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President Trump gives an address to a joint session of Congress tonight, his first since returning to the White House for his second term.

He's expected to lay out his agenda on the economy

and foreign policy. And Pierce, Daniel Kurtzleben, has more. There's a pretty unusual dynamic

hanging over this speech. This Congress, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans, they have

been remarkably acquiescent to Trump's norm-shattering moves. And that acquiescence has come, even as Trump has consolidated

wide-ranging governmental powers into the executive branch, including powers that Congress

historically has had, things like imposing tariffs. And Pierce, Daniel Kurtzleben, reporting.

Business and farm groups are hoping for a quick resolution to President Trump's new trade war,

and Pierre Scott Horsley reports stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China went into effect today.

Both the Chamber of Commerce and the Farm Bureau Federation are hoping for a quick reversal of the tariffs.

Bob Hemisoth, who raises corn and hogs in eastern Iowa, worries that rural communities

will pay a heavy price for the trade war if international customers take their business elsewhere.

We saw this the last go-round with China. They went to South America, to Brazil and Argentina.

And once you lose those export markets, it's awful hard to get them back.

President Trump's decision to tax imports from three of America's biggest trading partners

has already led to a sharp sell-off in the stock market, along with warnings from economists

of higher prices for U.S. consumers.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

And China, Mexico, and Canada plan to retaliate.

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