President Donald Trump, the consummate showman, is hyping his primetime address Tuesday to a joint session of Congress.

"TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE BIG. I WILL TELL IT LIKE IT IS!" the president touted in a social media post on the eve of his first major speech to Congress since the start of his second presidential administration six weeks ago.

Trump has been moving at warp speed since returning to the White House on Jan. 20, and he is expected to use the closely watched address to tout his many accomplishments — some of which have been very controversial.

During his first six weeks back in office, Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders and actions — 82 as of Tuesday, according to a Fox News count. His moves not only fulfilled some of his major campaign trail promises, but also allowed the returning president to flex his executive muscles, quickly putting his stamp on the federal government and making major cuts to the federal workforce, dramatically altering U.S. foreign policy, implementing steep tariffs on the nation's top trading partners and also settling some long-standing grievances.

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The president will tout his domestic and international accomplishments, spotlight what the Trump administration has done for the economy, make a renewed push for Congress to pass additional border security funding and detail his plans for peace around the globe, according to details from the White House that were shared first with Fox News. 

FIRST ON FOX: WHAT TRUMP WILL SAY IN HIS PRIMETIME SPEECH

The theme of the speech is "The Renewal of the American Dream."

"The renewal of the American Dream is underway already. Look at all that President Trump has accomplished in his first month as president. He’s going to highlight some of those accomplishments," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said hours before the address in an appearance on Fox News' "Fox and Friends."

Here are five things to watch for when Trump speaks to Congress, the nation and the world.

Trump will deliver his address hours after his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico — the nation's neighbors and top trading partners — kicked in.

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The speech will likely offer him a platform to explain his controversial tariff moves, which have been widely panned by critics, and to outline how he will combat continued inflation.

Democrats and even some Republicans warn that the tariffs could further boost inflation and raise prices even higher. Additionally, Democrats argue that "Donald Trump has done nothing to lower costs for you."

Inflation, which dogged former President Joe Biden for much of his four years in the White House, was a key issue that boosted Trump back to the presidency.

However, Trump has not talked much about inflation since returning to power, other than to blame Biden for continued high prices. He has acknowledged that consumers could feel "some pain" from his tariffs but has said they are necessary to help boost the nation's manufacturing.

"IF COMPANIES MOVE TO THE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE NO TARIFFS!!!," Trump wrote in a social media post hours ahead of his address.

Arguably the biggest attention-grabber during the opening weeks of Trump's second administration has come from his recently created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Trump named Elon Musk — the world's richest person and the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX — to steer DOGE.

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DOGE has swept through federal agencies since Trump was inaugurated, rooting out what the White House argues was billions in wasteful federal spending. It has also taken a meat cleaver to the federal workforce, resulting in a massive and controversial downsizing of employees. The moves by DOGE have triggered a slew of lawsuits in response.

Trump has defended and applauded the moves made by DOGE. While public opinion polling suggests that Americans approve of slashing government waste and shrinking a bloated bureaucracy, a growing number have a negative view of Musk and worry that he has too much power.

The speech gives Trump an opportunity to explain Musk's mission with DOGE.

Trump is expected to detail his plan to end the war in Ukraine, which was triggered three years ago by Russia's invasion of its neighbor.

The speech comes four days after last week's verbal clash in the Oval Office between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The tense meeting and Trump's booting of the Ukrainians out of the White House, which put on hold a mineral resources deal between Washington and Kyiv, was seen as a key step toward reaching a deal to end the bloody war with Moscow.

However, on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said he was ready for peace negotiations after a "regrettable" meeting in the White House.

The speech gives Trump a platform to explain his diplomatic efforts and fend off criticism from Democrats and a handful of Republicans that he is reading out of Russian President Vladimir Putin's playbook.

"He’s going to dive into foreign policy – talk about his intention to end the war in Ukraine," Leavitt said in her "Fox and Friends" interview.

Trump told reporters on Monday that he would talk about the minerals deal in his address.

Border security has long been Trump's signature issue and was a key element in his successful 2024 campaign to win back the presidency, and since returning to the White House, the president has cracked down on illegal immigration.

Trump suspended asylum efforts and launched a mass deportation program, but he and his administration want to speed up efforts, and he'll use his speech to ask Congress for help.

Leavitt highlighted that Trump is "going to make an ask of Congress tonight: We need more border funding to continue these deportations."

