
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump turned his first State of the Union address into a two-hour-plus battle cry Tuesday night, hammering border security, touting economic wins, and unveiling an aggressive new “war on fraud” that he said could wipe out the federal deficit almost instantly — only to watch the House chamber erupt in partisan shouting matches and pointed walkouts. Flanked by Vice President JD Vance, Trump used the prime-time platform to declare that a sweeping crackdown on government waste and improper payments would deliver savings large enough to “balance the budget overnight.” He named Vance the point person for
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