Trump, State of the Union
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In a combative State of the Union speech — the longest in modern history at about 108 minutes — President Donald Trump defended his administration’s
President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Trump made the statement during a speech meant to honor "American lives tragically taken by criminal illegal aliens," according to the White House.
PolitiFact is live fact-checking President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress Feb. 24. PolitiFact has fact-checked 1,144 of Trump ’s statements since 2011. Tonight, we’ll draw on that deep archive to check his speech’s accuracy.
As President Trump delivered his State of the Union address, reporters from across NPR's newsroom, are fact checking his speech and offer context.
The president’s $19 billion amount lacks evidence. That figure far exceeds estimates from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The men's hockey team visited the White House after winning gold at the 2026 Olympics.
A political attack ad features video of Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page saying, "It is unrealistic to assume that 12 to 14 million people will just leave the United States." The footage is from 2012 and omits context.
In late February 2026, a rumor circulated online claiming that Trump said he wants to send 'criminals and people that don't work' out of the United US, as he claimed other countries do when they send 'caravans' to the US. But is there any truth to this? Let us find out below.