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‘We’re winning so much.’ Trump’s State of the Union seeks to calm economic jitters ahead of midterms

By WILL WEISSERT and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Feb 24, 2026 10:28 pm - President Donald Trump declared during Tuesday's marathon State of the Union that “we’re winning so much,” saying he'd sparked a jobs and manufacturing boom at home while imposing a new world order abroad — hoping that offering a long list of his accomplishments can counter approval ratings that have been falling.
Pentagon appeals order blocking Sen. Mark Kelly’s punishment for call to resist unlawful orders

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Feb 24, 2026 9:09 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge's order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, according to a court filing on Tuesday.
From Cabinet secretary to doomsday president: What being the designated survivor is like

By WILL WEISSERT
Feb 24, 2026 9:05 pm - They typically start the day as low-profile Cabinet secretaries. They end it that way, too, God willing. But when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night, a designated survivor is kept away to ensure someone in the line of leadership succession stays alive.
House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions like last year’s

By JOSH FUNK
Feb 24, 2026 7:30 pm - The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes. The collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter killed 67 people in January 2025.
Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources say

By MATT O'BRIEN, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and DAVID KLEPPER
Feb 24, 2026 7:24 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting Tuesday.
Ex-ICE instructor testifies that agency slashed officer training, lied to Congress

By David Nakamura and Sarah Blaskey
Feb 24, 2026 4:39 pm - A former instructor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday accused the agency of dramatically slashing training standards for new officers and lying to Congress about it as the Trump administration seeks to rapidly expand its mass deportation operation.
Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs is unlikely to mean an end to trade policy chaos

By PAUL WISEMAN
Feb 24, 2026 2:41 pm - The Supreme Court’s stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs means he can’t conjure up new import taxes on a whim anymore. But the justices’ ruling on Friday is nonetheless unlikely to ease the uncertainty over Trump’s trade policy that has paralyzed businesses over the past year.
FedEx joins other US companies in seeking a refund after Trump tariffs are ruled illegal

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Feb 24, 2026 12:27 pm - FedEx is suing the U.S. government, the latest company to request a refund on what it paid for tariffs set by President Donald Trump last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs are illegal.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger questions whether Americans feel the ‘golden age’ Trump describes

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Feb 24, 2026 11:16 am - Democrats are betting that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s affordability-focused message, which helped her flip a Republican-held office last November, will resonate with the country when she delivers their party’s response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Takeaways from Trump's address: Sales mode on economy, heavy on patriotism, dark turn on Democrats

By STEVEN SLOAN and STEVE PEOPLES
Feb 24, 2026 11:08 am - President Donald Trump started in sales mode, using his State of the Union address to deliver an upbeat vision of the U.S. economy.

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