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MS NOW collected a flurry of footage revealing voter disappointment with President Donald Trump in the hours leading up to his State of the Union speech one year into his second term.“He needs to get his act together, and our representatives in Iowa needs to stop following his lead,” said Iowa resident Lana Rankin. “I’m never voting Republican ever again.”When asked if she had voted for Trump before, Rankin replied: “First time around, and he did a good job — but then he got stupid.”“It’s all about him,” Rankin continued. “He just wants to be God and he’s gonna take over the world.”Trump voter and Capac, Mich. voter Taylor Ludwig told MS

President Donald Trump will deliver his "State of the Union" address on Tuesday and is expected to bring up some of his election conspiracies before calling on Republicans to act. Trump's Justice Department obtained a subpoena ordering the seizure of all ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, based on unsubstantiated claims from a 2020 campaign aide. The source of that claim was never disclosed to the judge. That raid could make a huge difference in 2026 and 2028, one Georgia reporter wr

Conservative columnist William Kristol is not expecting to be won over by President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech tonight. “Let’s be honest: Tonight will be depressing,” said Kristol in the Bulwark. “When the sergeant at arms proclaims in a stentorian voice to the House chamber, ‘Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States,’ we will be reminded, vividly and unavoidably, that Donald Trump is the president of the United States. Which is depressing.”But Kristol reports a silver lining

Now that the US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump levied illegal tariffs on US businesses and consumers for more than a year, progressive Democrats are escalating demands that Americans get their money back.Days after the Supreme Court shut down Trump’s ability to unilaterally enact tariffs through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-Texas) said on Tuesday that during the State of the Union address, Trump should announce refunds for Americans he unlawfully taxed.“Americans don’t need a rambling, two hour lecture from Trump,” Casar w

Fox News host Bret Baier told host Gillian Turner that despite President Donald Trump's cheering around his work on the economy, people are still struggling. He anticipated that the Tuesday night State of the Union Address would likely focus on the economy. "I think that there’s going to be a real significant part of this speech that deals with what they see, what they passed with the Big Beautiful Bill, what people they believe, the administration believes are starting to feel and will feel as the year progresses," said Baier. He touted consumer confidence numbers increasing, saying they had previously been low. "And there are people that are feeling p

The Justice Department has been criticized in the past year for some very public missteps. And another flub was evident this week after the DOJ filed a lawsuit against New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill over her executive order prohibiting federal agents from arresting people in "in nonpublic areas of state property, such as correctional facilities and courthouses," Philadelphia's WHYY-FM reported.

MAGA activist Erika Kirk, who is heading Turning Point USA following the fatal shooting of her husband, Charlie Kirk in 2025, will, according to the New York Post, be attending President Donald Trump's 2026 State of the Union (SOTU) address as one of his guests. The address is set for this Tuesday night, February 24.The Post notes, "White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt retweeted a Daily Wire story about the invitation, including the quote: 'The presi

Donald Trump has pulled back from the brink of reckless decisions numerous times throughout his second term as president, but according to a new analysis from the Financial Times, his MAGA allies are "playing a dangerous game" as their flattery erodes his ability to understand real-world risks and keeps him stuck in "fantasyland."On Tuesday, Edward Luce, the chief U.S. commentator for the Financial Times, published an analysis warning that Trump's "state of mind" is increasingly becoming a "global risk." While he noted that some tend to write off Trump's threats and heated rhetoric as "daily flights of fancy to trolling," the e

On January 29, 2025 — nine days into Donald Trump's second presidency — an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in midair over Washington, D.C.'s Potomac River. The disaster occurred roughly half a mile from the runway of Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia, and 67 people were killed.In an editorial published on February 24, the Washington Post's editorial board expresses frustration with the Trump-era Pentagon for "trying to blow up a good bipartisan deal to prevent such an accident from happening again.

When President Donald Trump suddenly began bulldozing the East Wing of the White House during the first government shutdown of his second term, Republicans were horrified behind the scenes.The Washington Post reported that a senior White House aide got a call from at least one Republican lawmaker who had "substantial concerns," particularly given that Trump pledged he would never "touch" the White House building. Rep. Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio) formally raised his concerns in an October letter demanding information about the project. “The stark images of the East Wing demolishe