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President Trump's State of the Union speech was a record-setter.

Trump spoke to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night for about one hour, 48 minutes, using his speech to claim the country is stronger than ever, even though polls show voters are worried about the economy.

He also confronted Democrats, some of whom shouted at the president over his immigration crackdown.

Democrats largely stayed seated while Republicans stood to applause.

And Piers Domenico Montanaro has more on President Trump's reset on immigration.

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered the Democratic response, disputing President Trump's assertion that the nation is in a golden age, saying many Americans are feeling the pinch of high costs more than a year into his second term.

Spanberger delivered the response from Colonial Williamsburg.

She won the Virginia governor's office by double digits last November.

Fewer congressional races are expected to be competitive this fall, and experts say the extraordinary mid-decade redistricting efforts initiated by President Trump are largely to blame.

NPR's Ashley Lopez reports.

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A phone call has ended a diplomatic spat that risks damaging U.S.-France relations.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports on the dispute over accusations by France that the U.S.

was weighing in on French domestic affairs.

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of the president of the Louvre Museum.

The resignation was announced by the president's office in a statement in which Macron characterized it as an act of responsibility.

He'd been under fire since October's heist of the French crown jewels.