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Some gathered outside the Capitol on the National Mall for an event billed as the People's State of the Union.

Virginia's newly sworn-in governor, Abigail Spanberger, delivered the Democratic Party's official response to President Trump's State of the Union.

And Pierce Elena Moore reports on her remarks coming at the start of a crucial midterm election year where Democrats plan to run on affordability concerns.

Back on Capitol Hill, Congress did display some bipartisan enthusiasm for the U.S.

men's Olympic hockey team.

The team received a standing ovation after a shout-out from President Trump.

The women's team also got a standing O, despite not being in attendance.

Both won gold at the Winter Olympics in Milan.

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Home Depot is again reporting shrinking sales, but the company did beat earnings and revenue expectations for the fourth quarter.

The company says customers are putting remodeling projects back on the burner.

Marlon Hyde of member station WABE has more.

The Portuguese Soccer Federation says it's monitoring the situation in Mexico following Sunday's killing of a drug cartel leader by the Mexican army.

Portugal has a World Cup match, a World Cup warm-up match with Mexico scheduled for March 28th at the renovated Azteca Stadium, which is to host the World Cup's opening match in June.

The cartel leaders' killing sparked a surge in violence, putting Mexicans on edge.

Financial markets in Asia sharply higher in Wednesday trading, with gains in tech stocks leading the way.

Japan's Nikkei trading at its highest level ever, up more than 2 percent, and the benchmark in South Korea trading well above 6,000 for the first time.

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President Trump used his State of the Union speech Tuesday night to defend his tariff plan, saying the Supreme Court ruling that he lacks the emergency power to impose many of the import taxes could lead to a solution under different legal statutes.