Overview
- The 9 p.m. ET address comes as polls show voters souring on his economic record with midterm elections less than nine months away.
- The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling found the IEEPA does not authorize his global tariffs, and aides say he plans to outline alternative legal avenues.
- Funding for the Department of Homeland Security has lapsed following controversy over ICE operations in Minneapolis where two U.S. citizens were fatally shot.
- U.S. military deployments have expanded in the Middle East as Trump weighs options on Iran, with another round of talks set in Geneva this week.
- More than 20 Democrats plan to skip the speech for a National Mall event; guests include Colin Hortman and Jeffrey Epstein survivors, and Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the party’s response.