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5 takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address
Domenico Montanaro
President Trump hit familiar notes on immigration and culture in his speech Tuesday night, but he largely underplayed the economic problems that voters say they are most concerned about.
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The Trump administration tried to freeze federal childcare funding for Illinois. How would it impact families using the state's Child Care Assistance Program?
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