Six weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump addressed Congress and the nation Tuesday evening, laying out his goals for the next four years. ABC News, along with PolitiFact, live fact-checked Trump’s speech statements that were exaggerated, needed more context or were false. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Mar. 4, 2025 in Washington Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images TRUMP CLAIM: Joe Biden especially let the price of eggs get out of control—and we are working hard to get it back down. FACT-CHECK: Lacking context. Though egg prices did increase under President Joe Biden, they have recently surged under Trump too — and that’s because of bird flu, which has led to the deaths of 136 million birds since 2022, according to the American Farm
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Trump touted his barrage of executive orders and actions as a massive success for America, second only to George Washington. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 5, 2025 04:05 Updated: MARCH 5, 2025 05:49 US President Donald Trump enters the U.S. House chamber before he addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (photo credit: WIN MCNAMEE/POOL VIA REUTERS) US President Donald Trump began his joint address to Congress on Tuesday evening by declaring that America was restored to its former glory. “My fellow citizens, America is back!” he declared to Congress. “It has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher in the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country. We have accomplished more in 43
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Two US lawmakers, including the chair of a hawkish congressional committee, are raising concerns about the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts’ decision to host the National Ballet of China, accusing the dance company of being a tool of China’s “political machinery”. They are urging the cultural institution to reconsider its ties with the Chinese ballet company. Representatives Chris Smith, a Republican from New Jersey, and John Moolenaar, a Michigan Republican who chairs the House select committee on China , sent a letter this week to Kennedy Centre chairman David Rubenstein and president Deborah Rutter regarding the NBC performances, which are scheduled from January 29 to February 2 in Washington as part of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations. 01:59 Taking Lunar New Year to Brooklyn Nets Taking Lunar