State Of The Union 2026: Live Updates From NewsOne
As Donald Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, NewsOne is here to provide live updates on his speech.
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Hello everyone, my name is Stephen A. Crockett Jr., and I’ve been covering politics for the better part of the 20th century. I like long walks and kittens (not full-grown cats), and I see myself as a modern-day—
Managing Editor Monique Judge–Stephen, this isn’t your Tinder profile. Please keep the intro related to the State of the Union.
Stephen–Yes, the State of the Union, or as I like to call it Republican PornHub. Seriously, the amount of adulation and T.O.-esque “That’s my quarterback..” that is about to go on, should have this State of the Union labeled NC-17.
This is about to be a full-on white man No Limit Records reunion in which President Trump is expected to speak on his failed tariffs, possible war with Iran, the possibility of a shutdown to the Department of Homeland Security, and the destitute economy, which has reached “do something strange for a piece of change” levels.
Monique– Stephen, even if that was a real measurement of the economy, I still wouldn’t let you say that.
Stephen–Fine. You should probably formally introduce yourself and make sure you mention the “Trump Dump Detector.” It’s been trending online, and it’s probably nothing…
Monique–I’m not talking about that!
Hello, everyone. My name is Monique Judge, and I am the Managing Editor of NewsOne. Tonight, I will be providing live updates during Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, along with my colleague, Stephen A. Crockett Jr. I will try to keep Stephen in line, but I can’t promise anything.
And while I can’t predict exactly what Trump is going to say, I’m going to go ahead and predict he is going to do a whole lot of self-congratulatory backpatting, opine on how much he has done for marginalized groups, most especially the Blacks, and he will likely, as he did last year, largely embellish facts and data to suit whatever narrative he runs with tonight.
Last year during Trump’s speech before the joint session of Congress, he did just that. As I wrote then:
Donald Trump stood in front of a joint session of Congress Tuesday night and delivered what wasn’t so much a State of the Union address as it was a political stump speech full of the same lies and contradictions he told on the campaign trail and has continued to spout in his first 43 days in office.
And:
For his part, Trump made sure to attack what he calls “woke” culture and DEI initiatives — attacks that have been popular with and parroted by his base.
“Our country will be woke no longer,” Trump said.
He went on to say people “should be hired based on skill and talent, not race and gender.”
“We’ve ended the tyranny of so-called ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ policies all across the entire federal government and indeed the private sector and our military,” Trump said.
He said, “We will restore true democracy again,” at a time when many feel he is doing everything in his power to dismantle the democracy that currently exists.
This is a man who doesn’t stray too far from his regular script, so I’m going to spitball here and say we can likely expect more of the same.
In any case, bookmark this post and refresh the page frequently for live updates of the State of the Union 2026.
All updates will be below.
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