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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is vowing to press ahead with what he calls swift and unrelenting action. Trump Tuesday night delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress since regaining the White House, taking credit for sweeping changes to foreign and domestic policy, Democrats, though, weren't buying it. A fact Trump noticed. This is my fifth such speech to Congress. And once again, I look at the Democrats in front of me, and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy,

or to make them stand, or smile, or applaud. Nothing I can do. Multiple Democrats walked out in protest of Trump's speech, and one, Texas Congressman Al Green, was escorted from the chamber after standing and yelling his opposition to Medicaid cuts. According to the American Presidency Project, President Trump's address was a record setter. It lasted for more than an hour, 40 minutes. A fact not lost on first term Michigan Senator Alyssa Slotkin, who delivered the Democratic response,

promising to keep her remarks short, Slotkin accused Trump of being reckless. You wanna cut waste, I'll help you do it. But change doesn't need to be chaotic or make us less safe. The mindless firing of people who work to protect our nuclear weapons, keep our planes from crashing, and conduct the research that finds the cure for cancer only to rehire them two days later.

No CEO in America could do that without being summarily fired. MPR's Alice McCollet kept tabs on Trump's speech. Donald Trump said he won this election for two main issues, the border and grocery prices. We heard a lot about the border. We frankly didn't hear as much as I was expecting about inflation and when he did bring up inflation, egg prices, he blamed that on the previous administration. The egg prices did go up during the Biden administration,

but prices have seen an additional surge over the past couple of months. US Supreme Court has ruled the Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority by imposing vague limits on how much raw sewage in San Francisco may pump into the Pacific Ocean. Here's NPR's Nina Totenberg reporting. The decision was the latest in a series of losses for environmentalists at the Supreme Court, but the court did not go as far as it could have in weakening the ability of the EPA to

police water pollution. The case has drawn particular attention because of its strange alliances, with liberal San Francisco on the same side as petroleum and mining interests and the EPA on the other side. At issue was raw sewage and whether the EPA could penalize the city for sending it into the Pacific Ocean. Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing in dissent for herself and the court's three liberals,

accused the majority of an unnecessary statutory rewrite of the 1970 law and its standards. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News. Two deaths are now being blamed on those powerful storms that tore through parts of the country Tuesday. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has confirmed the deaths in a social media post.

He did not give specifics, but CNN says the two were killed in Madison County. In Oklahoma, the storms tore the roofs off an apartment building in a nursing home and damaged schools and apartment buildings in Texas. Two eaglets broke out of their shells Tuesday in a nest high up in a pine tree in the mountains east of Los Angeles. Tens of thousands of people from around the globe tuned into the 24-7 livestream to catch a glimpse. As Madison Aumont, member station KVCR reports.

The new parents, two eagles known as Jackie and Shadow, have become internet celebrities. Early in the morning, some 75,000 people watched as the chicks, only about three inches tall, hatched. Sandy Steers, who runs the camera, says from now on, Jackie and Shadow will be busy. They will be protecting the eaglets and keeping them warm and covered and away from the elements and they will be bringing food continuously. Listen closely and you can hear Jackie pick tiny pieces off a fish from nearby Big Bear Lake to feed the chicks. Steere says a third egg could still hatch. She says to stay tuned because soon the chicks will learn to fly. For NPR News, I'm Madison Aument.

LeBron James made NBA history during Tuesday night's Los Angeles Lakers game against the New Orleans Pelicans. He's now the first player to score 50,000 combined points in the regular and postseason. This is NPR News. Bella DiPaolo is glad if you're happily married, but she is perfectly happy being single. I would love to have someone who took care of my car or someone who cleaned up the dishes after dinner, but then I'd want them to leave. From yourself to your dog to your spouse are significant others. That's on the TED Radio Hour from NPR.