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7:45 AM ET, February 25, 2026

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New York Times:
State of the Union Live Updates: Trump Heralds Economic and Border Policies While Deriding Democrats  —  The president projected a version of the United States that is growing, safe and “winning.”  In the Democratic response, Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia accused the president of sowing fear and lying about the economy.
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump touts campaign of mass deportation at State of the Union  —  Watch live as President Donald Trump delivers his 2026 State of the Union address followed by Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's Democratic response.  —  President Donald Trump boasted during Tuesday's State of the Union that …
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Democrats tap Spanberger and Padilla to respond to State of the Union  —  Newly sworn in Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday evening.  —  Spanberger, who previously served in Congress for six years …
Politico:
What Trump got right — and wrong — last night  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  On today's Playbook Podcast: Jack and Dasha pick through the bones of last night's record-breaking State of the Union address.  And yes, Dasha won the bet on how long he'd go on for.
Punchbowl News:
2/25/26☀️ AM: … The State of the Union is typically a well-watched but sepia-toned tradition filled with half promises, overwrought policy prescriptions and lofty goals. … Your political survival depends on it. … The State of the Union under Trump is far more political theater than substance.
Will Gottsegen / The Atlantic:
Trump's Chance to Turn Things Around Tonight  —  A conversation with Jonathan Lemire about what Donald Trump's State of the Union address could achieve—if he doesn't get in his own way.  —  When Donald Trump last addressed Congress, in March 2025, he was triumphant.
NBC News:
U.S. men's hockey team expected to attend Trump's State of the Union speech  —  Most players on the team are making the trip, though some have declined to attend.  —  Members of the U.S. men's hockey team are expected to attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday, White House officials said.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
What Hath Trump Wrought  —  For President Trump and his allies, the 2024 election was less a vote for a new administration than it was an enabling act for a new sovereign.  The public had done more than give Trump the White House the way it might bless any candidate with presidential power.
Curtis Yee / Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump declares a ‘golden age of America’ at State of the Union  —  Watch live as President Donald Trump delivers his 2026 State of the Union address followed by Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's Democratic response.  —  President Donald Trump is giving his State of the Union address.
Sam Stevenson / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's SOTU Speech Least Popular This Century: Poll  —  President Donald Trump's State of the Union (SOTU) speech on Tuesday was the least popular this century, according to a new snap poll.  —  A CNN survey found that Trump's latest SOTU address drew the weakest reaction of any modern address …
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump awards Medal of Freedom to Team USA goalie
Emily Peck / Axios:
Trump announces new retirement plan at State of the Union
Discussion: Breitbart and PBS NewsHour
Bloomberg:
Trump Defends Economic Record in State of the Union Speech
Amelia Benavides-Colón / NOTUS:
Rep. Al Green Escorted Out of Trump's State of the Union for Second Year in a Row
Politico:
Pugnacious Trump sticks to the script
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Erika Kirk to attend State of the Union as one of Trump's guests
Associated Press:
Photos of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Shutdown talks make little progress as DHS bill stalls in Senate
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews  —  Epstein files Federal agencies Donald Trump  —  Dozens of FBI witness interviews from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein appear to be missing from the massive trove of files released …
Discussion: RADAR and Newsweek
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Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Kash Patel's use of jet delayed FBI team's mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator  —  Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown University in December because there was no FBI plane available to take them to Rhode Island …
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Myles Miller / Bloomberg:
FBI Head's Jet Use Delayed Shooting Response, Whistleblower Says  —  A whistleblower told Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee that FBI agents had to drive through a winter storm overnight from Quantico, Virginia to Providence, Rhode Island to process evidence at a mass shooting scene …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Kash Patel's Olympics Schedule Left Plenty of Time for Leisure
Discussion: RADAR
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Judge says government may not search devices seized from Post reporter  —  A federal judge in Virginia denied the Justice Department's request to search a Washington Post reporter's devices in a national security leak probe.  —  A federal judge in Virginia rejected the Justice Department's request …
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New York Times:
D.O.J. Sues U.C.L.A. After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine  —  The Trump administration accused the university's Los Angeles campus of not doing enough to curb antisemitism, months after it tried to cut research money and demanded more than $1 billion.  —  The Trump administration sued …
Jillian Kramer / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Teens arrested in Quakertown ICE protest charged with aggravated assault  —  Five teenagers arrested during a protest in Quakertown last week face charges of aggravated assault and related crimes after a judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors had presented sufficient evidence for the case against them to proceed, according to sources.
TMZ.com:
Martin Short's Daughter Katherine Died By Suicide  —  Martin Short's daughter, Katherine, has taken her own life ... TMZ has learned.  —  The 42-year-old died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.  —  LAPD and the fire department responded …
 
 
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Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:
Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties
Discussion: New York Post and NewsMax.com
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
State of the Union: Trump urges passage of Delilah's Law to keep illegal immigrant truck drivers off US roads
Discussion: Raw Story and Semafor
Ryan King / New York Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar invites constituents ‘traumatized’ by Minnesota ICE raids to State of the Union 2026
Fox News:
Dems tap ICE detainees, suspected illegal immigrants as guests for Trump's speech: DHS
Politico:
Rep. Al Green again escorted out of chamber after protest
Discussion: Fox News, RedState and Raw Story
Fox News:
Ro Khanna's State of the Union guest recruited over 20 underage girls for Epstein: ‘Like Heidi Fleiss’
Discussion: IJR and Townhall
KTFT:
Probable cause affidavit details timeline of stolen ambulance crash at Meridian building housing DHS
Discussion: twitchy.com and National Review
 Earlier Items: 
New York Post:
Mamdani blasted after unruly mob launches ‘disgusting’ snowball attack on NYPD officers: ‘He set the tone’
Jeff Abbott / El Paso Times:
He witnessed a migrant death at an ICE detention center, then was deported
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
John Roberts Is Losing Patience With Trump
Discussion: The Japan News
Bill McKay / Liberal Currents:
What Elon Has Done  —  This decade has seen the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives …
Discussion: NPR
 

 
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Jasmine Crockett ejected an Atlantic reporter from an event and called police on a CNN reporter; the Atlantic's editor called the ejection unacceptable

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MS Now names Ali Velshi its chief data reporter, which will see him lead election results and polling on election nights for the cable channel

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK weekly street newspaper Big Issue promotes Deputy Editor Steven MacKenzie to editor, succeeding Paul McNamee, who led the publication for 19 years
 
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