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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Biden argues that democracy is under attack To get a sense of how Biden sees this current moment in the sweep of history, look no further than his most recent State of the Union address. —Tamara Keith, NPR, 5 June 2024

Overall, the total number of people watching on TV will not be on par with such major news events as Biden’s State of the Union address, which drew 32 million viewers in March. —Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024

President Biden’s $320 million project to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza, announced during his State of the Union address as an innovative way to deliver more humanitarian aid to Palestinians, is out of service just two weeks after opening. —The Editors, National Review, 30 May 2024

President Biden announced the maritime corridor during his State of the Union address in March. —Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 16 May 2024

The hope is that a more aggressive Biden like the one Americans saw during the State of the Union address may counteract concerns about his age. —TIME, 15 May 2024

Democrats say the president effectively batted down speculation about his age (81 years old) with a forceful State of the Union address earlier this year, but strategists conceded that a slip up at one of the debates could reignite the worries. —Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 15 May 2024

After expressing initial skepticism last year about the accuracy of figures provided by Hamas, President Joe Biden in recent months started to cite death figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health, including during his March State of the Union address to Congress. —Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024

In his State of the Union address yesterday, President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to build a floating pier off the coast of Gaza to facilitate aid flows to the over 570,000 Gazans the UN says are facing starvation. —Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2024