Freshman US Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress next week, the party’s top congressional leaders announced Thursday.

The newly elected Democratic senator from Michigan will deliver her party's response to Trump's speech Tuesday to a joint session of Congress.

WWE co-founder Linda McMahon was confirmed as the U.S. secretary of education Monday night by a party line vote of 51-45.

Elissa Slotkin will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week ― propelling the state's junior senator into the national spotlight after she's spent just two months in the Senate.

In her brief remarks, Slotkin emphasized her bipartisan career history while emphasizing that "America wants change." She knocked the Trump administration's approach, adding: "There's a responsible way to make change and a reckless way.

President Donald Trump will deliver the first joint congressional address of his second term on Tuesday, March 4. Afterward, Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin will present the Democratic response.

It has once again been a week of swift actions and reactions on the national political front. And that included President Donald Trump’s address to Congress, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan’s – and Rep.