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.

Live Blog: State of the Union

January 30, 2018 5:16 PM update January 30, 2018 11:23 PM

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.

President Donald Trump welcomes State of the Union honored guest Jon Bridger, right, founder of the Cajun Navy, to the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.

The Associated Press is fact-checking prepared remarks from President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. Among the issues fact-checked: tax cuts, worker bonuses and energy production.

Demonstrators took part in a "Protest President Trump Along the State of the Union Motorcade" Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The protest took place just a block from the U.S. Capitol, where Trump was to give his first State of the Union address. More than 30 people braved below-freezing temperatures to take part.

President Donald Trump welcomes State of the Union honored guests Supervisory Special Agent C.J. Martinez, right, of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations unit, to the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.

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Live Blog: State of the Union