Which Donald Trump will show up in front of Congress; will it be a disciplined president who mostly sticks to his teleprompter, or will it be the freewheeling and unpredictable Trump who zigzags between topics and issues in what he likes to call "the weave?"

Will it be a bipartisan Trump who makes appeals for national unity, or a partisan president relitigating past grievances?

And how will lawmakers in the House chamber respond to the address?

Republicans are expected to enthusiastically applaud the politician who single-handedly transformed their party from a conservative bastion to a more populist, America First and MAGA-dominated party.

But what will Democrats do?

Primetime presidential addresses to Congress, once staid events, have become much more rowdy in the past decade and a half, starting with GOP Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouting "You lie!" at then-President Barack Obama during his 2009 address to Congress.

Fox News' Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

It’s a little hard to sort out.

Wait. The government runs out of money next week?

I thought the House and Senate just passed a budget?

When do the House and Senate vote on President Trump’s "big, beautiful bill?"

Doesn’t that address the debt ceiling?

I don’t blame you if it’s hard to follow. There are really four distinct issues with which Congress is grappling. So let me try to sort it out for you.

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Let’s first explain government funding.

The deadline for Congress to avoid a government shutdown is 11:59:59 p.m. ET on Friday, March 14. The House and Senate must figure out how to either re-up all current funding at existing levels for a short time period – or face a shutdown. The other option – which is utterly unrealistic at this point – is for the House and Senate to pass all 12 of the annual spending bills which run the government. The House approved several of these last year, but the Senate hasn’t OK'd any of those bills.

Keep in mind, these are spending measures for fiscal year 2025. They were due Oct. 1, so both Democrats and Republicans have stumbled in this effort.

Congress finally approved a "skinny" stopgap spending package just before Christmas to keep the lights on. That was after adopting another interim measure to avoid a government shutdown last Oct. 1 – the start of fiscal year 2025.

What does all of this mean? Well, for starters, Congress is already running behind funding the government for fiscal year 2026 – which begins this coming Oct. 1. Lawmakers are trapped on a vicious treadmill. That’s because it’s been years since Congress finished its bills on time. Congress didn’t approve the final spending plan for fiscal year 2024 until April of last year, seven months and change after the deadline.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, and President Donald Trump are signaling they’re good with another "year-long" Continuing Resolution, or CR in Congress-speak. That just renews the funding at existing levels through the fall. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., says to expect text of a CR over the weekend.

But some conservatives are opposed to all CRs. Military hawks have yet to weigh in on the consequences of a CR, but those who support the military generally hate them. The reason? The Pentagon consumes about 55% of all money that Congress appropriates to federal departments and agencies annually. So a CR is disproportionately damaging to the armed forces. No department likes to operate under a CR because spending doesn’t go up, but it’s particularly troubling for the military since it enjoys the largest slice of federal dollars doled out by Congress.

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Funding the government is completely separate from what House and Senate Republicans prepped in late February: a budget. Yes, a "budget" may sound like the legislative vehicle to run the government, but it’s not. A "budget" is a general, non-binding blueprint which lays out the prospective expenditures for all federal programs. That includes "discretionary" spending – which is what Congress allocates to run the government each year – and "mandatory" spending. That includes dollars which lawmakers green-lighted at one point for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Beneficiaries of those programs receive assistance based on qualifications. A big chunk of the mandatory spending pie includes interest on the debt. Congress doesn’t draw up a bill to alter this spending each year, but it could, and that’s where Republicans are eyeing cuts.

Note that entitlements and mandatory spending comprise about 65% of every dollar spent by the government. Earlier, I wrote about how the Pentagon consumes more than 50% of discretionary spending. That’s a pittance compared to what goes out the door for entitlements. And that’s why it’s such a challenge for Republicans to cut spending – and cut taxes – without blowing an even bigger hole in the already yawning deficit chasm.

But mechanically, here’s what must happen next.

The House and Senate approved different budget frameworks. The House plan went all the way with major spending cuts and a renewal of the 2017 Trump tax cuts. The Senate version was leaner – focused on border security.

Here’s the most important thing I will write in this column.

The only reason Republicans want to develop a budget blueprint is so they can sidestep a Senate filibuster when it comes to advancing their final piece of legislation. It’s about the math. Republicans only have 53 Senate seats. Sixty votes are required to overcome a filibuster. So while Republicans might be able to thread the needle and approve the plan with their narrow majority in the House, moving it through the Senate is tough.

