President Donald Trump gives his first official State of the Union Address from the United States Capitol in front of a joint session of Congress.
Our live stream begins at 5:00 p.m. and will continue through Trump’s speech, scheduled for 9:00 p.m., and the Democratic response that follows. Our coverage continues after both speeches through midnight.
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Representative Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) will be delivering the Democratic response, shortly after Trump concludes.
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The State of the Union Address is an annual, wide-ranging speech a sitting president delivers before Congress early in the year. That speech is used to reflect on the progress of the previous year and help set the president’s agenda for the coming year.
This is Trump’s first official State of the Union Address. The speech Trump gave last year to a joint session of Congress was not called the State of the Union. A president’s address during his or her first year in office is never referred to as a State of the Union address because after just a few weeks into his term, a new president isn’t expected to know the full state of the union.
Post time: Mar-17-2018