US EditionTrump's Big Speech Will Be Delivered to a Changed Nation and a Congress He Has Sidelined
Trump outlines a unilateral agenda after one year, with Congress sidelined as executive actions reshape government and immigration policy, while 300,000 federal employees were fired, officials said.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump will deliver the State of the Union amid a transformed nation where Congress has been largely sidelined after one year into his current term.
- Across agencies, sweeping personnel and enforcement changes have been implemented, with the administration firing or moving over 150 employees and hiring roughly 60 in Homeland Security, according to sources.
- Legal experts and courts have recorded an uptick in challenges, with Democracy Forward filing more than 150 cases and Justice Neil Gorsuch warning `Retrieving a lost power is no easy business in our constitutional order`.
- Funding shifts and enforcement have immediate human and political effects, as two Americans were killed during federal immigration raids and more than $170 billion went to Homeland Security, with House Democrats planning to boycott or oppose the measure.
- Some bipartisan actions show Congress's limited checking capacity, but a key test is the proof-of-citizenship bill before the midterm elections, observers warn.
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Trump's big speech will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress he has sidelined
President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill this week to deliver the State of the Union address. Trump will speak Tuesday before a transformed nation.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump will deliver a State of the Union address, in which he will talk about the achievements of his administration. His actions so far have been shaped by Project 2025, which, according to one of its creators, is “the holy scripture of conservatives.” The text calls, among other things, for increased spending on anti-immigration measures, which Trump has already done, or further reductions in the number of US tro…
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