Ex-Head of San Francisco Homeless Nonprofit Is Charged With Misusing Over $1 Million
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:34:36 +0000 Gwendolyn Westbrook, who led the United Council of Human Services, misappropriated public funds for her own use, prosecutors said.: With Epstein Deposition, Hillary Clinton Is Again Answering for Bill Clinton’s Actions
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:18:27 +0000 The former first lady, senator and secretary of state had no dealings with Jeffrey Epstein but is once again under pressure to answer for the actions and relationships of her husband.: U.S. and Ukrainian officials to meet in Geneva this week.
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:02:03 +0000: Democrats counter Trump after his combative State of the Union address.
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:02:02 +0000: How Trump’s Economic Pitch at the State of the Union Echoes Biden’s
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:19:46 +0000 With the midterms approaching and polls showing unease about the economy, some of President Trump’s arguments about its strength sounded eerily like those of his predecessor.: Online Accusations in Guthrie Abduction Leave One Family ‘Scared Numb’
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:02:59 +0000 A fifth-grade teacher and his principal wife hid in their bedroom as dozens of people who believed he might be a kidnapper appeared on their suburban street.: Trump Puts On a Show, Casting Democrats as the Villains
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:01:21 +0000 On the defensive over the economy and with the midterms approaching, President Trump made clear that his political strategy is to paint Democrats as unpatriotic and ‘crazy.’: ‘Stand Up’: With One Maneuver, Trump Tries to Box In Democrats
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:00:17 +0000 President Trump turned his State of the Union address into full-blown political theater, handing out medals to war veterans and tossing the spotlight to ice hockey players.: The Boss Gave Him a Shout-Out. His Phone Started Buzzing. Who Wouldn’t Look?
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:08:10 +0000 Shortly after Secretary of State Marco Rubio was singled out by President Trump for praise, a New York Times photographer captured him reading messages from Mr. Trump’s special envoy to Venezuela.: 6 Takeaways From Trump’s State of the Union
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:53:41 +0000 In an address that was heavy on theatrics, President Trump lashed out at Democrats as “crazy” and unpatriotic.: The World Waited on Edge for Trump’s Thinking on Iran. It’s Still Waiting.
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:56:46 +0000 Even as the president considers an attack, his State of the Union address offered little more than a brief repetition of vague talking points from recent days.: Abigail Spanberger, in Democratic Response, Asks if Trump Is Working for Americans
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:01:59 +0000 “We all know the answer is no,” the Virginia governor argued in her rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union address.: In Address, Trump Calls for More Limits on Trans Youth
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:38:48 +0000 During the State of the Union address, the president said states “must ban” social transitions among young people without parental consent.: Trump’s State of the Union Speech: Full Transcript
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:32:10 +0000 President Trump spoke for nearly two hours to a joint session of Congress.: Democrats, Boycotting Trump’s Speech, Rally Outside the Capitol
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:28:52 +0000 Dozens of House and Senate members skipped the speech and, in a counter event on the National Mall, criticized the president’s policies on immigration, health care and the economy.: “That is our highest honor, congressional medal of honor — that’s a big thing”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:07:50 +0000: Trump Gives Out Awards, Including Presidential Medal of Freedom, at State of the Union
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:39:51 +0000 The president announced medals for the U.S. men’s hockey team’s star goalie as well as several military veterans.: “His reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:38:52 +0000: “They’ve killed and maimed thousands of American service members and hundreds of thousands, and even millions, of people with what’s called roadside bombs, they were the kings of the roadside bomb. We took out Suleimani. I did that in my first term, it had a huge impact. He was the father of the roadside bomb.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:06:50 +0000: “We have almost no crime anymore in Washington, D.C. How did that happen? In fact, crime in Washington is now at the lowest level ever recorded, and murders in D.C. this January were down close to 100 percent from a year ago.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:58:54 +0000: “In a breakthrough operation last June, the United States military obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons program with an attack on Iranian soil known as Operation Midnight Hammer.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:56:16 +0000: “With our new military campaign, we have stopped record amounts of drugs coming into our country and virtually stopped it completely coming in by water or sea — you probably noticed that.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:55:20 +0000: “We have more jobs, more people working today than ever before in the history of our country.