Unless…

They can avoid a filibuster.

That’s why House and Senate Republicans prepared a budget framework. Then they have the opportunity to plop their final bill into the budget reconciliation vehicle and avoid a filibuster. Otherwise, the gig is up.

Still, there are lots of problems for the GOP.

In order to use budget reconciliation, the House and Senate must approve the SAME framework. That hasn’t happened yet. Then, via the budget reconciliation process, the House and Senate must align on the same bill.

There’s a lot of work ahead.

And don’t forget that a government shutdown could sidetrack or delay all of this.

That brings us to the debt ceiling.

First, let’s define the debt ceiling. It is a distinct issue from government funding and the budget frameworks lawmakers are now working on. The debt ceiling is simply a threshold as to how much red ink the federal government can carry at any one time. That figure is now around $36 trillion. A failure to address the debt ceiling could make the stock and bond markets go bonkers.

President Trump tried to get Congressional Republicans to shoehorn an increase or suspension of the debt ceiling into the CR to avoid a government shutdown last fall. The president parachuted this demand into talks to fund the government at the last minute – even though Johnson and others had not heard anything about that request until two days before the deadline.

It’s unclear whether the debt ceiling could wind up in a spending measure or attached to another piece of legislation in the next few months. Some Republicans have never voted for a debt ceiling increase. A successful increase of the debt limit will likely need the assistance of Democrats voting yea on the floor. The numbers won’t work out for House Republicans. Plus, Democrats would be necessary to break a filibuster on the plan, since Republicans only hold 53 Senate seats.

The government technically hit the debt ceiling in January. But via a mechanism the Treasury Department calls "extraordinary measures," the government can delay an actual drop-dead date for a few months. That means the true debt ceiling deadline probably comes in April or May.

So there you have it. Four distinct fiscal issues facing Congress right now: government funding, a "budget" for the "reconciliation" process to avoid a filibuster, President Trump’s policy agenda, and a race to avoid a debt ceiling collision.

None are directly related, but yet all intertwined. The only thing Congress must do is fund the government and wrestle with the debt ceiling. And an imbroglio over those issues could sidetrack efforts to finalize the budget framework and move the president’s policy agenda.

FIRST ON FOX: An effort to recall Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass officially launched its website on Tuesday.

The Democratic mayor faces significant backlash due to her response to the wildfires that burned through the Pacific Palisades in January, including the fact that she was in Ghana despite dangerous fire conditions warnings ahead of time.  

If the recall petition meets the threshold of needed signatures — 15% of Los Angeles registered voters — then a special election would be triggered. The group launching the effort includes people directly impacted by the wildfire and other residents frustrated with crime and homelessness issues plaguing the city, according to a source familiar with the campaign. The source added that there is a bipartisan makeup of the people involved in the effort. 

The Los Angeles Times reported on Monday that the groundwork was being laid to raise funds for Bass' potential ouster. 

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"The LAFD's budget was slashed by more than $17 million, stripping critical resources from firefighters as Los Angeles faces escalating wildfire threats and emergency response challenges. At a time when rapid response is more crucial than ever, officials are underfunding the very department responsible for protecting lives and property," the website, RecallBassNow.com, states, along with other reasons for supporting her removal. 

Bass recently fired LAFD Chief Kirstin Crowley, who is appealing her termination, and replaced her with Ronnie Villanueva. Crowley previously warned about the potential risks of not having enough funding and staff for the department. 

"Acting in the best interests of Los Angeles’ public safety, and for the operations of the Los Angeles Fire Department, I have removed Kristin Crowley as Fire Chief. We know that 1,000 firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke out were instead sent home on Chief Crowley’s watch," Bass said in a statement last month. 

"Furthermore, a necessary step to an investigation was the President of the Fire Commission telling Chief Crowley to do an after action report on the fires. The Chief refused. These require her removal. The heroism of our firefighters – during the Palisades fire and every single day – is without question. Bringing new leadership to the fire department is what our city needs," she added.

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In a recent interview with Fox 11 Los Angeles, Bass said that she was not aware of the potential severity of the fires that burned down thousands of homes and businesses, saying she "felt absolutely terrible not being here."

