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- US President Barack Obama has given his annual State of the Union speech
- His annual address to Congress included plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
- But the Republicans, who now control Congress, have voiced opposition to many of his proposals
- An official Republican response, delivered by Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, followed Mr Obama's speech
- All times in GMT
BBC News, New York
We don't know how many Americans watched tonight, but the longer a presidency goes on the fewer people tend to tune in.
Barack Obama's first speech attracted 52.3 million viewers. Only 33.3 million watched on television last year, according to the Nielsen ratings. Bill Clinton bucked this trend when his 1998 State of the Union attracted more eyeballs, but that was at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
George W Bush saw spikes in the audience in 2002 in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11th and 2003, his famed Axis of Evil speech, when he laid out the case for the invasion of Iraq.
A few photos from the evening...
Editor, Echo Chambers
Among the other items on Ms Ernst's wish list -"correcting executive overreach" on immigration, replacing Obamacare, spending cuts, cybersecurity and "confronting Iran's nuclear ambitions".
Barbara Plett, BBC News, Havana
Joni Ernst won a Senate seat thanks in part to some very creative television adverts. BBC's Anthony Zurcher looked at a few of them, including one in whichshe boasted of a childhood spent castrating hogs.
Ms Ernst refers to her Army service when talking about terror groups - "While deployed overseas with some of America's finest men and women, I've seen just how dangerous these kinds of threats can be."
Ms Ernst alludes to Mr Obama's threat to veto a bill approving the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project, calling it a "jobs bill".
Like many responses, Ms Ernst begins with some of her personal history - "As a young girl, I ploughed the fields of our family farm. I worked construction with my dad. To save for college, I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardees."
Joni Ernst begin the Republican response - "I'd like to have a conversation about the new Republican Congress you just elected, and how we plan to make Washington focus on your concerns again."
"We heard the message you sent in November - loud and clear. And now we're getting to work to change the direction Washington has been taking our country."
Mr Obama is still signing autographs as he heads out of the chamber. We are now waiting on the Republican response from Senator Joni Ernst.
Mr Obama finishes his speech by saying "we too are a strong, tight-knit family. We, too, have made it through some hard times."
"Fifteen years into this new century, we have picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off, and begun again the work of remaking America. We've laid a new foundation. A brighter future is ours to write."
BBC News, Washington
He's now coming to the end of his speech, returning to the theme of unity.
"I want future generations to know that we are a people who see our differences as a great gift, that we are a people who value the dignity and worth of every citizen - man and woman, young and old, black and white, Latino and Asian, immigrant and Native American, gay and straight, Americans with mental illness or physical disability."
"I've seen something like gay marriage go from a wedge issue used to drive us apart to a story of freedom across our country, a civil right now legal in states that seven in ten Americans call home," Mr Obama says. The US Supreme Court will take up that question even more broadly when they rule on whether state marriage bans are constitution. Here'show the tide turned on same-sex marriage
BBC Mundo, Miami
Mr Obama reiterates his call to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison - something he did in his first State of the Union.
On climate change Mr Obama says "I've heard some folks try to dodge the evidence by saying they're not scientists. Well, I'm not a scientist, either. But you know what - I know a lot of really good scientists at Nasa, and NOAA, and at our major universities."
"Welcome home Alan" - Alan Gross's release from a Cuban prison was the subject of intense negotiations between the US and Cuba, a process the Vatican took part in. Mr Gross took lengthy applause when the president mentioned him.
Referring to the coalition fighting Islamic State, the US president says: "Tonight, I call on this Congress to show the world that we are united in this mission by passing a resolution to authorize the use of force against ISIL."
Franz Strasser, BBC News
What does thawing of relations with Cuba mean without an end to the embargo? We looked at