State of the Union

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March 1, 2022
DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison and Congressman Mondaire Jones react to the President Biden's State of the Union remarks.
President Joe Biden
March 1, 2022
TheGrio’s April Ryan was part of the president's annual luncheon with news anchors to preview his State of the Union…
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, theGrio.com
March 1, 2022
Did y’all catch the headlines, the pre-emptive attacks and alarm bells centrist Democrats hurled at The Squad and progressive Democrats?
Black elderly thegrio.com
March 1, 2022
President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union speech to address nursing home quality, including minimum staffing and…
President Joe Biden
February 28, 2022
As the midterm elections approach and President Joe Biden's approval ratings continue to slip, I have a few words of…
February 27, 2022
The barrier is going back as concern grows about potential demonstrations or truck convoys snarling traffic in the nation's capital.
January 8, 2022
President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1, the White House confirmed Friday.
November 22, 2021
"The minute that I start telling you about my vaccine status," Sears told CNN's Dana Bash, "we're going to be…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
March 14, 2021
Stacey Abrams criticized Republicans' efforts to restrict voting rights in Georgia, calling them "a redux of Jim Crow in a…
Stacey Plaskett thegrio.com
February 14, 2021
During an interview on CNN, Del. Stacey Plaskett defended the decision to not call witnesses and reacted to Donald Trump's…
In this pool image from video, Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic party's response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 from Atlanta. Abrams narrowly lost her bid in November to become America's first black female governor, and party leaders are aggressively recruiting her to run for U.S. Senate from Georgia. Speaking from Atlanta, Abrams calls the shutdown a political stunt that "defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people, but our values." (Pool video image via AP) thegrio.com
February 5, 2019
Stacey Abrams delivered a mighty Democratic response at tonight's State of the Union, making history as the first Black woman…
February 5, 2019
Steve King ignited a bipartisan firestorm last month when he ask how “White nationalist, white supremacist" became offensive.
February 4, 2019
[griojw id=”ldxrqOkS” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Never count a Black woman out. Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat whose historic run for Governor almost
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thegrio.com
February 4, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invited Ana Maria Archila, the sexual assault survivor who confronted ex-Senator Jeff Flake last year, to the State…
Donald Trump theGrio.com
February 1, 2018
Donald Trump is yet again spreading fake news with the false claim that his SOTU address brought in the highest ratings…
Maxine Waters theGrio.com
February 1, 2018
Rep. Maxine Waters was unimpressed by President Donald Trump's SOTU address, and made that very clear in a 5-minute shade…
Donald Trump SOTU thegrio.com
January 31, 2018
What did Trump get right and wrong in his first State of the Union address when it comes to African…
Melania Trump SOTU theGrio.com
January 31, 2018
As the country continues to chatter about Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, it’s hard not to acknowledge…
January 30, 2018
Republican political commentator Sophia A. Nelson gives her take on Trump's State of the Union speech.
Donal trump thegrio.com
January 30, 2018
Political analyst Lauren Victoria Burke gives the Democratic response on President Trump's State of the Union speech.