Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
President Trump highlighted the U.S.
economy and lower prices in last night's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.
NPR's Deepa Shivram says the president spoke for nearly two hours and declared the State of the Union to be strong.
Trump spoke about a range of issues related to high costs and claimed Americans are paying less thanks to his actions.
Our country is winning again.
In fact, we're winning so much that we really don't know what to do about it.
He was also adamant about his tariff plans and called the recent Supreme Court ruling,
striking them down, quote, disappointing.
The president also offered several awards to guests in the crowd.
He brought out the US men's Olympic hockey team, who recently won gold against Canada.
And he said he'd award the country's highest civilian honor,
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to their goalie.
Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Washington.
The annual rate of inflation in the economy eased to 2.4% in January compared to 3% when Trump took office a year ago.
Still, it remains above the Federal Reserve's annual target of 2%.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger gave the Democratic response to the President's State of the Union speech.
She was critical of Trump's handling of the U.S.
economy and immigration enforcement.
NPR's Claudia Grisales says Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California delivered the party's Spanish language response.