In a raucous State of the Union address, the president’s goal was to reassure Americans that at 81 he is ready for a second term. He made his case, loudly and forcefully.
Mainstream Democratic lawmakers want the president to speak out more forcefully for the policies that his administration has embraced, including a cease-fire.
Hours after the governor signed a law that offers legal protections to clinics and doctors performing I.V.F. procedures, at least one clinic resumed embryo transfers.