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Boston Globe - Politics
Live updates - Trump casts a rosy vision of America while chastising his political enemies at State of the Union. Follow live updates. President Trump boasted during his speech that "we're winning so much," saying he'd sparked a jobs and manufacturing boom at home while imposing a new world order abroad.
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