Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. In his state of the union address tonight,

President Trump will continue his months-long message that he's working to ease the cost of living.

That'll include new policies, according to the White House, one aimed at easing electricity costs. NPR's

Danielle Kurtzleben has more.

Trump will unveil rate payer protection pledges in the speech as first reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed to NPRs. Daniel Kurtzleben has more. Trump will unveil rate payer protection pledges in the speech as first reported by the

Wall Street Journal and confirmed to NPR by the White House.

Under these pledges, tech companies building new AI data centers will pay higher rates for

electricity. The goal is to protect consumers from spiking electricity costs as the data

centers use massive amounts of energy.

Trump's affordability message comes as he has also pledged to impose new tariffs after the

Supreme Court last week ruled a raft of his import taxes unconstitutional.

Studies have shown that Trump's tariffs have raised prices for U.S. businesses and consumers.

Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News, the White House.

And the U.S. men's gold medal winning hockey team will attend the State of the Union. After

extending the invitation to the men's team on Sunday night, Trump quipped that if he didn't

also invite the women's team, quote, I probably would be impeached. The women's team also won

gold over Canada.

They politely declined the invite, citing scheduling conflicts.

Fewer congressional races are expected to be competitive this fall,

and experts say the extraordinary mid-decade redistricting efforts initiated by President Trump are largely to blame.

NPR's Ashley Lopez reports.

David Wasserman is with the Cook Political Report, which ranks the competitive and partisan

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