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10:10 AM ET, February 25, 2026

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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 …
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump awards Medal of Freedom to Team USA goalie  —  President Trump during the State of the Union on Tuesday revealed he is awarding Connor Hellebuyck, the Team USA goalie who helped the men's Olympic hockey team win gold at the 2026 games, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
President Trump's State of the Union Variety Show  —  Were you not entertained?  —  The longest State of the Union in modern history is now over.  Donald Trump held court in the House of Representatives and said little of substance, but substance wasn't the point.
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.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's State of the Union Was Long and Wrong  —  But at least the President thinks everything is going great.  —  You can't say we weren't warned.  Donald Trump himself forecast the epic length of the State of the Union address that he planned to deliver to Congress on Tuesday evening.
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
State of the Union Live Updates: Trump Heralds Economic and Border Policies While Deriding Democrats
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Hails an Economic Turnaround Many Voters Don't See
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Democrats tap Spanberger and Padilla to respond to State of the Union
Politico:   What Trump got right — and wrong — last night
Punchbowl News:   2/25/26☀️ AM: … The State of the Union is typically a well-watched …
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Bloomberg:
Trump Defends Economic Record in State of the Union Speech
Zeteo:
🇺🇸 Trump's Very Boring Fascist Rally
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
U.S. men's hockey team expected to attend Trump's 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
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
This Moment of the State of the Union Just Lost the Democrats the Midterms
Fox News:
Dems tap ICE detainees, suspected illegal immigrants as guests for Trump's speech: DHS
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Lawmakers prepare for lengthy Trump speech
Chris Stokel-Walker / New Scientist:
AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations  —  Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases  —  Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans …
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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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Kash Patel's Olympics Schedule Left Plenty of Time for Leisure  —  An itinerary for Mr. Patel's trip provides more granular detail, including long segments of personal time that suggest he was not immensely oversubscribed by official duties.  —  The F.B.I. director Kash Patel's four-day trip to Italy …
Discussion: Raw Story and RADAR
Myles Miller / Bloomberg:
FBI Head's Jet Use Delayed Shooting Response, Whistleblower Says
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Donald Trump / Roll Call:
2026 — Donald Trump — State of the Union — In Person  —  Full transcript of Donald Trump's State of the Union on February 24, 2026 (10,617 words).  In Person.
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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 …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
The Tax Nerd Who Bet His Life Savings Against DOGE  —  When an unusual opportunity opened in the prediction markets, Alan Cole took his chances.  He just needed the government to be the government.  —  WASHINGTON—Alan Cole put his life savings, all $342,195.63, into a prediction-market wager.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All  —  The “Forever Wars” abroad and the Global War on Terror after the September 11 attacks left behind a long trail of failure, disillusionment, and death—but they also funneled huge sums of taxpayer money to companies …
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 …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
The Trump boys are Making Corruption Great Again  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💵 Subscribe to PN 💵  —  American politics has always had dynasties: The Adamses. … Each family used their association with the White House …
Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:
Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties  —  Billionaire admits he had two affairs and opens up about his mistake in associating with the sex offender  —  Bill Gates apologized to staff of the Gates Foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, admitting he made mistakes …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New poll: Voters would pause deportations to lower housing, food prices  —  Trump's State of the Union address was largely about crime and immigration.  Our poll shows voters wanted to hear less about immigration policy and more about how he's going to bring down prices
Discussion: Unite Here
New York Times:
The Iranian Regime Has Committed a Massacre  —  Ms. Saberi is an Iranian American journalist.  She was imprisoned in Tehran in 2009 and falsely accused of espionage.  Ms. Jamalpour is an Iranian journalist living in the United States.  —  In January, at the peak of the violent crackdown …
Discussion: Thinking about and JURISTnews
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Mark Kelly stands for illegal immigrants but sits for legal American citizens  —  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) finally revealed his true colors last night during President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech.  And for a politician who has regularly paraded himself as a bastion of constitutional morality …
 
 
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Tim Cook ‘lied through his teeth’ about bringing iPhone production to US, Trump trade adviser tells ‘Pod Force One’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Americans Who Can't Afford Beef Have ‘So Many Proteins to Choose From,’ Says US Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
Robert J. Shapiro / Washington Monthly:
Trump's Dangerous Tariff Addiction
Discussion: Reason, Cafe Hayek and Axios
The Guardian:
How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament - an exclusive visual analysis
Clayton Davis / Variety:
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Jillian Kramer / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Teens arrested in Quakertown ICE protest charged with aggravated assault
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: Semafor and Raw Story
Jeff Abbott / El Paso Times:
He witnessed a migrant death at an ICE detention center, then was deported
Bill McKay / Liberal Currents:
What Elon Has Done  —  This decade has seen the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives …
Discussion: NPR
New York Times:
D.O.J. Sues U.C.L.A. After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine
 

 
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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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