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Watch Trump's address to Congress in 7 minutes

By PBS News Hour

Trump: 'Time is right' for immigration bill

By Daniel Bush

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the “time is right” for Congress to pass a major immigration reform bill, if Republicans and Democrats can strike a deal after years of debate on the issue.

4 takeaways from Donald Trump's address to Congress

By Daniel Bush

As reactions pour in from across the political spectrum, here are a few early takeaways from the speech.

AP fact check: Trump's first address to Congress

By Calvin Woodward and Christopher S. Rugaber

President Donald Trump took undue credit Tuesday night for massive cost-savings in a fighter jet contract and gave a one-sided account of the costs and benefits to the economy from immigration — ignoring the upside.

Trump says he's open to 'compromise' immigration bill

By Julie Pace, Associated Press

The president, in a lunch with news anchors ahead of his address to Congress on Tuesday night, said, "The time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides."…

AP fact check: Trump on 'massive' tax cut for middle class

By Associated Press

In his speech to Congress, President Donald Trump said he'd "provide massive tax relief for the middle class." Here's how that claim stacks up with the facts.

Trump signs order loosening gun restrictions

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump has signed a resolution blocking an Obama-era rule that would have prevented an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from buying guns.

AP fact check: Trump's overly downbeat view of health law

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump said in his speech to Congress that he's work with lawmakers to save the U.S. from "this imploding Obamacare disaster." Here's how that claim stacks up with the facts.