Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison tells theGrio that the behavior from Republicans was “embarrassing” to the nation.
President Joe Biden
February 8, 2023
His strong and energetic performance threw cold water on critics who say he is too old to run for another…
February 8, 2023
President Joe Biden spotlighted the issue of race and policing in America in his primetime State of the Union address…
February 8, 2023
TheGrio examines five takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union address that uniquely concerns Black Americans.
February 7, 2023
During a press call, senior members of the Biden-Harris administration touted a positive outlook on the state of Black America.
February 7, 2023
Rather than row after row of white men in suits, the House GOP majority increasingly has added elected minorities to…
February 7, 2023
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, once a White House press secretary for President Donald Trump, is set to return to the national…
February 7, 2023
The families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others, will join the parents of Tyre Nichols as Biden delivers the…
February 6, 2023
Biden is expected to call for the passing of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act as the parents of…
January 30, 2023
Biden will have to assert himself as “healer-in-chief” in his State of the Union address amid outcry over the police…
President Joe Biden
January 26, 2023
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March 3, 2022
Twitter users note that Carlson has not brought up LSAT scores for other Supreme Court nominees prior to Judge Jackson.
March 2, 2022
Here are five takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union address, particularly as it relates to Black America.
March 2, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will meet today with senators Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley.
President Joe Biden
March 2, 2022
In a moment when tensions are high due to COVID, war in Ukraine and unemployment, Biden needed to address the…