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Like it or not, public speaking is a big part of any leaders job description, and even heads of state are not immune. President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening (March 4, 2025) for the first time since his second term began. It is technically not a State of the Union speech, but well get into all that and how to watch it live below: A brief history of the State of the Union American presidents are constitutionally mandated to give updates to Congress about the state of the union. The exact number and timing of these progress reports are not specified. In recent history, presidents tend to tackle this duty in late January or early February. George Washington set the precedent of giving a speech to a joint session of Congress and his successor, John Adams, followed his example. Thomas Jefferson broke this tradition and gave his updates via a written report because he didnt want to appear like a monarch. In 1913, Woodrow Wilson revived the in-person speech. In 1923, Calvin Coolidge brought the address to the radio. The first televised address was given by Harry Truman in 1947. Why isn’t tonight’s speech a state of the union? It’s a case of semantics. Because this is the first year of President Trumps second term, this is officially considered a joint address, even though the speech will be similar to a State of the Union. House Speaker Mike Johnson invited Trump via a letter sent in late January. It is expected that next year will be his first official State of the Union. What will Trump talk about? Given Trumps unpredictable nature, truly anything can happen. There are prominent issues that will most likely be covered, one of which involves a possible government shutdown. Federal funding is set to expire on March 14 with no clear plan in place to move forward. On February 27, Trump took to Truth Social and blamed former president Joe Biden for the lack of budget. Additionally, he endorsed a continuing resolution that would fund the government until September. Historically, presidents use their State of the Union or joint address speeches to ask Congress for support in carrying out their political agenda. President Trump does this less frequently than his predecessors. According to Hoffman and Howard, he never made more than 24 requests in his speeches, while the average is 31. Instead, Trump began his second term by issuing a record-breaking number of executive orders, some of which are already being challenged in court. Critics also believe that the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, may be unconstitutional, since Musk was not confirmed by the Senate. Meanwhile, Trumps quest to cut government spending is also on shaky constitutional grounds, because Congress is supposed to control the purse strings. Other diplomatic issues, such as newly imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada and Trumps Oval Office disagreement with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, might make the cut as well. How can I watch or stream Trump’s speech tonight? The stage is set for an intriguing night of political theater. The speech is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET, but most networks will have some sort of pre-show coverage. (C-SPAN’s coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET.) Those with an over-the-air antenna or traditional cable subscription, you can tune into the network of your choosing. For those who cut the cord, live-TV streaming services that carry TV networks as part of a bundle will have the speech. Those include: Fubo Sling YouTube TV Hulu + Live TV Free live-streaming services from the major TV networks are another easy way to watch the speech if you’re not paying for cable. Those include: NBC News Now ABC News Live CBS News Streaming Network Additionally, NPR will cover the speech on your local station and the NPR app. It will also be broadcasting on YouTube, as will PBS NewsHour, which is also embedded below. Immediately following Trumps address, the Democrats will get their chance to weigh in. Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will do the honors in English. Representative Adriano Espaillat of New York’s 13th congressional district will respond in Spanish. Representative Lateefah Simon of California’s 12th district, technically a Democrat, is also speaking for the Working Families Party.
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More than a decade after Casey Anthony was accused of murdering her daughter in one of the countrys most notorious murder cases, this weekend she emerged on TikTok to reintroduce herself. This is my first of probably many recordings on a series that Im starting, Anthony says in the three-minute-long video recorded from her car. I am a legal advocate. I am a researcher. Ive been in the legal field since 2011 and in this capacity, I feel that its necessary, if Im going to continue to operate appropriately as a legal advocate, that I start to advocate for myself and also advocate for my daughter. @caseyanthony_substack Raw, uncut, unfiltered. Join me on Substack, https://substack.com/@therealcaseyanthony It’s time we stand in the light together. #fyp original sound – caseyanthony_substack Anthony became a national figure when her 2-year-old daughter went missing in the summer of 2008. The childs body was found in December of that same year in a wooded area behind the Orlando home of Anthonys parents. Anthony was ultimately found not guilty of her daughter’s murder in 2011, despite significant pushback from the public. She was, however, convicted of lying to law enforcement. In the TikTok video Anthony introduces viewers to her daughter Caylee Anthony and her parents, George and Cindy Anthony. This is not about them, she says. The whole point of this is for me to begin to reintroduce myself. Comments have been switched off but the video currently has over 3.3 million views at the time of writing. Anthony also used the video to announce shes launching a Substack newsletter, where she will give a voice to people and give people tools and resources that they can utilize. Anthony added that there will be an email address available for people to reach out to her on a limited basis regarding legal matters. As a proponent for the LGBTQ community, for legal community, womens rights, I feel that its important that I use this platform that was thrust upon me and now look at as a blessing, as opposed to the curse that it has been since 2008, she says. In her first post on the blogging platform, Anthony wrote that the presumption of innocence is a sacred right adding, that is not an opinion, it is a fact. We are plagued by a rush to judgment before someone even steps foot into a courtroom. Once a verdict is read, however long the process takes, the public must trust that the system worked the way it was intended. Comments remain open on her Substack posts, and Anthony has proven willing to respond. Hitting back at one of the comments, she wrote, Sadly, if you were to ever be put in a position where you would need a legal defense, you would want someone like me helping to represent you. Someone who knows what it’s like to be accused.
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A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains. By a 54 vote, the court’s conservative majority ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority under the Clean Water Act with water pollution permits that contain vague requirements for maintaining water quality. The decision is the latest in which conservative justices have reined in pollution control efforts. Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court that the EPA can set specific limits that tell cities and counties what can be discharged. But the agency lacks the authority to include end-result provisions, Alito wrote, that make cities and counties responsible for maintaining the quality of the water, the Pacific Ocean in this case, into which wastewater is discharged. When a permit contains such requirements, a permittee that punctiliously follows every specific requirement in its permit may nevertheless face crushing penalties if the quality of the water in its receiving waters falls below the applicable standards, he wrote. One conservative justice, Amy Coney Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in dissent. Limits on discharges sometimes still don’t insure water quality standards are met, Barrett wrote. The concern that the technology-based effluent limitations may fall short is on display in this case, Barrett wrote, adding that “discharges from components of San Franciscos sewer system have allegedly led to serious breaches of the water quality standards, such as discoloration, scum, and floating material, including toilet paper, in Mission Creek. The case produced an unusual alliance of the liberal northern California city, energy companies, and business groups. The EPA has issued thousands of the permits, known as narrative permits, over several decades, former acting general counsel Kevin Minoli said. The narrative permits have operated almost as a backstop in case permits that quantify what can be discharged still result in unacceptable water quality, Minoli said. With the new restrictions imposed by the court, the question is what comes in place of those limits, Minoli said. Alito downplayed the impact of the decision, writing that the agency has the tools needed to insure water quality standards are met. Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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