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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger gave the Democratic response to the president's State of the Union speech.
She was critical of Trump's handling of the U.S.
economy and immigration enforcement.
NPR's Claudia Grisales says Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California delivered the party's Spanish language response.
Congress has failed to pass legislation designed to improve airline safety and prevent mid-air collisions.
The bill required aircraft flying around busy airports in the U.S.
to have a locator system that provides data about the locations of other aircraft.
The legislation fell just shy of the two-thirds needed for passage in the House yesterday.
It cleared the Senate by unanimous consent back in December.
The bill stemmed from last year's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., involving an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S.
That crash left 67 people dead.
On Monday, the Pentagon announced its opposition to the bill, saying the change could harm national defense.
This is NPR News from Washington.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to the Caribbean today for talks with regional leaders.
Rubio is attending the Caribbean Community Summit nearly two months after the U.S.
military seized Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife from Caracas to face drug trafficking charges in the U.S.
They're due back in federal court in New York next month.
In last night's State of the Union speech, Trump referred to the U.S.
apprehending Maduro as a colossal victory for national security.