news2shortsPhotos from President Donald Trump’s second-term State of the Union address show his remarks to Congress, Democratic protests in the chamber, and tributes to service members, veterans and invited guests at the Capitol.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins served as the designated survivor during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, a long-standing security precaution meant to preserve continuity of government in the event of a catastrophe. Collins was also tasked with the role last year. Collins did not attend the joint session of Congress. Instead, he … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s lengthy State of the Union address Tuesday evening included a handful of attention-grabbing moments that stole the show as the president touted a national “turnaround” in a speech heavily focused on the economy. Trump’s speech beat records, becoming the longest SOTU speech in modern history at about an hour and 48 minutes. … Read more
Lio Cundiff, who is trans, told the Guardian he hopes the act shows everyone how ‘human we are – because all I did was a human act’ A Chicagoan who recently jumped into a perilously cold lake to help rescue a baby whose stroller was blown into the water by a wind gust has implored … Read more
President claimed during longest ever State of the Union speech that Tehran was building weapons that could strike the US Good morning and welcome to our US politics live blog. Iran has accused the US of spreading “big lies” about its missiles programme, after Donald Trump claimed Tehran was building weapons that could strike the … Read more
Donald Trump proclaimed his first year in office a success at the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, even as his presidency is dogged by low public approval ratings before November’s midterm elections in which voters could hand control of Congress back to the Democrats. Trump spoke for two hours addressing a host … Read more
The president’s lengthy speech to Congress contained myriad inflated, misleading or simply false claims Donald Trump officially made the longest State of the Union address in history on Tuesday night, with broad claims about the successes achieved during the first year of his second term. But the speech that stretched across more than an hour … Read more
Amid Trump’s lies and xenophobic rants, people struggling to pay bills and make ends meet are unlikely to be moved He wanted to give the king’s speech. Donald Trump entered the US House chamber on Tuesday like a medieval monarch, with Republicans lined up eager to touch his royal robes (or, in two cases, grab … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday touted “historic progress” under President Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem, highlighting nearly 3 million illegal immigrants who have left the United States and what officials call “the most secure border in American history.” The statement, released as Trump delivered his first State of the Union address … Read more
President Donald Trump used part of his State of the Union address on Tuesday to spotlight American military heroism, awarding U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover and U.S. Navy Captain E. Royce Williams with the nation’s highest military honor. Recounting what he described as a high-risk January raid targeting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Trump … Read more
