House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz is calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from any ongoing investigation into connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government,according to Townhall. Chaffetz also wants Sessions to clarify his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his January confirmation hearing, in the wake of reports that he met with the Russian ambassador in his Senate office twice last year.

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A CBS News/YouGov poll of people who watched President Trump’s address to Congress found 76 percent of viewers approved of the speech and 82 percent found it “presidential.” Seventy-one percent of viewers — and even 36 percent of Democrats — found the speech “unifying,” according to the poll. A CNN/ORC poll of speech-watchers found about 70 percent made them feel more optimistic about the direction of the country and nearly two-thirds felt Trump had the right priorities, reports Politico.

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As the world awaits President Trump’s speech Tuesday night on Capitol Hill, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows that 56 percent of 2,000 registered voters polled Feb. 24 through Feb. 26 say that Trump is keeping his campaign promises, and 66 percent say Trump has accomplished what was expected of him, or more. Overall, half of voters approve of what Trump is doing as president, while 45 percent disapprove.

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