5 Key Things To Watch Out For In Donald Trump's Big Speech To Congress
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The president's first big address to Congress since returning to the White House will be dissected over what he says about Ukraine, how lawmakers respond and more.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump loves a good spectacle, and it’s hard to top a speech to a joint session of Congress. The House chamber is packed with lawmakers, and the president’s arrival is announced in a booming voice by the sergeant-at-arms, triggering cacophonous applause.
Trump’s speech on Tuesday evening isn’t technically considered a State of the Union address — that comes next year, after he’s been on the job for longer — but there’s no distinguishable difference for anyone watching at home.
Almost no detail is left to chance in these situations. Here’s an idea of what to look and listen for:
Where is Elon Musk?
The most powerful people in American government are usually on the dais during an event like this. While the president addresses the nation, the House speaker and the vice president, who doubles as the ceremonial leader of the Senate, sit behind him.
Sanders also offered advice to Democrats, who he claimed "have been playing dead for too many years."
Elon Musk has been tasked with cutting government spending.
One agency’s two-page Q&A on the process shows just how much time this whole thing is wasting.
Downplaying town hall rage is a storied tradition in Washington and something that has boded poorly for the party in power.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he looks to use the collapse of peace talks to re-engage with Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and France's Emmanuel Macron.
Vermont residents melted the vice president's family vacation with a sea of signs leading to the ski resort.
Demonstrators have gathered outside Tesla stores across the U.S. to protest the automaker’s billionaire leader, Elon Musk.
Game wardens could be seen dragging the deer, named Baby, by a rope in a video obtained by a local news outlet.
A federal judge has ruled that the head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, saying President Donald Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful.
The White House said the Russian reporter was not authorized to be there and was kicked out.
Zelenskyy on Saturday arrived in London ahead of a summit on Sunday organized by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with other European leaders.
The president declared that baseball has been "dying all over the place" as he revealed his plan to posthumously pardon the controversial player.
Treasury employees are "furious" about a new return-to-office mandate that their union says clearly violates the collective bargaining agreement.