"It didn’t reach that level to me to say, 'Something terrible could happen, and maybe you shouldn’t have gone on the trip,'" the Democrat told the outlet. 

"I think that’s one of the things we need to look at, everything that happened, including that, needs to be examined," she continued, revealing that there are at least two investigations into the city's response to the fires.

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The National Weather Service put out the "fire weather warning" on Jan. 3, and the mayor left for Africa the next day. She did not return until Jan. 8, according to Fox 11 LA.

A Change.org petition has over 176,000 signatures asking her to resign as mayor. Still, there has been no indication that Bass would step down voluntarily.

"This recall is nothing more than another extreme right-wing political stunt designed to divide Los Angeles when we need to move forward," Doug Herman, a strategist for Bass, told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

In one of Pete Rose's final known interviews just 10 days before his death, he talked about his potential Hall of Fame induction. 

Rose, who died at 83 in September from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, came to a conclusion about his Hall of Fame chances. 

"I’ve come to the conclusion, I hope I’m wrong, I’ll make the Hall of Fame after I die," Rose said to sportscaster John Condit in footage aired on "Fox & Friends" for the first time on Tuesday. 

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"Which I totally disagree with because the Hall of Fame is for two reasons: your fans and your family," he said in the clip. "It’s for your family if you’re here. It’s for your fans if you’re here, not if you’re 10 feet under."

"What’s the point? Because they’ll make money over it? The Hall of Fame is for what you did on the field, not what you did off the field."

Rose would undoubtedly be in the Baseball Hall of Fame if his statistics on the field outweighed breaking the golden rule in the sport.

Rose is MLB’s hit king, with 4,256 career hits. He was the National League MVP in 1974, was a 17-time All-Star, three-time World Series champion, and three-time batting title winner. 

However, the Cincinnati Reds star became a polarizing figure when news of his gambling on games rocked the sports world. Rose received a lifetime ban from MLB in 1989 due to his gambling.

In the exclusive interview, Rose said he was not bitter about his banishment from Cooperstown. 

TRUMP SAYS HE WILL PARDON PETE ROSE, DELIVERS SCATHING STATEMENT TO MLB ON HIS HALL OF FAME CANDIDACY

"I’m not bitter about everything," Rose said. 

"When you make a mistake, don’t be bitter to other people. I wish I hadn’t made the mistake, but I did, it’s history, get over it."

"I didn’t hurt any of my fans by betting on the game of baseball, and by the way betting on the game of baseball to win. Every game I played in I wanted to win. I happened to win more than anybody else, but that’s OK, not bad," Rose said with a smile.

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post last Friday night that he will sign a complete pardon for Rose. 

"Major League Baseball didn’t have the courage or decency to put the late, great, Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle,’ into the Baseball Hall of fame. Now he is dead, will never experience the thrill of being selected, even though he was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than most of those who made it, and can only be named posthumously. WHAT A SHAME!" Trump posted. 

"Anyway, over the next few weeks I will be signing a complete PARDON of Pete Rose, who shouldn’t have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on HIS TEAM WINNING. He never betted against himself, or the other team. He had the most hits, by far, in baseball history, and won more games than anyone in sports history. Baseball, which is dying all over the place, should get off its fat, lazy a--, and elect Pete Rose, even though far too late, into the Baseball Hall of Fame!"

Rose applied for reinstatement in 2020 and 2022, especially with legalized sports betting happening across the country. However, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred denied both requests, pointing to the Veteran’s Committee for any Hall of Fame discussions regarding Rose. Manfred also shot down any speculation about Rose’s reinstatement in 2023, as the league had partnerships with sportsbooks. 

Manfred is reportedly considering a petition from Rose’s family to have him posthumously removed from baseball’s ineligible list. Which would potentially open the door for Rose to make the Hall of Fame and make his conclusion about his enshrinement true. 

Although he isn't in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Reds inducted Rose into their own hall of fame in 2016, retiring his No. 14. He made several appearances in MLB ballparks in recent years before his death.

Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report. 

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Though only out for a grand total of four days, Monster Hunter Wilds has sold an astonishing 8 million copies. That’s according to Capcom, reporting that the monster hunting action RPG has become the company’s fastest selling title ever.

