Trump news at a glance: president boasts of ‘winning so much’ in State of the Union address

Some Democratic lawmakers boycott Trump's speech - key US politics stories from Tuesday, 24 February at a glance

Donald Trump proclaimed his first year in office a success at the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, even as his presidency is dogged by low public approval ratings before November's midterm elections in which voters could hand control of Congress back to his Democratic opponents.

The annual address to a joint session of Congress came after months of turmoil for the Republican president, including a crackdown on immigrant communities in Minneapolis that resulted in the deaths of two US citizens, and faltering progress on his campaign promise of lowering the cost of living.