Updated at 3:20 p.m. ET
The annual State of the Union message to Congress may be the latest casualty of the partial government shutdown.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sent a letter to President Trump on Wednesday, suggesting a postponement until after the shutdown is over. The speech, which the president would deliver to a joint session of Congress and a national broadcast audience, was originally scheduled for Jan. 29.
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