President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress for the first time Tuesday night to lay out his young administration鈥檚 agenda for the country. NPR reporters will be annotating his remarks and the Democratic Party's response.
With the prime-time speech, Trump has the opportunity to reorient the nation on the economic goals and priorities that helped him get elected. The president's advisers say in the address he will declare early progress on campaign promises 鈥� in general, growing the economy and protecting the American people, according to .
Trump will likely talk about national security and foreign policy as well. His travel ban against seven Muslim-majority countries was at the beginning of the month. He's expected to issue another executive order this week.
The address comes a day after Trump gave an for Congress, which would increase defense spending and make cuts to domestic programs.
Watch Trump's address to Congress via PBS NewsHour
You can watch PBS NewsHour coverage of President Trump鈥檚 first address to a joint session of Congress starting at 7 p.m. You can also , starting at 8.
Follow along with a transcript of Trump's speech
NPR journalists with expertise in politics, immigration, business, law and more will offer their analysis and annotations.
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Read the response from the Democratic Party with NPR annotations
Shortly after the president concludes, Former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear will deliver the Democratic Response to President Trump鈥檚 address.
NPR will have a transcript of Beshear鈥檚 remarks and journalists across the NPR newsroom will also be annotating his remarks.
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