Overview
- The address is set for Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET in the House chamber, and the president has warned it will be a long speech, his first formal State of the Union of this term.
- Despite a DHS funding lapse that has left the Secret Service unfunded, officials plan to proceed with the heavily secured event without postponement.
- Trump seeks to refocus on affordability and growth after sliding polls and last week’s Supreme Court decision striking down broad elements of his tariff program.
- Following the ruling, the administration has invoked a separate provision to impose a 15% across‑the‑board tariff for 150 days, set to take effect after midnight Tuesday unless Congress votes to extend it.
- Democrats are dividing between attendance and protest, with boycotts and counter‑events on the National Mall and at the National Press Club, and televised responses from Gov. Abigail Spanberger, Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Summer Lee.