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President Donald Trump steps to the podium to begin his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018. Behind Trump are Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
President Donald Trump steps to the podium to begin his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018. Behind Trump are Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
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Live Blog: State of the Union

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President Donald Trump is delivering his first State of the Union address. His address is highlighting a strong economy and call for bipartisan action on immigration. The televised speech before a joint session of Congress comes a year after Trump took office and about a week after a three-day government shutdown spawned by a fight over the federal government budget and how to deal with hundreds of thousands of immigrants who years ago came to the country illegally as children.

Which Donald Trump will show up during tonight's State of the Union address?

Will it be the fire-breathing Trump who lashes out at his critics? Or as White House officials suggest, will Trump take a more bipartisan, unifying tone?

Trump won praises from some of his critics for his more conciliatory approach during his first address to Congress a year ago.

"The time for trivial fights is behind us," Trump declared in that speech.

But just days later, Trump was launching unsubstantiated claims of illegal wire-tapping against his predecessor, former President Barack Obama.

In what appears to be a presidential first, the Trump re-election campaign is offering to display the names of donors during its broadcast of the president's State of the Union address.

A fundraising email said those who donate at least $1 to the campaign will have their name appear during the livestream broadcast.

“This is a movement,” the campaign email says. “It’s not about just one of us. It’s about ALL of us. Which is why your name deserves to be displayed during Tuesday night’s speech.”

The Washington Post quoted a Republican National Committee spokesperson as saying the pitch had generated $1 million in contributions from more than 75,000 individuals as of midday Tuesday.

What has President Donald Trump learned in his first year as president? That you have to lead with "heart."

That's what Trump told network news anchors during a pre-State of the Union lunch Tuesday.

Trump says, "You govern with all of the instincts of a businessperson, but you have to add much more heart and soul into your decisions than you would ever have even thought of before."

That's according to excerpts released by the White House.

President Donald Trump welcomes State of the Union honored guests Albuquerque, N.M., police officer Ryan Holets and family to the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.
President Donald Trump welcomes State of the Union honored guests Albuquerque, N.M., police officer Ryan Holets and family to the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.

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