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Trump Delivers State Of The Union, Economic Focus, Aviation Safety Bill

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:12:36
Publish Date: 2026-02-25 10:52:04
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President Trump touted the beginnings of an American revival during his State of the Union address. He talked about a “turnaround for the ages,” in a record-length speech filled with exaggeration.

And a bipartisan aviation safety bill failed to advance in Congress after the Pentagon withdrew its support.

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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Rafael Nam, Russell Lewis, HJ Mai and Adriana Gallardo.

It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas.

Our director is Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Neisha Heines. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.

And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.

(0:00) Introduction
(01:54) Trump Delivers State Of The Union
(05:34) What Trump Had To Say About The Economy
(09:34) Aviation Safety Bill

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