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Trump vows to press ahead on reshaping America in speech to Congress as Democrats register dissent
By ZEKE MILLER and MICHELLE L. PRICEUpdated 10:57 PM CST, March 4, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an unyielding address before Congress that left Democratic legislators to register their dissent with stone faces, placards calling out “lies,” and one legislator’s ejection.
Trump’s prime-time speech was the latest marker in his takeover of the nation’s capital, where the Republican-led House and Senate have done little to restrain the president as he and his allies work to slash the size of the federal government and remake America’s place in the world.
The president’s address, clocking in at a record 99 minutes, added up to a defiant sales pitch for the policies that Trump promised during his campaign and leaned into during his first weeks back in office. Trump pledged to keep delivering sweeping change to rescue the nation from what he described as destruction and mistakes left by his predecessor. He seldom addressed his comments directly to the American people, who are trying to keep up with the recent upheaval, while repeatedly needling the Democratic lawmakers seated before him.
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who delivered the Democratic response following Trump’s speech, allowed that “America wants change, but there’s a responsible way to make change and a reckless way, and we can make that change without forgetting who we are as a country and as a democracy.” ...
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Experiments on mice could see hairy, genetically modified elephants living in the Arctic, a US company claims.
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Supreme Court justices attended Trump's address to Congress: Who was there?
At least four Supreme Court justices attended President Donald Trump's first joint Congressional address Tuesday of his second term as president.
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Trump puts tariffs on thousands of goods from Canada and Mexico, risking higher prices
Businesses from automakers to alcohol producers have warned that added costs to import goods from Canada and Mexico will have wide-ranging implications across the economy.
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North Carolina lawmakers close in on another injection of Helene relief funds
North Carolina legislators appear to be closing in on legislation to provide more funds to help the mountains recover from Hurricane Helene
What John Roberts learned during his formative year as a Supreme Court clerk | CNN Politics
Chief Justice John Roberts first arrived at the Supreme Court in 1980, as a law clerk to then-Associate Justice William Rehnquist, for what would be a formative year in his judicial calling.
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Trump administration revises directive to federal agencies on mass firings
The Office of Personnel Management issued revised guidance to federal agencies Tuesday regarding the firing of federal probationary workers.
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