What to watch for in Trump’s address to Congress

President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night -- where he's expected to make the case for a budget that boosts defense spending and slashes funding for agencies. The speech -- a "State of the Union" address in all but the name -- will be Trump's biggest national audience since his swearing-in ceremony, a chance to try to bring the nation together and sell his agenda on Capitol Hill.

Dems invite immigrants to Trump’s first address to Congress

In this Dec. 1, 2015 file photo, then-Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear speaks in Louisville, Ky. Democrats have tapped Beshear to deliver the party's response to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, highlighting the Kentucky Democratas efforts to expand health care coverage under the law Republicans are determined to repeal and replace.

Obstruction?

Mike Flynn's resigned from Donald Trump's administration. Michael Tracey thinks the reason for it is nonsense: Bill Van Auken offers : In response to the latest revelations about Flynn's meetings with the Russian ambassador and denials of what the CIA has now leaked to the media, leading Democrats mounted a campaign demanding that Flynn be stripped of his security clearance, suspended as national security advisor or fired.

Pelosi: Trump aims to terrify immigrants

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Monday hammered the Trump administration's recent roundup of hundreds of immigrants, accusing the president of launching a campaign explicitly designed to instill fear in immigrant communities. "Fear is not a side effect of President Trump's hateful and destructive immigration agenda," she said in a statement.

Paul Kane:

It's a well-worn story now about how John Boehner, then House minority leader, joined a rising star in his caucus, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, in April 2009 for one of the first major tea party protests in the California Republican's hometown of Bakersfield. A little more than six years later, after they surfed that wave into power, the movement consumed both of them.

BET’s Debra Lee Honored as Chance the Rapper & More Perform at Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala

Chance the Rapper performs onstage during the 2017 Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Debra Lee at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 11, 2017 in Beverly Hills, Calif. A rare public appearance by legend Joni Mitchell.

Kate Upton a beauty in gold at MusiCares event in LA

The 24-year-old beauty on Friday was snapped walking the red carpet at the 2017 MusiCares Person of the Year in Los Angeles, California, where rock n' roll icon Tom Petty was honored in front of a room full of luminaries to kick off Grammys weekend. The Other Woman actress was a vision of glamour and beauty at the swanky party, as she wore an elegant golden gown with a creme top that wrapped around her neck, revealed her shapely shoulders.

Nancy Pelosi says she can’t ‘work with President Bush’

In addition to living in the past, the Democrats are now in full obstruction mode, committed to bringing down the Republican POTUS, whoever he might be. Blind rage at the unexpected electoral humiliation of the Democrats last November has pushed some Democrats over the edge, into inchoate fury toward Republicans -- all Republicans, who, based on the words of the most recent Democrat Speaker of the House of Representatives, are now indistinguishable.

Pelosi loses bid to rehang controversial cop painting in Capitol complex

Pelosi loses bid to rehang controversial cop painting in Capitol complex - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tried unsuccessfully on Friday to appeal a decision by the Architect of the Capitol to remove a controversial painting that depicted police officers as animals.

Can Democrats block Sessions or other Trump Cabinet nominees? No.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks alongside House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress as demonstrators protest against President Trump and his administration's ban of refugees from around the world and foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. Democrats angered by President Trump's executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries face a key test on Tuesday as the U.S. Senate is set to consider a slate of his Cabinet nominees, including his choice for attorney general.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

Democrats offered legislation and protests Monday to try to force a repeal of President Trump's executive order banning most Syrian refugees and citizens from six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Congressional Democrats seek to repeal Trump's refugee travel ban Democrats offered legislation and protests Monday to try to force a repeal of President Trump's executive order banning most Syrian refugees and citizens from six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Check out this story on pal-item.com: http://usat.ly/2jO7Bk1 WASHINGTON - Democrats offered legislation and protests Monday to try to force a repeal of President Trump's executive order banning most Syrian refugees and citizens from six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, is ... (more)

The Latest: Trump suspends Syrian refugees program

President Donald Trump takes the cap off a pen before signing executive order for immigration actions to build border wall during a visit to the Homeland Security Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. . Former South Carolina Governor and current ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, in middle, waves to the crowd after current Governor Henry McMaster, at left, was sworn in by S.C. Chief Justice Don Beatty during a ceremon... .

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President Donald Trump takes the cap off a pen before signing executive order for immigration actions to build border wall during a visit to the Homeland Security Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. . Former South Carolina Governor and current ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, in middle, waves to the crowd after current Governor Henry McMaster, at left, was sworn in by S.C. Chief Justice Don Beatty during a ceremon... .