Trumps Spending Play Raises Risk of A Shutdown Top Democrats Say

Watch live: House Democrats speak ahead of Trump's speech to Congress

House Democratic leaders will give remarks Tuesday morning ahead of President Trump's first major speech before Congress. The press conference, led by Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar ...

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Multiple Democrats skipping Trump speech, planning alternate event

A group of Democrats is skipping President Trump’s congressional speech Tuesday night and planning an alternate event, according to a press release. The press release from Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) ...

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Democrats slam Trump's latest moves as he prepares to address Congress

Democrats in Congress are slamming President Trump as he prepares to address both legislative chambers about his first moves during his second term in the White House. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.

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Senator Elissa Slotkin Will Deliver Democratic Response to Trump’s Speech

The Michigan Democrat, a first-term senator, is expected to lay out the economic and national security stakes of President Trump’s agenda.

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Watch live: Slotkin gives Democratic response to Trump joint address

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is set to give the Democratic response following President Trump's joint address to Congress Tuesday evening. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House ...

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Democrats protest as Elon Musk salutes: Trump’s address to Congress – in pictures

Wearing pink and holding signs that read ‘Protect Medicaid’ and ‘Musk steals’, Democrats protested and heckled as Donald Trump gave an address to Congress laying out his vision for his second ...

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Republican rips Democrat’s sign away as Trump walks in for speech to Congress

A House Republican and House Democrat got into a confrontation over a sign protesting President Trump before his speech to Congress had even begun. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who was standing ...

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Democrat Al Green removed from House after interrupting, heckling Trump

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) was removed from the House chamber where President Trump was giving his address to a joint session of Congress after the congressman heckled the president early in his ...

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Several House Democrats walk out of Trump speech mid-address

Several Democrats stood up and exited the chamber during President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, protesting his administration's actions after six weeks in office. The ...

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Who is Elissa Slotkin, the senator giving the Democratic response to Trump?

Elissa Slotkin, who will deliver the Democrats' response to Trump's address to Congress, is a former CIA agent who served three tours in Iraq before running for Congress.

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Democrats' silent protests of Trump speech overshadowed by one outburst

While Rep. Al Green was escorted out after an outburst, his Democratic colleagues largely opted for quieter forms of opposing Trump during his speech to Congress.

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Democrats disrupt, protest and wear pained expressions for Trump’s speech

House Democrats greeted President Trump’s return to Congress on Tuesday with a spirited series of disruptive protests – and a number of painful looks as they suffered through an address in which ...

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Watch: Sen. Elissa Slotkin refutes Trump's speech to Congress in Democratic rebuttal

Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan gave the Democratic rebuttal to President Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. She explained how to "protect the middle class," and also ...

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Full: Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers Democratic response to Trump's address

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., delivered the Democratic response to President Trump's joint address to Congress. Slotkin criticized the administration, including several of Trump's policies, Elon ...

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‘Giving bingo’: Democrats’ silent protest against Trump falls flat

The president needled Democrats. They didn't have a clean comeback.

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Trump turns Congress speech into a sordid campaign rally, igniting a Democrat fightback

In a long and menacing – but also boring – speech to Congress, Trump mocked his opponents. Across the aisle the resistance was stirring. Well, at least he didn’t give a Nazi salute, declare war on ...

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Trump's 2025 address to Congress and Democratic response | CBS News

President Trump on Tuesday night addressed a joint session of Congress, outlining his vision for a second term and priorities for the year ahead. Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivered the ...

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Trump downplaying tariff concerns could be a gift to Democrats: ANALYSIS

Tariff fallout could become a rallying cry for Democrats as they build a case against Trump ahead of midterm elections in hopes of reclaiming some power.

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers Democratic response to Trump speech

Sen. Elissa Slotkin was elected by a narrow margin in November to represent Michigan after serving several terms in the House.

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Democratic Rep. Al Green removed after disrupting Trump's speech

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed from the House chamber Tuesday night after he disrupted President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress.

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Jeffries defends conduct of ‘majority’ of Democrats during Trump speech

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is defending the conduct of the “majority” of his fellow Democrats during President Trump’s defiant speech before Congress Tuesday night. But he ...

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Watch: House Democrats target Trump actions in event post-joint address

House Democrats will hold an event Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol, seeking to elevate the stories of "everyday Americans" who they argue have been harmed by President Trump's sweeping actions ...

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Read full transcript of Slotkin Democratic response to Trump speech to Congress

Read the full text of Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin's prepared remarks for her 2025 Democratic response to Trump's speech to Congress, as released.

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Democrats are acting sedate and silent during Trump’s worst excesses | Moira Donegan

Trump is getting comfortable in power. And Democrats are nowhere to be seen. What was the point of Donald Trump ’s address to Congress on Tuesday night? The annual speech – called the “State of ...

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Democrats knock Trump adviser Habba over veteran jobs quip

Several Democrats, including some who are veterans themselves, have spoken out in opposition to President Trump’s advisor Alina Habba after she quipped about veterans not being fit for their jobs. ...

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Democrats Wore Pink to Protest Trump’s Congress Speech. But Was It a Moment?

But is this really a “Barbie” moment?

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White House hits back at Democrats for response to Trump speech

The White House on Wednesday hit back at Democrats for their behavior during President Trump’s joint address the night before, calling it “disgraceful.” Press secretary Karoline Leavitt focused her ...

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Democrats suffer Trump joint address hangover: 'Self owns and unhinged petulance'

Democrats woke up furious the morning after some sought to bring the fight to President Trump during his address Tuesday to a joint session Congress, arguing their protests had backfired and ...

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Democratic Response to Trump Shows a Party Divided on How to Resist Him

Party leaders opted for a soberly delivered, centrist counter to the president’s speech, but the dominant image of Democratic pushback was a liberal congressman waving his cane in protest.

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House Democrats call Al Green Trump speech protest ‘inappropriate’

Several House Democrats disapproved of their colleague Rep. Al Green’s (D-Texas) disruption during President Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Rep. George Latimer (D-N.Y.), speaking to ...

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Watch live: Jeffries gives remarks after Democratic protests to Trump speech

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is holding a press conference Thursday morning, days after Democrats showed their disdain for President Trump's executive actions in various ways ...

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TVs at HUD Played an AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet

On Monday morning, TV sets at the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development played the seemingly AI-generated video on loop, along with the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”

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Melania Trump doesn’t want to play the role of first lady – but she doesn’t mind making $28m | Arwa Mahdawi

She has been all but absent from Washington since her husband returned to the White House. Instead, her energy has been poured into monetising her status. ( Wide-brimmed ) hats off to Melania ...

The Guardian - Feb. 26

Trump said Zelenskyy ‘does not have the cards’. But how well is he playing his own hand? | Olga Chyzh

The US president has no interest in countering aggressors. His short-termist game plan will cost America dear. The White House meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be ...

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Playing the victim: how Trump’s clash with Zelenskyy paved the way for the suspension of military aid | Lilie Chouliaraki

Who is really suffering from this conflict? We are, said the US president, in a move straight from the populist playbook. During a dramatic Oval Office meeting last Friday, US president Donald ...

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Trumps Spending Play Raises Risk of A Shutdown Top Democrats Say

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