Donald Trump, State of the Union
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President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in American history on the night of Feb. 24.
Editor’s note: President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address will appear in the player above once it begins at 8 p.m. The speech will also air live on NBC 5 and on the NBC Chicago Streaming Channel.
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.
Tonight, President Donald Trump will address Congress in his 2026 State of the Union. The address is set to begin at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Most major news networks will be covering the speech live. The speech will also stream live for free on YouTube, and the White House will provide its own free livestream.
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday at 9 p.m. Eastern is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the House and the Senate.