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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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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