All eyes will be on Washington tomorrow as President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address. The speech historically sets the political tone for the year, so politicians and civilians alike are waiting to see what 2018 will have in store.
Emma Vigeland, Politics Producer at The Young Turks, and Jenna Browder, Correspondent at CBN, discuss what to expect from the president's speech. They both agree that while the President will be on prompter, it's unlikely he will stick entirely to script.
Not everyone in Congress plans on attending tomorrow night's event. Eight Congressional Democrats including Rep. John Lewis (D-MD) and Maxine Waters (D-CA) are boycotting the State of the Union. Vigeland and Browder debate whether Democrats are in the wrong for not showing up.
Real estate software company RealPage has agreed to stop sharing nonpublic information between landlords as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice.
A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track. A handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to advance the bill after what's become a deepening disruption of federal programs and services. But hurdles remain. Senators are hopeful they can pass the package as soon as Monday and send it to the House. What’s in and out of the bipartisan deal has drawn criticism and leaves few senators fully satisfied. The legislation includes funding for SNAP food aid and other programs while ensuring backpay for furloughed federal workers. But it fails to fund expiring health care subsidies Democrats have been fighting for, pushing that debate off for a vote next month.
Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins to break down the SNAP funding delays and the human cost of the ongoing shutdown.
Arguments at the Supreme Court have concluded for the day as the justices consider President Donald Trump's sweeping unilateral tariffs in a trillion-dollar test of executive power.
