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Trump speech live updates: Trump touts immigration crackdown
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is addressing a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, six weeks into his historic return to the White House. The speech comes after markets tumbled following [Read More…]

Education Secretary Linda McMahon announces plans for department’s ‘final’ mission
Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Linda McMahon has released what she calls the “final mission” for the Department of Education, as the Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for [Read More…]

Tariffs, Ukraine and Gaza loom over Trump’s ‘American Dream’ address
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The theme of President Donald Trump’s high-profile address to Congress and the nation on Tuesday night is “Renewal of the American Dream,” but he’s also expected to remark on what his second-term [Read More…]

Justice Department says its reviewing state election tampering conviction of Trump ally
Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday filed a highly unusual motion stating its intent to review a state-level conviction of a Trump ally who was sentenced [Read More…]

Trump illegally removed member of board that protects government employees, judge rules
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump unlawfully removed a member of a federal office that protects government employees from partisan interference, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras granted a [Read More…]

GOP reps encouraged to do virtual town halls after fiery meetings with constituents
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Richard Hudson, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, encouraged House Republicans to do more virtual events over in-person town halls, according to multiple [Read More…]

Trump to address Congress and nation as he tests limits of presidential power
Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump, six weeks into a historic comeback to the White House, on Tuesday heads to Capitol Hill to address Congress and the nation [Read More…]

As shutdown looms, Democrats bring fired federal workers to hear Trump’s speech
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A potential government shutdown looms large as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night — where he’s sure to face a divided audience [Read More…]

Who is Elissa Slotkin, who’s giving Democrats’ response to Trump’s address to Congress?
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will deliver a joint address to Congress on Tuesday evening during which he’ll no doubt try to highlight the ways he is delivering on the [Read More…]

Trump will face dozens of fired bureaucrats at joint address Tuesday
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump is expected to face dozens of civil servants fired from their positions across [Read More…]

DOGE says it’s saved $105 billion, though it’s backtracked on some of its earlier claims
Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The website of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency provided its third weekly update of federal government cost-cutting Sunday night, claiming total government savings of $105 billion, up [Read More…]

Some Republican lawmakers increase calls against gay marriage SCOTUS ruling
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Conservative legislators are increasingly speaking out against the Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage equality. Idaho legislators began the trend in January when the state House and Senate [Read More…]

Judge wants to hear from top Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official about the agency’s dismantling
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if the Trump administration is unlawfully [Read More…]

Klobuchar says she was ‘appalled’ by Trump and Zelenskyy shouting match
ABC News Sen. Amy Klobuchar backed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday after the volatile White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday, saying she “just couldn’t believe” how Friday’s meeting unfolded.. The Minnesota [Read More…]

Federal workers laid off by DOGE sound off as they look for new jobs
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Crowds of current and recently fired federal workers gathered at a job fair in Maryland on Saturday to search for new career opportunities as the Trump administration continues its purge [Read More…]

What happened before Trump, Zelenskyy engaged in the Oval Office shouting match
(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — While Friday’s explosive meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ended with a shouting match, the start of the Oval Office meeting was [Read More…]

How to watch, stream Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington DC, United States on February 04, 2020. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President [Read More…]

Zelenskyy meets with bipartisan group of senators ahead of tense White House exchange
Photo by TETIANA DZHAFAROVA/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of bipartisan senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday morning ahead of the tense exchange between the Ukrainian leader, President Donald Trump and Vice [Read More…]

Democrats dismayed, Republicans applaud after White House says Trump kicked out Zelenskyy
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans on Friday were nearly unanimous in their praise of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after they and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a fiery [Read More…]

Transgender military members react to ‘jarring’ Pentagon memo
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Transgender service members are fighting back against the Pentagon’s recent announcement requiring the separation of transgender people from the military. Lt. Cmdr. Geirid Morgan has served in the Navy for 14 [Read More…]