WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s call for an end to late-term abortions in his State of the Union address Tuesday night elated pro-life lawmakers and advocates who have been fighting a growing national movement to end protections for the unborn in the late stages of pregnancy. “To defend the dignity of every person, I am asking the Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late-term abortion of children,” Trump said. “Let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life.

WASHINGTON—Facing a divided Congress for the remainder of his first term in office, President Donald Trump called for bipartisan cooperation in his second State of the Union address Tuesday night. The president presented a number of potentially unifying issues, including infrastructure, lowering prescription drug prices, combating childhood cancer, and ending the HIV epidemic in the next 10 years.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will speak to the nation in his second State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Despite the threat of another partial government shutdown in just 10 days, the president is expected to deliver an optimistic assessment of how the United States has fared under his leadership. He will likely point to a roaring U.S. economy, the passage of a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, the replacement deal for the North American Free Trade Agreement, and strong jobs numbers. Trump is also expected to continue to make his case for a wall at the U.S.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax on Monday denied an accusation of sexual assault that emerged over the weekend. The Democratic politician is accused of assaulting a woman in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention in Boston while working for vice presidential candidate John Edwards. The accusations were first reported on Sunday by Big League Politics, which is also the outlet that published the photo of two men dressed in racist costumes from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook.

WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats on Monday night blocked a bill that would require doctors to provide medical care to babies who survive abortions. Last week, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act that would require any healthcare practitioner present to seek to “preserve the life and health of the child,” including transporting the baby immediately to a hospital if it survived an abortion. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., objected to Sasse’s call for unanimous consent on Monday, calling the bill a political stunt.

Iraqi lawmakers are pushing back against U.S. plans to bulk up American troop numbers in the country after comments from President Donald Trump. In a Sunday interview with CBS News, Trump revealed that while he will continue withdrawing troops from Syria, the United States will strengthen its military presence in Iraq to oppose Islamic State (ISIS) from there. He said an enhanced presence would also allow the U.S. military to monitor terrorism concerns in neighboring Iran.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, is rebuffing calls for his resignation over racist photos in his 1984 medical school yearbook. A photo from his personal page in the Eastern Virginia Medical School publication surfaced on Friday showing two people standing side-by-side, one wearing blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe. Northam issued an apology Friday, though he did not say which costume was his. Then, during a Saturday news conference, he denied he was in the photo, though he disclosed he once wore blackface to imitate singer Michael Jackson at a dance contest.