President Trump on Tuesday gave the first State of the Union address of his presidency, calling for new legislation in policy areas including immigration, infrastructure, prescription drugs and military spending. But how many of those proposals can we expect to see enacted? The State of the Union has historically been a chance for the president […]
Micah Cohen 10:58 PM Good Night, Good Morning That’s a wrap on our State of the Union live blog. There’s a lot to unpack in Trump’s speech. (Note: That’s not quite the same thing as saying that a lot in the speech will end up mattering.) For a detailed play-by-play on how everything went down, […]
The State of the Union address is preceded each year by another annual ritual: Several weeks of debate in the FiveThirtyEight newsroom about how much we should cover the State of the Union. Is it all flash? Does it really matter? We’re not sure we’ve settled on the perfect answer, but in the interest of […]
On the eve of President Trump’s first official State of the Union address, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast checks in on how his administration is doing, and which of the 14 versions of Trump’s presidency that Nate outlined about a year ago look like they could still happen. The team also previews Trump’s speech — do […]