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US President Donald Trump delivers a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol. Democrat lawmakers dressed in suffragette white. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
DEMOCRAT PARTY

Democrat women in solidarity at Trump address

The women in white sat en bloc Tuesday in unmistakable defiance of President Donald Trump while he delivered his State of the Union address

  • Elodie Cuzin
3 min read
US shutdown feared amid budget squabble
HOUSE OF CONGRESS

US shutdown feared amid budget squabble

US congressional negotiators are racing to agree on billions of dollars in spending cuts before the federal government is forced to shut down.

  • Andy Sullivan
  • John Whitesides
3 min read