The Monster Hunter franchise has racked up a number of superlatives for its publisher with 2018’s Monster Hunter World selling 21 million copies to date to become the company’s best selling game. With these statistics, combined with the success of the Resident Evil remakes, Street Fighter VI, and Dragon’s Dogma 2 (not to mention MonHun Rise), Capcom is one of the few publishers not currently on fire amidst the industry’s larger financial and labor crisis. Even better, it’s parlaying that success into developing new creative endeavors like Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess or reviving much beloved but dormant franchises like Okami and Onimusha.

For now, players seem to be enjoying the hell outta Monster Hunter Wilds so much that it’s causing commotion in the real world. According to a report in Gamespot, MonHun fans are finding the cheese naan that players can make in the game so appealing that it’s selling out in restaurants that specialize in the dish.

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• Dolly Parton and Carl Dean met outside a Nashville laundromat in 1964 and married in 1966.
• Dean stayed out of the spotlight, and Parton addressed conspiracy theories that he didn't exist.
• After nearly 60 years of marriage, Dean died on March 3 at the age of 82.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly six decades, died on March 3 at the age of 82.

Parton and Dean met outside a Tennessee laundromat in 1964 and wed in 1966.

Dean supported Parton's country music career from behind the scenes. He so rarely appeared with her in public that Parton addressed conspiracy theories that he wasn't a real person.

Still, Dean inspired some of Parton's most successful work, such as her mega-hit song "Jolene" and her latest album "Rockstar."

Here's a timeline of their relationship.

1964: Dolly Parton and Carl Dean met outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat in Nashville.

Dean was driving by in his pickup truck when he saw Dolly Parton and "hollered" at her, she told The New York Times in 1976. She declined his request for a date but invited him over while she was babysitting her nephew the following day.

"He came up every day that week and we sat out on the porch. I wouldn't even take him in the house," she said. "Then my aunt got a day off, and she could keep the kid and that was my first chance to go anywhere with Carl and he drove me straight to his folks' house and introduced me to his mother and daddy. 'Cause he said he knew right the minute he saw me that that's the one he wanted."

At the time, Parton was 18 and Dean was 21.

May 30, 1966: Parton and Dean wed in a private ceremony in Ringgold, Georgia.

Parton's record label asked her to wait a year before getting married for the sake of her career, but she and Dean couldn't wait. They went to Georgia so that the event wouldn't be reported in the Tennessee press.

"It was just my mother and Carl and me," she told CMT in 2016. "We went across the state line to Ringgold, Georgia. My mother made me a little white dress and a little bouquet and a little Bible. But I said, 'I can't get married in a courthouse because I'll never feel married.' So we found a little Baptist church in town, and went up to Pastor Don Duvall and said, 'Would you marry us?' We got pictures on the steps right outside the church."

1966: Parton and Dean attended their first — and last — red carpet event together.

Parton received her first songwriting award at 20 years old for "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" recorded by Bill Phillips, winning BMI's Song of the Year. She and Dean walked the red carpet and attended the dinner and award ceremony, but it wasn't Dean's style.

"After the dinner, we walked back out, and they brought us our car — I don't even remember what we were driving then — and we got in it and headed for home," Parton told audiences at the Marty Stuart Jam in 2011, The Boot reported. "Carl turned to me and said, 'Dolly, I want you to have everything you want, and I'm happy for you, but don't you ever ask me to go to another one of them dang things again!'"

September 1969: Dean made a rare appearance on the cover of Parton's fourth album, "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy."

"My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy" reached No. 6 on the US Top Country Albums charts.

Beyond this image, there are few public photos of the couple.

October 1973: Parton released the song "Jolene," which she says was inspired by a bank teller who was crushing on her husband.

"She got this terrible crush on my husband," Parton told NPR in 2008. "And he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. It was kinda like a running joke between us — when I was saying, 'Hell, you're spending a lot of time at the bank. I don't believe we've got that kind of money.' So it's really an innocent song all around, but sounds like a dreadful one."

August 2012: Parton auctioned off a tour of Nashville sites from her history for charity, including the spot on Wedgewood Avenue where she and Dean met.

The auction benefited the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation, which expands access to quality healthcare in Sevier County. The foundation is named for the physician who delivered Parton, and she serves as its honorary chairperson.

May 30, 2016: Parton and Dean renewed their vows for their 50th wedding anniversary, and Dean released his first public statement for the occasion.

