state of the union

Trump said 'nobody has ever heard of' Lesotho, but Musk is trying to do business there

By Keketso Phakela, Gerald Imray, Associated Press

“It is surprising and disappointing that he claimed no one knows Lesotho, especially given that the U.S. has an embassy here,” minster Lejone Mpotjoane said, a day after Trump’s dismissive comment in a speech to Congress caused some laughter.

'We're going to get' Greenland, Trump said in his address. Prime minister says island isn't for sale

By Danica Kirka, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press

Múte Bourup Egede has a message for President Donald Trump: “Greenland is ours.”…

Fact-checking Trump's 2025 address to Congress

By PolitiFact staff

President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy in his first address to a joint session of Congress.

7 takeaways from Trump's first address to Congress after his return to the White House

By Chris Megerian, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

A president's speech to Congress is typically a time for a call to national unity and predictable claims about the country being strong. That wasn’t President Donald Trump’s plan.

Read Sen. Elissa Slotkin's full Democratic response to Trump's joint address to Congress

By Associated Press

Slotkin, a first-term senator from Michigan, spoke for about 11 minutes.

Trump sets record for longest address to joint session of Congress

By Associated Press

It wasn’t even close.

WATCH: Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers the Democratic response to Trump's address to Congress

By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press

Slotkin accused President Donald Trump of driving up costs while pushing for an “unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends.” She also said Trump “has not laid out a credible plan” to address rising everyday expenses for Americans.

As Trump prepares to address Congress, here's how he's testing the boundary of his authority

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

As legal cases mount, more than 100 so far challenging the legality of the Trump administration’s actions, the Republican president is daring the other branches of government — Congress and the courts — to try to stop him.

What Trump said in his past addresses to Congress

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Donald Trump once felt the need to ask lawmakers to pass his agenda. Not so much anymore.

How Black women coined political message 'Say Her Name' before Biden's State of the Union

By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press

When GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore a T-shirt that read "Say Her Name," she borrowed the phrase from Black racial justice activists who have been calling attention to the extrajudicial deaths of Black women at the hands…