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Pelosi denies Trump access to House for State of the Union

Washington • In a high-stakes case of dare and double-dare, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi served notice that President Donald Trump won’t be allowed to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday after the president said he was aiming to show up even though he was not welcome.

Pelosi told Trump on Wednesday that the House won’t approve a resolution allowing him to come until the government reopens.

"That's a great blotch on the incredible country that we all love," Trump shot back, calling it a "very, very negative part of history.