Day: March 4, 2025

Congressman Al Green—a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives—was removed from the Capitol chamber by the sergeant at arms after interrupting President Donald Trump’s speech.

Shortly after Trump began to speak Tuesday night, Rep. Al Green started to yell from his seat.

President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his Tuesday speech to a joint session of Congress. The falsehoods spanned a variety of topics, including the Department of Government Efficiency, inflation and immigration.

President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress since returning to power is both a victory lap following a consequential first 43 days in office and an attempt to justify what he’s done to an American public that may still be digesting his rapid-pace changes.

Republicans had the Texas Democrat, who introduced the first articles of impeachment against Trump in 2017, ejected after he shouted at the president and refused to sit down.

ABC News, along with PolitiFact, is live fact-checking Trump’s speech statements that are exaggerated, need more context or are false.

Eliminating “underutilized” federal office space has become a fixation for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency operation.

Green is a fierce critic of Donald Trump, and has previously called for his impeachment.