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President Trump used his State of the Union speech last night to defend his tariff plan, saying the Supreme Court's ruling that he lacks the emergency power to impose many of the import taxes could lead to a solution under different legal statutes.
The Supreme Court ruled last week that Trump exceeded his authority by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to implement his tariff plan.
Trump quickly replaced them with a new set of import taxes set at 15 percent.
The law says Congress will have to extend them after five months, but Trump suggested that congressional action will not be necessary.
President Trump focused much of his speech on jobs, manufacturing, and an economy that he said is stronger than many believe in Pierre's Domenico Montanaro.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered the Democratic response, asking Americans to ask themselves if they are better off now with Trump in charge.
And she said Republicans in Congress are not doing their jobs.
Spanberger delivered the Democratic response from Colonial Williamsburg, focusing largely on high prices, a preview of the central Democratic campaign message ahead of the midterm elections in November.
She won the Virginia governor's office by double digits last November.
President Trump's speech Tuesday night was the longest presidential speech before Congress in recent history, beating the record Trump himself said just a year ago.
His speech ran about one hour, 48 minutes, roughly nine minutes longer than last year.
Several states, all led by Democrats, are suing the Trump administration over its overhaul of childhood immunization policy.
Colorado Public Radio's John Daly has more.
A fight over Warner Brothers Discovery took another turn Tuesday.
Paramount has raised the price of its takeover offer to $31 per share and also increased the termination fee it would pay should the deal fail to gain regulatory approval.
Paramount made an initial all-cash hostile bid in December, just days after Warner struck a deal to sell its studio and streaming business to Netflix.
Global stock markets advancing ahead of the opening bell on Wall Street.