President Donald Trump is speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in the United States Capitol. He is set to begin speaking at 8:15 a.m. First attended by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953, the National Prayer Breakfast has since become a yearly tradition for presidents.

President Donald Trump is set to speak at a pair of National Prayer Breakfast events Thursday morning before meeting with GOP leaders at the White House to hash out a plan for passing his agenda. During a closed-door lunch on Wednesday,

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to attend the prayer breakfast, in February 1953, and every president since has spoken at the gathering. Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Republican Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas are the honorary co-chairs of this year's prayer breakfast.