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President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET.
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President Trump his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET. We’ll be covering the event live . Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan plans to create a joint health-care company for their employees. The Federal Communications Commission the employee who sent a false missile alert Steve Wynn as finance chair of the Republican National Committee after Wynn stepped down amid sexual-misconduct allegations.

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