Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner revealed to the Daily Caller how President Donald Trump prepared for his State of the Union address Tuesday.

Trump gave the longest State of the Union address, at 108 minutes. The president contrasted his administration to former President Joe Biden’s, and Trump’s address featured everyday Americans. Turner told the Caller that the president pours over his speeches and dissects them down to the word before delivering them. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Top Trump Official Reveals Main GOP Message For 2026 Midterms)

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania told CNN host Kasie Hunt on Wednesday that his record was “solid Democrat” when asked if he would consider a party switch.

Fetterman excoriated members of his party for their antics during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address during a Fox News appearance earlier Wednesday. Hunt asked him if he would switch, citing potential left-wing challengers in the primary election for 2028. (RELATED: John Fetterman Has Message For Fellow Democrats Who Made Scene At SOTU)

Cuban border guards killed four people on a Florida-registered speedboat early Wednesday, the Communist regime announced.

Note from the Ministry of the Interior:

On the morning of February 25, 2026, a violating speedboat was detected within Cuban territorial waters. The vessel, registered in Florida, United States, with registration number FL7726SH, approached up to 1 nautical mile northeast of the… pic.twitter.com/AEmwtAZ4lO

— Cuban Embassy in US (@EmbaCubaUS) February 25, 2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is urging local Kentucky law enforcement not to release an illegal immigrant charged with sexual assault after placing a detainer on him, the Daily Caller News Foundation first learned.

On Feb. 5, Yordan Basilio Diaz Vera, a 34-year-old Lyft driver, was arrested by Louisville authorities and charged of first-degree sodomy and kidnapping a mother of four. Since his arrest, ICE has placed a detainer on Diaz Vera and is now pleading with the Louisville police to not release the suspect back onto the city streets.

Former NBA player Chris Bosh revealed he suffered a terrifying medical crisis that changed his perspective on life.

“So I woke up covered in my own blood. It was crazy. It was fast. It was instant,” he said in a video shared Wednesday on X. “There was no warning. I didn’t have any time to prepare for it. I was getting ready to go on a date with my wife, and the next thing you know, I was on the ground.”

Beauty brands are now marketing makeup and skincare to children as young as three or four years old, and it has to stop.

A Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article highlighted a growing trend where companies target kids who copy their parents’ routines. While brands call it “fun self-care,” it raises serious concerns about why they feel entitled to market their products to kids and what their ultimate objective is.

Call me old school, but I think 9/11 should still be off limits.

I still cringe when comedians make jokes about it, when conspiracy theorists claim that it was an inside job, or when people, such as The Bulwark’s Jonathan V. Last, compare recent ICE shootings to United Flight 93. They are free to say these things, of course, but that does not preclude them scorn and judgment. (RELATED: Longtime Trump-Hating ‘Conservative’ Shows One Of Most Embarrassing Examples Of Trump Derangement Syndrome Yet)

Rene Campos, a registered sex offender, has launched a campaign to represent Fresno, California’s District 7, ABC30 reported Wednesday.

Campos, who was charged with possession of child sexual abuse material in 2018, says his campaign will focus on safety. Campos told ABC30 he has “experienced the laws” his team is “trying to reform.”

The manager of a Texas Whataburger restaurant subdued an unruly customer by beating him with a trashcan after the customer allegedly assaulted a worker during a Feb. 22 incident, video shows.

Officers from the Paris Police Department responded to the fast food restaurant, where they found the suspect, identified as Anthony William Newhuis, 41, bleeding from the head in the parking lot, according to WFAA. Newhuis was allegedly verbally abusive to workers at the location.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair revealed to the Daily Caller what the administration’s top line messaging is heading into the 2026 midterms following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union.

The president set the tone for the 2026 midterms during his Tuesday State of the Union, drawing a sharp contrast between his administration and former President Joe Biden’s time in office. Blair told the Caller that the GOP will build on that messaging, though they will focus on how they can make life more affordable for Americans. (RELATED: Trump Puts Democrats On Defense In Patriotic, Disciplined SOTU)

NewsNation contributor Chris Cillizza said on his YouTube channel Wednesday that Democrats’ “worst moment” during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address came when they did not express support for Americans over illegal immigrants.

Leftist ideology was embedded in “scientific integrity” initiatives during the Biden administration, according to documents recently unearthed by a government watchdog group.

Protect The Public’s Trust (PPT) received documents that show how former President Joe Biden’s 2021 memorandum on “scientific integrity” was guided by a report or “framework” promoting diversity, equity inclusion and accessibility (DEIA). The memo, titled “Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking,” was to be implemented based on the 2022 “Framework for Federal Scientific Integrity Policy and Practice,” according to the documents.