A budget stopgap hangover for congressional Democrats, consumer confidence slips following federal funding cuts, and the president's norm-busting speech at the Department of Justice.

And we'll turn now to NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Good morning, Mara. MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Good morning. RASCOE: So you were listening to the Congressman just now. What stood ...

President Trump says U.S. automakers will get a one-month break on steep tariffs for Canadian and Mexican goods.

In his address to Congress, President Trump repeated his plans to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal, and suggested that an end to the war in Ukraine might be close.

President Trump will give an address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Here's what to expect. It's the first big speech since his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

NPR senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson has more. MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: On the airwaves in Wisconsin, it sounds like a typical race. Republicans are bashing the Democratic candidate ...

Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson ...

Joining me now is NPR senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Hi, Mara. MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Hi there. RASCOE: So let's start with the government shutdown that did not happen ...

And we'll turn now to NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Good morning, Mara. MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Good morning. RASCOE: So you were listening to the Congressman just now.