"I got all dressed up in the most beautiful gown you've ever seen and dressed that husband of mine up. He looked like a handsome dude out of Hollywood," she told Rolling Stone in 2016. "We had a few family and friends around. We didn't plan anything big at all because we didn't want any kind of strain, any kind of tension, any kind of commotion, so we planned it cleverly and carefully. We just had a simple little ceremony at our chapel at our place."

In his first public statement in honor of their 50th anniversary, Dean also expressed his love for Parton.

"My first thought was, 'I'm gonna marry that girl,'" Dean said in a statement of the moment they met, Entertainment Tonight reported. "My second thought was, 'Lord she's good lookin'.' And that was the day my life began. I wouldn't trade the last 50 years for nothing on this earth."

August 2016: Parton wrote an album of love songs inspired by her relationship with Dean called "Pure and Simple."

"I was just trying to think about all the different colors of love through the years," Parton told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'Well I'm going to write about mine and Carl's relationship. It's just a pure and simple relationship,' so it started with that and then I thought, 'Well why don't I just write a whole album of love songs?'"

December 2018: Parton joked about her husband's crush on Jennifer Aniston on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

Parton and Aniston worked together on the Netflix movie "Dumplin,'" with Parton writing six original songs for the soundtrack.

"I love her to death," she said of Aniston. "My husband is crazy about her. And he was more excited that I was gonna do a movie with her than he was that I got the chance to write all this music."

October 2020: Parton addressed conspiracy theories that her husband doesn't actually exist since he's never seen in public.

Parton confirmed that Dean, a retired businessman, is a real person, despite rumors of him being imaginary.

"A lot of people have thought that through the years, because he does not want to be in the spotlight at all," Parton told Entertainment Tonight. "It's just not who he is. He's like, a quiet, reserved person and he figured if he ever got out there in that, he'd never get a minute's peace and he's right about that."

Parton said that they each value their independence, and that Dean values his privacy and has no interest in fame.

"I've always respected and appreciated that in him and I've always tried to keep him out of the limelight as much as I can," she said. "He said, 'I didn't choose this world, I chose you, and you chose that world. But we can keep our lives separate and together.' And we do and we have. We've been together 56 years, married 54."

July 2021: Parton recreated her 1978 Playboy cover for her husband's birthday.

Parton shared a video of herself on Instagram in a black bustier and pink-and-white collar with a bow tie. 

"Hey!" Parton said in the video. "You're probably wondering why I'm dressed like this. Well, it's for my husband's birthday."

She said that Dean had always loved her original Playboy cover, so to "make him happy" on his birthday, she decided to get a duplicate outfit and set up her own photo shoot. 

"He still thinks I'm a hot chick after 57 years," she said. "And I'm not gonna try and talk him out of that."

October 2021: Parton told W magazine that she and Dean "don't argue" and that she fell for him instantly.

In the interview, Parton discussed her time working with country star and duet partner Porter Wagoner.

"My husband and I don't argue, but Porter and I did nothing but fight. It was a love-hate relationship," she told W magazine's Lynn Hirschberg.

November 2021: Parton shared a rare old photo of her and Dean on Instagram.

The vintage photo appeared to have been edited to show Dean wearing a shirt from Parton's line of merchandise available on her website.

"Find you a partner who will support you like my Carl Dean does!" Parton captioned the post.

February 2022: Parton said that fried chicken is the one dish everyone should know how to make for a successful marriage.

"You can't go wrong with fried chicken," Parton told Business Insider's Anneta Konstantinides. "I think everybody should really know how to make good fried chicken. No matter where people come from, they love good fried chicken. So you need to make good fried chicken!" 

Parton said she also makes him pork chops with green peas and mashed potatoes, biscuits and gravy, or chicken and dumplings — her specialty. 

"A lot of people like my chicken and dumplings," she said. "I'm pretty famous for that. Carl likes all my cooking. But he, like the rest of them, especially likes the chicken and dumplings." 

March 2022: Parton initially said she would turn down her nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but she said Dean has encouraged her to make a rock album.

In March 2022, Parton was one of 17 artists shortlisted and one of seven first-time nominees.

"Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don't feel that I have earned that right," she said in a statement. "I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out."

She added, "This has, however, inspired me to put out a hopefully great rock 'n' roll album at some point in the future, which I have always wanted to do! My husband is a total rock 'n' roll freak, and has always encouraged me to do one."

