news2shortsGeorgia’s Senate passed two bills to ban most gender-transitioning treatment for minors and inmates in state prisons, with some Democrats joining Republicans in supporting the measures. Lawmakers voted 34-19 on Monday for a bill to ban most gender-transitioning treatments, including puberty blockers, for anyone under the age of 18, even for people already on treatment. … Read more
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US president appears to soften tone in wake of clash with Ukrainian counterpart, but repeats threats to take control of Greenland Donald Trump has said he appreciated Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s willingness to sign a minerals deal with the United States and come to the negotiating table to bring a lasting peace in Ukraine closer. “Earlier today, … Read more
President boasted about efforts to slash federal workforce and reorient foreign policy as Democrats protested from chamber Donald Trump on Tuesday declared that his administration was “just getting started”, boasting in a marathon address to Congress that his efforts to slash the size of the federal workforce, reorient US foreign policy and escalate a risky … Read more
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., expressed her concern with President Donald Trump’s pause of aid to Ukraine, adding, “What he’s done is wrong.” Warren responded after Trump taunted her by referring to her as “Pocahontas” during his address to Congress.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., blasted President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda Tuesday after the president addressed Congress, claiming that Trump would have lost the Cold War if he’d been president in the 1980s. Slotkin’s remarks come after Trump delivered an address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday in a speech similar to the annual … Read more
The president continues to yearn for adulation, but self-deprecation and modesty were nowhere to be found in his address to Congress Trump declares administration ‘just getting started’ in address to Congress Donald Trump is busy while the world around him is mired in chaos. Six weeks into his second term, he has reversed the course … Read more
The president’s marathon address to a joint session of Congress was littered with false claims he’s been corrected on but continued to repeat Donald Trump’s marathon address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday was littered with false claims, many of them falsehoods he has previously stated, been corrected on, and continued to repeat … Read more
The president delivered a falsehood-laden speech, touting successes amid rattled markets and backlash from allies Donald Trump delivered a divisive, falsehood-laden speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, touting the successes of his first weeks back in office even as his tariff policies have rattled global markets and his criticism of Ukraine has … Read more
Welcome to a special edition of From the Politics Desk, where our reporters who were inside the House chamber tonight bring you the highlights from President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress of his second term.
