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The Supreme Court on Wednesday backed a federal judge’s power to order the Trump administration to pay $2 billion to U.S. Agency for International Development contractors but did not require immediate payment. In doing so, the court on a 5-4 vote rejected an emergency application filed by the Justice Department after U.S. District Judge Amir…

House and Senate Democrats silently protested President Donald Trump during his first speech to Congress of his second term — refusing to applaud, holding up signs calling him “king” and “liar,” and, for some, walking out of the address altogether. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, didn’t get the memo.  After Trump told lawmakers he had won a mandate,…

President Donald Trump delivered his first speech to Congress of his second term Tuesday night, celebrating the big spending cuts, crackdown on migration and economic vision from the opening weeks of his administration, NBC News reported. During his remarks, Trump bent the facts on issues including Social Security, immigration, fentanyl and the Russia-Ukraine war. Here’s…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday night addressed Congress for the first time since retaking the White House. A video of his full remarks can be seen in the player above. Excerpts of his speech as prepared, which were provided by the White House, are below. Six weeks ago, I stood beneath the dome of this…

President Donald Trump said in his joint address to Congress that the U.S. would assume control of Greenland “one way or the other.” “We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it,” Trump said. Danish officials have firmly rejected previous overtures from Trump…

President Donald Trump touted his newly imposed tariffs and basked in Republican applause for his administration’s swift early actions, while drawing a wave of protests from Democrats as he spoke to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Leaning into culture wars, Trump inveighed against transgender rights, “they/them” pronouns, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs.…

Al Green’s stay at Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday was brief. The Texas Democrat was removed from the House of Representatives chamber for disrupting Trump early in his speech. The exchange began after Trump said, “The presidential election of Nov. 5 was a mandate like has not been seen in many decades.” Green,…

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed from the House chamber Tuesday night after disrupting President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress. Green, who has long pushed to impeach Trump dating to his previous term in office, stood and shook his cane toward the president in the opening minutes of his speech. Other lawmakers cheered and…

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins will serve as designated survivor during President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Collins will not be in attendance for the speech at the U.S. Capitol, watching it instead from a secure location afar, to preserve the Constitutional line of succession to the presidency in the event…

The Democratic Women’s Caucus had dozens of its members wear pink during President Donald Trump‘s Joint Address to Congress Tuesday night. The caucus’ chair, New Mexico Democrat Teresa Leger Fernández, called pink a color of “power and protest” in a statement. Fernández said Congress members are protesting increased costs, tariffs, funding cuts for women’s health…