State of the Union

President Barack Obama waves to the audience  prior to his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on the floor of the US House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 28, 2014. (Drew Angerer/EPA)


President Barack Obama winks at First Lady Michelle Obama prior to his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on the floor of the US House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 28, 2014. (Drew Angerer/EPA)



President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on the floor of the US House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 28, 2014. (Drew Angerer/EPA)


Journalists in the House Gallery listen as  President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address, in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (Drew Angerer/EPA)


Vice President Joseph Biden (L) acknowledges Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on the floor of the US House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 28, 2014. (Drew Angerer/EPA)


Army Ranger Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg (C) gives a thumb up during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on the floor of the US House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Jan. 28, 2014. (Drew Angerer/EPA)


Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) mingles with lawmakers prior to President Barack Obama' State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on the floor of the US House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 28, 2014. (Drew Angerer/EPA)


President Barack Obama signs autographs for lawmakers after delivering his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on the floor of the US House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 28, 2014. (Drew Angerer/EPA)



Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

A man, who declined to give his name due to security concerns, touches the headstone of Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Carson Vaughn, U.S. Navy Seal, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, December 14, 2013 in Arlington, VA. Carson died  August 6, 2011 in Wardak province, Afghanistan. Volunteers and families of the fallen placed thousands of remembrance wreaths on headstones throughout the cemetery on National Wreaths Across America Day. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)


From L to R, Lt. Maria Hyrczyk, Capt. Jaimie Laib, and Capt. Stephanie Grunzey embrace in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, December 14, 2013 in Arlington, VA. The three are in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis,  and had just layed a wreath at the headstone of their fallen friend Capt. Thomas Graymith.  (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)


Vera Adcock, mother of fallen Army Capt. Shane Timothy Adcock, gathers with family (from L to R, Isaac Hathaway, Isaiah Hathaway, and Victoria Whitt) at Adcock's headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, December 14, 2013 in Arlington, VA.  Adcock died on October 11, 2006, in Hawijah, Iraq, from injuries suffered from enemy grenade fire. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)


Sean Gearhart plays bagpipes at Arlington National Cemetery, December 14, 2013 in Arlington, VA. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Cesar Vargas for the NYTimes

Bar Exam Passed, Immigrant Still Can’t Practice Law 


Cesar Vargas on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 3, 2013. Vargas interned with a State Supreme Court judge, a Brooklyn district attorney and a United States congressman -- and also passed the state bar exam -- but cannot practice law because he is an unauthorized immigrant. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)