Ahead of President Donald Trump's primetime address to the nation on July 16, ABC and NBC confirmed they will not be broadcasting it live.

President Donald Trump said that his Thursday night address will focus on “free and fair elections” and include “really big news.”

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President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections.

Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections.

The speech comes as President Trump has escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November's midterm elections.

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The address comes as the White House revives scrutiny of the 2020 election and pushes new voting restrictions.

Trump has long pushed debunked conspiracy theories to claim that his 2020 election loss was fraudulent.

It is not yet clear whether TV networks will give the White House air time for Trump’s speech, a practice typically reserved for major addresses on issues of national import.

President Donald Trump will give a primetime speech on Thursday evening to discuss election security as he teases a "big announcement."

"Without free and fair elections, you don't have a country," Trump said this week when asked to preview the speech.

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The address, which is expected to center around election security, has put TV networks between a rock and a hard place.

The broadcasters will stream the address and break in if needed, with other networks still scrambling to determine their plans for the speech.

Trump is expected to talk about election integrity and declassified findings regarding interference in the 2020 election.

Ahead of President Donald Trump's primetime address to the nation on July 16, ABC and NBC confirmed they will not be broadcasting it live.

President Trump is giving a primetime address on elections tonight, as he remains focused on the 2020 race.

US President Donald Trump is set to give a prime-time national address about newly declassified intelligence on investigations into elections. Follow live.

Trump is set to give a televised speech to the nation about election integrity and interference on Thursday at 9 p.m. from the Oval Office.

US President Donald Trump will give his address at 2am UK time on Friday, July 17, but both ABC News and NBC News have said they will not air his speech live