What to know
- President Donald Trump delivered his first joint congressional address of his second term tonight — the longest one ever at roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes — in the U.S. House chamber in Washington.
- Trump touted his administration’s aggressive cuts to the federal workforce and so-called America First approach to foreign policy. The speech followed Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s stunning display of hostility toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday.
- Some Democrats boycotted the speech, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gerry Connolly. Sen. Elissa Slotkin gave the Democrats’ response to the address, with Sen. Bernie Sanders delivering his own.
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