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News Articles: congress

Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock pictured at the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection on February 26, 2025, to highlight the importance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Credit: Senator Raphael Warnock

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Taxpayer dollars at work: Assistance for farmers, food access for service members, federal prisons

For the week ending March 7, the senators worked on efforts including providing service members with healthy food on military bases, and pushing the Trump administration on federal prison security and economic assistance for Georgia farmers.

March 12, 2025
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  • Ambria Burton
President Trump walks to the Residence after arriving to the White House on Feb. 22. The administration is facing legal challenges over its effort to freeze payments for federal grants and other programs.

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A second federal judge has ruled to block the Trump administration's spending freeze

U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. said the attempt to pause trillions in federal spending "fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of our government." 

March 06, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on immigration and border priorities, on Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington.

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Spanish-language rebuttal to Trump's joint address focuses on immigration

New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat delivered the Democrats' Spanish-language rebuttal to President Trump's joint address, focusing on the president's immigration policy.

March 05, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4.

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Read President Trump's 2025 address to a joint session of Congress

Read President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress delivered on March 4.

March 05, 2025
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  • GPB Newsroom
President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on March 4.

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Follow NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's address to Congress

As President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check and offer context as the speech unfolds.

March 04, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 28, 2017.

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  • Politics

Watch live: President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress

The president's address to a joint session of Congress is expected to touch on everything from DOGE and immigration to tariffs and the future of U.S. support for Ukraine.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram

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  • Politics

Listen to NPR's live coverage of Trump's address and the Democratic response

President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight. NPR's live special coverage — which includes the Democratic response to Trump's speech — starts at 9 p.m. EST.

March 04, 2025
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  • Heidi Glenn
The view as President Trump delivered a State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2018.

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Fired federal workers are among the guests invited to Trump's speech to Congress

The Trumps and lawmakers from across the aisle have invited guests to Tuesday's joint address, representing some of the administration's top priorities. Here's a look at some of the names on the list.

March 04, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
President Trump during his last State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020. Trump will return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress.

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  • Politics

What you need to know about Trump's address to joint session of Congress

President Trump will lay out his second term agenda in an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. From talk on tariffs to the U.S. role in the world, here's what to expect.

March 03, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
President Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 4, 2020.

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  • Politics

What will Trump say in his Tuesday address? We look to the past for some clues

Delivered the day before he was acquitted in his first impeachment case, and as COVID began to spread, President Trump's 2020 address was part reality TV, part gameshow and part WWE smackdown.

March 02, 2025
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  • Tamara Keith
Kandiss Taylor, a thne-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate, participates in a Republican primary debate on Sunday, May 1, 2022, in Atlanta.

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A Georgia Republican known for her 'Jesus, Guns and Babies' slogan is running for Congress

A Georgia Republican who ran a fringe campaign for governor under the slogan "Jesus, Guns and Babies" says she's running for Congress in 2026. Kandiss Taylor announced her campaign for southeast Georgia's 1st Congressional District during a Tuesday appearance on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast.

February 27, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., (right) departs a news conference alongside House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

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House Republicans pass budget resolution, clearing a key early test for Trump agenda

The GOP framework that passed Tuesday allows the party to move ahead on a sweeping multitrillion plan to address defense, energy, immigration and tax policy.

February 25, 2025
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  • Claudia Grisales
Workers bring boxes of pizza into the U.S. Capitol ahead of a Senate "vote-a-rama" on Feb. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Senate adopts budget resolution after marathon vote-a-rama. Now what?

The Senate's budget framework is at odds with the House's approach, and both chambers ultimately have to be on the same page to get the legislation across the finish line.

February 21, 2025
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  • Barbara Sprunt
Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director, arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Senate confirms Kash Patel, fierce critic of FBI, to head the bureau

Republicans welcomed Kash Patel's confirmation, seeing him as someone who can fix the FBI's alleged targeting of conservatives in recent years.

February 20, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to cast his vote at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 24.

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  • Politics

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he will not seek reelection in 2026

The Kentucky Republican has served more than 40 years in the chamber, and became one of the most consequential and divisive legislators in recent history.

February 20, 2025
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  • Susan Davis and
  • Lexie Schapitl
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