27 h. ago As Republicans thunderously applauded and Democrats walked out in droves, Trump’s Congress speech showcased the US divide | Lloyd Green

The president continues to yearn for adulation, but self-deprecation and modesty were nowhere to be found in his address to CongressTrump declares administration ‘just getting started’ in address to CongressDonald Trump is busy while the world around him is mired in chaos. Six weeks into his second term, he has reversed the course of US policy towards Ukraine, imposed tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and delegated the task of slashing government to Elon Musk. The stock market swoons.Recession and stagflation are no longer hypotheticals. The term “trade war” fills the headlines. The Dow sits hundreds of points below where it stood on Inauguration Day. Trump’s second term is already consequential and controversial. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Trump declares administration ‘just getting started’ in address to Congress

President boasted about efforts to slash federal workforce and reorient foreign policy as Democrats protested from chamberDonald Trump on Tuesday declared that his administration was “just getting started”, boasting in an extended address to Congress and the American public about his administration’s efforts to slash the size of the federal workforce, reorient US foreign policy and escalate a risky trade war as Democrats protested from the chamber with placards that read “lies” and “false”.“America is back,” Trump declared, opening the his primetime speech to a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term and the longest in American history. Republicans broke into a boisterous chant of “USA”. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Democrats protest as Elon Musk salutes: Trump’s address to Congress – in pictures

Wearing pink and holding signs that read ‘Protect Medicaid’ and ‘Musk steals’, Democrats protested and heckled as Donald Trump gave an address to Congress laying out his vision for his second termFull report: Trump declares administration ‘just getting started’ in address to Congress Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Donald Trump says he is ‘just getting started’ in address to Congress

Speech comes as president has unleashed aggressive agenda to reshape US trade and foreign policy

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32 h. ago Trump to address Congress after dramatic start to second term

Speech comes as president has unleashed aggressive agenda to reshape US trade and foreign policy

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5 d. ago From Cabinet secretary to doomsday president: What being a designated survivor is like

The designated survivor for a president's address to Congress starts the day as a Cabinet secretary and ends it that way, too, God willing

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