Tomorrow is President Obama's State of the Union speech. If he loses this year's presidential election, it will be his last.

Is President Obama really going to use the State of the Union speech on Tuesday to announce a deal between big banks and all 50 state attorneys general?

As the debt-deal dust clears, we see a mounting body of evidence that Washington has effectively doomed any chance of a near-term, meaningful recovery.

It's pivot time. Here's today's Morning EDition:TODAYPres. Obama holds a cabinet meeting.Democrats hold 11:30am news conference on the FAA

Sorry I'm running late today. Maybe NJ Transit needs another tunnel into Manhattan. Enough griping, here's your Morning EDition:TODAYThe House goes

Nine questions that are really one:How insane is it to craft a deal to satisfy the Tea Party and then when the Tea Party balks, ask Democrats to make up the

Well, the big question now is, what will the House do? If they balk, it would seem two options remain: 14th Amendment and clean bill.

Politico's reporting that unnamed GOP leaders say the Boehner plan will be their last act on raising the debt ceiling. Quite a bluff, if that's

 The dog days of summer are quieting things down a bit, finally — on the non-debt ceiling stuff. Of that, however, there is plenty.

Not surprisingly, reaction to and analysis of last night's speeches dominate today's political news.