Trump Addresses Congress During Shutdown and Growing Iran Tension

Donald Trump will deliver his 2026 State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress during a partial government shutdown.The president plans to focus on national security and stricter voter identification laws after the Supreme Court struck down his tariff policies.Abigail Spanberger and Alex Padilla are preparing the official Democratic rebuttals as Adam Schiff leads a boycott of the televised event.The address follows the seizure of Nicolás Maduro and comes while 40 million people on the East Coast face a severe winter blizzard.