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Dozens of congressional Democrats skipped the address, some holding a rally on the National Mall.

He called out Democrats for voting against his tax and spending bill that passed out of Congress last year.

Trump said he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S.

men's hockey goalie Connor Hellebuck for his performance during the Winter Olympic Games, drawing applause from both parties.

A Catholic bishop is criticizing the Trump administration's plans to spend billions of dollars on warehouses to detain unauthorized migrants, comparing them to the internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II.

Aleja Hertzler-McCain of Religion News Service reports.

Several Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration over its overhaul of childhood immunization policy.

Colorado Public Radio's John Daly has more.

The U.S.

stock market rose today.

The S&P 500 and Dow both climbed more than three-quarters of a percent, and the Nasdaq gained one percent.

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A bill requiring aircraft flying around busy airports to have locator systems to prevent mid-air collisions narrowly failed to pass the House today.

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says the system would have prevented last year's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C.

that killed 67 people.

The director of the Louvre Museum resigned today after setbacks that culminated in a jewel heist.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports besides the robbery, there have been questions about security and disrepair at the museum.

The tiny Norwegian soccer team of Bodo Glimpt have pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history by knocking out Italian giant Inter Milan.

The team from north of the Arctic Circle has produced one shock after another following wins against legendary teams like Manchester City and Atletico Madrid.

Last month, Man City players refunded fans who traveled north to watch their team fall to the unlikely foe.