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Up First podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. President Trump speaks to a

joint session of Congress tomorrow night. During these speeches, presidents often stress how well things

are going, but many Americans don't agree. A new NPR-PBS-Marris poll out today shows a slim majority says the government is on the wrong track. NPR's Dominican Montanaro reports, among other concerns, the economy and foreign policy.

The economy and prices were big reasons, obviously, that Trump won, but almost six

and ten in the survey think that prices are going to go up in the next six months. Only about

four in ten think Trump's approach will make the economy better. When it comes to foreign

policy, just 44 percent think that Trump's approach is going to make things better. On Ukraine,

two-thirds think that the U.S. is either not giving enough support

or is giving about the right amount. NPR's Dominican Montanaro. The Pentagon is asking some

800,000 civilian workers to respond to a second request by the Office of Personnel Management

to name five things they did last week. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports it's the same

thing Elon Musk's Doge team asked federal employees last month. When the Office of Personnel Management,

OPM, first sent a government-wide email asking federal employees to justify their jobs by naming

five things they did last week, billionaire Elon Musk had said on social media that

failure to reply would amount to a resignation. Some large agencies like the FBI and the Pentagon

seem to push back, telling staff not to respond. Now, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth has

instructed the hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian workers to respond

to a new edition of the email and copy their supervisors within 48 hours. A federal judge in California

ruled last week that the OPM lacks any authority to fire federal workers. Quill Lawrence NPR News.

Israel is blocking supplies from entering Gaza, which 2 million people depend on for survival.

Israel's far-right government is seeking to pressure Hamas into a new ceasefire deal

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