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:52:57 +0000: “The cheating is rampant in our elections. It’s rampant. … They want to cheat. They have cheated. And their policy is so bad that the only way they can get elected is to cheat and we’re going to stop it.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:46:19 +0000: “I ended eight wars.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:37:25 +0000: “I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies and instead give that money directly to the people so they can buy their own health care, which will be better health care at a much lower cost.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:35:53 +0000: “We are deporting illegal alien criminals from our country at record numbers and we’re getting them the hell out of here fast!”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:28:57 +0000: “We will always protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:26:16 +0000: “The cost of chicken, butter, fruit, hotels, automobiles, rent is lower today than when I took office, by a lot. And even beef, which was very high, is starting to come down significantly.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:24:52 +0000: “Under my just-enacted most favored nation agreement, Americans who have for decades paid by far the highest prices of any nation anywhere in the world for prescription drugs will now pay the lowest price anywhere in the world for drugs anywhere.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:24:12 +0000: “With the great Big Beautiful Bill, we gave you no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:35:45 +0000: “Under Biden and his corrupt partners in Congress and beyond, it reached a breaking point with the green new scam, open borders for everyone. They poured in by the millions and millions from prisons, from mental institutions. There were murderers, 11,088 murderers.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:22:12 +0000: “If we’re able to find enough of that fraud, we will actually have a balanced budget overnight.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:06:36 +0000: “So in my first year of the second term — should be my third term.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:14:57 +0000: “American natural gas production is at an all-time high because I kept my promise to drill, baby, drill.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:14:44 +0000: “I believe the tariffs, paid for by foreign countries, will, like in the past, substantially replace the modern day system of income tax — taking a great financial burden off the people that I love.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:05:05 +0000: “But when it comes to the corruption that is plundering America, there has been no more stunning example than Minnesota — where members of the Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:03:32 +0000: “100 percent of all jobs created under my administration have been in the private sector.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:57:25 +0000: Al Green Once Again Disrupts Trump’s Speech After Protest
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:14:07 +0000 The 79-year-old Texas Democrat was escorted out of the House chamber after holding up a sign that read, “Black people aren’t apes!”: “I’ve never seen a goaltender play as well as goalie Connor Hellebuyck. Think of it. 46 shots on goal.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:55:28 +0000: “After four years, in which millions and millions of illegal aliens poured across our borders totally unvetted and unchecked, we now have the strongest and most secure border in American history by far. In the past nine months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States. But we will always allow people to come in legally. People that will love our country and will work hard to maintain our country.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:04:21 +0000: “When I last spoke in the chamber 12 months ago, I had just inherited a nation in crisis with a stagnant economy, inflation at record levels, a wide open border, horrendous recruitment for military and police, rampant crime at home, and wars and chaos all over the world. Tonight after just one year, I can say with dignity and pride that we have achieved a transformation like no one has ever seen before. A turnaround for the ages.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:39:24 +0000: “Last year, I urged this Congress to begin the mission by passing the largest tax cuts in American history, and the Republican majority delivered so beautifully!”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:45:28 +0000: “In four long years, the last administration got less than $1 trillion in new investment in the United States. And when I say less, substantially less. In 12 months, I secured commitments for more than $18 trillion pouring in from all over the globe.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:44:18 +0000: “In one year, we have lifted 2.4 million Americans, a record, off of food stamps.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:43:17 +0000: “As thousands of new businesses are forming, factories, plants and laboratories are being built, we have added 70,000 new construction jobs in just a very short period of time.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:38:52 +0000: “The Biden administration and its allies in Congress gave us the worst inflation in the history of our country. But in 12 months, my administration has driven core inflation down to the lowest level in more than five years.”
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:35:11 +0000: How Trump’s State of the Union Speech, Longest in History, Compares to Other Presidents
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:35:04 +0000 State of the Union speeches. Here’s how he compares to past presidents.