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame declined Parton's request to be removed from the ballot, saying in a statement, in part, "In addition to her incredible talent as an artist, her humility is another reason Dolly is a beloved icon by millions of fans around the world."

In April, she changed her tune and said she would accept the honor, if she was voted in.

"I'll accept gracefully. I'll just say 'Thanks' and I will accept it because the fans vote," she told NPR's "Morning Edition."

In May 2022, it was announced she had indeed been voted in.

November 2022: Parton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and she said her next album would be a tribute to Dean's love of the genre.

In a red-carpet interview with E! News at her induction ceremony, Parton said that her upcoming album would feature some of Dean's favorite rock songs.

"We have a lot of favorite songs," she said. "He loves rock 'n' roll, he loves Led Zeppelin and he loves 'Stairway to Heaven.' So I'm going to do a lot of things like that for him."

November 2023: Parton released "Rockstar," her 49th studio album, inspired by Dean's love of rock ‘n’ roll.

The album featured duets with artists including Sting, Stevie Nicks, Steven Tyler, and Joan Jett. "Rockstar" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart and became her best-selling album since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991.

March 2025: Dean died at the age of 82.

Dean's death was announced in a post on Parton's social media on March 3.

"Carl and I spent many wonderful years together," Parton wrote in the post. "Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy."

The post shared that Dean would be "laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending."

• Job openings for software engineers are at their lowest level in five years, Indeed data show.
• Marc Benioff said Salesforce might not hire software engineers in 2025 because of gains from AI.
• Despite AI's impact, demand for skilled tech workers is expected to grow significantly by 2033.

If you're a coder, you already know: There just aren't as many jobs as there used to be.

Openings for software engineers in the US are down by more than one-third from five years ago.

For many engineers, the dropoff likely feels even steeper. Job postings are well off levels seen during the pandemic, when the industry was awash in openings.

In early to mid-2022, there were three times as many software engineering roles listed on job boards, data from Indeed show.

Artificial intelligence is surely one cause. The same technology that can make coders more productive appears to be undercutting hiring demand.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently said the tech giant might not hire any engineers in 2025 because AI tools allow Salesforce engineers to do so much more.

"We have seen such incredible productivity gains because of the agents that work side by side with our engineers," Benioff said on the "The Logan Bartlett Show" podcast in January.

'Am I going to lose my job?'

Productivity gains are great news for coders with jobs, yet the AI boost can be worrisome for job seekers.

A year ago, the startup Cognition Labs released what it said was the first AI software engineer. The company, backed by Peter Thiel's venture capital fund, caused a stir with its announcement.

"There was a lot of panic. I had a lot of friends of mine who messaged me and said, 'Hey, am I going to lose my job?'" Jesal Gadhia, head of engineering at Thoughtful AI, which creates AI tools for healthcare providers, previously told Business Insider.

He worries that even though coders are still needed in many areas, AI could step into roles that have long served as training grounds for junior engineers.

"Junior engineers," Gadhia said, "have a little bit of a target behind their back."

Demand is likely to grow

It's not all bad news for those with strong technical chops. In late August, the US government's Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast that demand for software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers would grow 17% from 2023 to 2033. That's far faster than the growth in the overall job market, the agency noted.

Lighthouse Labs, a Canadian company offering coding boot camps, said in January that global demand for skilled workers in data analytics, cybersecurity, and cloud computing is outstripping supply. No surprise, some of the biggest gains involve AI. Lighthouse Labs said that's partly because there is demand for people with skills in areas like machine learning well beyond the tech industry itself.

AI to do more of the work

Regardless of industry, demands on coders' time will likely continue to evolve because of AI. GitLab has said developers already only spend about a quarter of their time coding.

Madars Biss, a tech writer and frontend developer, previously told BI that he expects developers to spend less time generating code and more time managing AI-generated code.

AI tools could "handle much of the routine and repetitive tasks of the developer, and humans focus on managing, double-checking, and creativity," Biss said.

As with Salesforce, that could change how companies hire software engineers.

In June, Amazon Web Services chief Matt Garman predicted that AI could handle a good deal of coders' work, according to a recording of the discussion previously obtained by BI.

"If you go forward 24 months from now, or some amount of time — I can't exactly predict where it is — it's possible that most developers are not coding," Garman said.

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