President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time since retaking office, telling lawmakers and the nation that "America is back."

Robert Fry, an economist based in Delaware, said the United States could go into a recession if President Trump's tariffs on Mexico and Canada continue.

CBS News' Confirmed team is fact checking President Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress on Tuesday night, his first speech to both chambers of Congress since he won the presidential election in November.

Fact checks and reactions after Trump delivers the longest presidential address to Congress in modern U.S. history, following six weeks of upending foreign policy, igniting a trade war and stretching the limits of presidential power.

In a lengthy speech, President Trump promoted his administration’s rapid early moves and reprised the themes of his campaign, vowing to crack down on illegal immigration and “wokeness.”

The judge had ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous order requiring the government to keep disbursing money to states.

He made “buy American” a principle of the first order, going so far as to once return a new vehicle, made by one of the Big Three of course, when he discovered from reading the documents attached to the bill of sale that it had been assembled outside the United States.

P resident Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his first joint address to Congress since returning to power, telling lawmakers that “America is back” and touting the flurry of a

We fact-checked a selection of President Trump's Mexico-related remarks made during his speech to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday.