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The Associated Press is fact-checking remarks from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech. Here’s a look at some of the claims we’ve examined: MIDDLE EAST WARS TRUMP: “Our brave troops have now been fighting in the Middle East for almost 19 years.” THE FACTS: Trump exaggerated the length of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The war in Afghanistan began in October 2001, in the aftermath of the…

Lauren Egan reports for NBC News, based in Washington.

For some, Stacey Abrams would seem an unlikely choice to give the Democrats’ response to the State of the Union. One of the most closely-watched candidates of the 2018 cycle, Abrams lost her race to then-Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Delivering the State of the Union address is a high-profile assignment typically is reserved for party luminaries with a long record of solid election wins. Abrams’ was far from…

Kristoff St. John was found dead at age 52. He is best known for his role on “The Young and the Restless.” (Getty) Kristoff St. John, best known for his role on the long-running soap opera “Young and the Restless,” died Sunday, Fox News has learned. He was 52. A lawyer for the actor confirmed the news to us on Monday morning, saying a statement would be forthcoming. TMZ, who first…

President Donald Trump in a tweet Saturday described a picture in which Democrat Virginia Governor Ralph Northam allegedly appears in blackface as “unforgivable.”  In a medical school yearbook photo that emerged Friday, one man, alleged to be Northam, appears in blackface, while another wears a KKK hood.  Northam initially admitted to being one of the men in the photo, then on Saturday withdrew his admission, and claimed that allegations he was…

After previously admitting to appearing in the image, which showed a man in blackface next to another clad in a Ku Klux Clan hood, Northam backpedaled during a press conference, claiming he actually wasn’t in the photo.

Video Virginia Gov. Northam now says he doesn’t believe he was in the controversial yearbook photo Radio host Rashad Richey and Democratic strategist Blake Rutherford say that Gov. Ralph Northam should resign. Embattled Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam told at least one fellow Democrat Saturday that he was not in a racist 1984 yearbook photo of two men dressed in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan outfit — despite admitting he was in the picture a day…

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday described third-trimester abortions as something done “in cases where there may be severe deformities or there may be a fetus that’s not viable.” Later that day, Northam’s Communications Director Ofirah Yheskel tried to clarify that Northam was referring to the fact that women seek third-trimester abortions only “except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in…

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday described third-trimester abortions as something done “in cases where there may be severe deformities or there may be a fetus that’s not viable.” Later that day, Northam’s Communications Director Ofirah Yheskel tried to clarify that Northam was referring to the fact that women seek third-trimester abortions only “except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in…

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday described third-trimester abortions as something done “in cases where there may be severe deformities or there may be a fetus that’s not viable.” Later that day, Northam’s Communications Director Ofirah Yheskel tried to clarify that Northam was referring to the fact that women seek third-trimester abortions only “except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in…

Video Virginia governor pushes proposal that allows termination up until birth Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam came under fire Wednesday after he waded into the fight over a controversial abortion bill that one sponsor said could allow women to terminate a pregnancy up until the moment before birth — with critics saying Northam indicated a child could be killed after birth. Northam, whose office is now pushing back on those…

As the polar vortex continues, many social-media users in the Midwest have added Antarctica to their weather apps, just so they can share images like this: The Weather Channel It’s proof that the temperatures they’re experiencing are colder than those on the planet’s southernmost continent. But perhaps more startling than the numbers are the images emerging from the cities and states experiencing this intense cold. Lake Michigan looks like something…

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Potential 2020 candidate and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz made his debut Saturday on Twitter. He was immediately met by the mind-numbingly stupid “RATIO!” crowd. For the uninitiated, the “ratio” here is the relationship between the number of replies and the number of shares. A message or sentiment in a specific tweet is measured for its value or the offense it causes by how low or high the ratio of…

“Empire” star Jussie Smollett was brutally attacked by 2 men who beat him up, put his head in a noose and screamed, “This is MAGA country.” Sources directly connected to Jussie tell TMZ, the actor arrived in Chicago from New York late Monday, and at around 2 AM he was hungry and went to a Subway. We’re told when he walked out, someone yelled, “Aren’t you that f***ot ‘Empire’ n*****?”  The…

Talking about “the wall” is now like banging your head against one. President Trump did a fantastic job selling the idea to the public, but the debate on controlling our jungle-like immigration system has shifted and now he needs to adjust. Otherwise, the border will be no more secure when he leaves the White House than when he arrived. That means he needs to stop yelling about “the wall,” where…

Video Roger Stone’s arrest sparks new questions on direction of Mueller probe Former Trump adviser Roger Stone says his indictment has nothing to do with Russian collusion; analysis from Robert Ray, former Whitewater independent counsel. In his first question-and-answer session with reporters since becoming Acting Attorney General last November, Matthew Whitaker on Monday announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is “close to being completed.” Whitaker’s remarks came just days after Mueller…

Video Pressuring Maduro: Notes on John Bolton’s legal pad hint at troop deployment National Security Adviser John Bolton may have inadvertently revealed a potential next move by the Trump administration in the Venezuela crisis Monday when photographers captured a note on a legal pad that read: “5,000 troops to Colombia.” Sources tell Fox News that the White House is considering pre-positioning U.S. forces in Venezuela’s western neighbor in case they…

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“What I’d said to the president is when the government is open, we will discuss a mutually agreeable date, and I’ll look forward to doing that and welcoming the president to the House of Representatives for the State of the Union when we agree on that mutually agreeable date,” Pelosi said.