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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: A More Perfect Uniom

Some congressional tickets to Tuesday’s State of the Union address were printed with a typo.
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FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe from his post on Monday, but will remain on the payroll until he retires in mid-March. Republican Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey that he will not seek reelection in November. The White House the list of invitees who will sit with First Lady Melania Trump during President Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday. Senator offering a response to the speech in addition to Representative Joe Kennedy’s official rebuttal. Some congressional tickets to the event with a typo—“State of the Uniom,” instead of “State of the Union”—and are being reprinted.

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