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Most people who watched President Donald Trump's primetime address to a joint session of Congress had a positive opinion of what he spelled out in his speech, according to snap polls.

Trump has been moving at warp speed since his Jan. 20 inauguration, and he used his speech to deliver a full-throated defense of his avalanche of activity, while repeatedly targeting former President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats.

The speech, lasting more than 90 minutes, was the longest address to a joint session of Congress or a State of the Union address...

FIRST ON FOX: Top brass at the Department of State are questioning if the U.S. government's role should include working "in the philanthropy business" as the Trump administration uncovers a trove of mismanagement and overspending in recent years.

"No one will argue with the philanthropic nature of foreign assistance," Pete Marocco, the director of the Office of Foreign Assistance — which sits under the State Department's federal umbrella — said to a group of faith-based organizations Friday. "So, this leads to another question I put before you...

President Donald Trump’s declaration that "America is back" during his joint address to Congress was well-received by both Republicans and independents.

"Members of the United States Congress, thank you very much. And to my fellow citizens, America is back!" Trump said at the conclusion of his speech Tuesday.

The moment received an ovation from many of those in attendance and sparked a positive reaction among Republican and independent viewers, with Fox News voter dials showing those two groups, which were represented on the screen by red and...

A majority of speech viewers (69%) had a very or somewhat positive reaction to President Donald Trump's Tuesday address before a joint session of Congress, according to a CNN poll by SSRS.

While 44% indicated that they had a "Very positive" reaction to the speech, 25% felt "Somewhat positive," 16% had a "Very negative" reaction and 15% had a "Somewhat negative" reaction to the address.

"A total of 431 adults nationwide were surveyed via text message," according to a document about the poll. "Among the entire sample, 21% described themselves as...

As President Donald Trump is set to address a joint session of Congress for the first time in his second administration on Tuesday night, many Democrats have invited newly laid-off federal workers as their guests.

One of the former employees was invited by Pennsylvania Representative Mary Gay Scanlon and regretfully told NBC Philadelphia that he did vote for Trump.

But, in light of the recent mass firings from DOGE and the Trump administration, this former employee, Jay Smith, said he wished he could go back and vote for Kamala Harris instead.

"I...

President Trump, in his 2025 address to the joint session of Congress, on March 4, 2025, sought to highlight the accomplishments of the opening weeks of his second administration. Over an hour and 40 minutes, the longest address of its kind, Mr. Trump spoke of his efforts to contain illegal immigration, the executive orders he has signed and his vision for how Congress should enact his sweeping legislative agenda. He also praised the work of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency task force, or DOGE, for the drastic cuts they have...

Two of the world’s most famous bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, welcomed a pair of hatchlings in Big Bear, California, and was all captured live via a nest cam.

A federal judge is weighing whether to compel the Trump administration to unfreeze millions of dollars in previously allocated FEMA funds.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin in her brief Democratic response to President Trump's joint address to Congress warned that Mr. Trump, in the his first few weeks of his second presidential term, has taken "reckless" approaches to managing the U.S. economy and foreign affairs.

Here's the full text of her remarks, which ran just 10 minutes, compared to Mr. Trump's speech, which was an hour and 40 minutes long:

Hi everyone. I'm Elissa Slotkin. I'm honored to have the opportunity to speak tonight. It's late — so I promise to be a lot shorter than what you...

Washington — House Republicans are pursuing a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September, looking to shore up support for the continuing resolution with less than 10 days to prevent a government shutdown.

Speaker Mike Johnson has outlined plans for the measure, which is expected to extend funding at current levels through the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, and has the backing of President Trump. But Republicans are facing pressure to do so without support from Democrats. And whether Johnson can get the measure through the...

Pete Buttigieg said he's contemplating a run for the Senate next year in his adopted home state of Michigan.

"I’ve been looking at it," the former Department of Transportation secretary and former presidential candidate acknowledged in his latest interview, as he pointed to the emerging race to succeed Sen. Gary Peters. The two-term Democrat announced in January that he won't seek re-election in 2026.

"I’m going to continue to work on the things that I care about," Buttigieg elaborated as he appeared Tuesday night on CBS's "The Late Show with...

Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died Tuesday night at the age of 70, Fox News has learned.

Turner, who previously served as the mayor of Houston, Texas, was elected to replace the late Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, who died in July of last year.

Turner served 27 years in the Texas House of Representatives, and was elected mayor of Houston in 2015 and again in 2019.

Turner was on Capitol Hill as recently as Tuesday afternoon ahead of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.

The lawmaker was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of...

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday is heading to the southern border, a day after President Donald Trump touted a sharp drop in border crossings amid a ramping up of border security and interior arrests of illegal immigrants.

Vance is touring the border in Eagle Pass, Texas, and will be joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Eagle Pass was one of the hot spots for border crossings at the height of the historic Biden-era border crisis.

Trump had centered his 2024 campaign on a promise to crack...

The UN says at least 80 community kitchens may run out of stock, and remaining food rations will soon run dry.

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