{"id":201544,"date":"2026-02-25T08:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-to-address-congress-as-new-global-tariffs-take-effect-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:12:15","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-to-address-congress-as-new-global-tariffs-take-effect-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-to-address-congress-as-new-global-tariffs-take-effect-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president to address Congress as new global tariffs take effect – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some Democratic lawmakers boycott Trump\u2019s speech – key US politics stories from Tuesday, 24 February at a glance
Donald Trump<\/a> proclaimed his first year in office a success at the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, even as his presidency is dogged by low public approval ratings before November\u2019s midterm elections in which voters could hand control of Congress back to his Democratic opponents.
The annual address to a joint session of Congress came after months of turmoil for the Republican president, including a crackdown on immigrant communities in Minneapolis that resulted in the deaths of two US citizens, and faltering progress on his campaign promise of lowering the cost of living.
But Trump maintained a triumphant tone in his speech, saying that he had inherited a country ruined by Joe Biden and quickly rebuilt it.
\u201cTonight, after just one year, we can say with dignity and pride that we have achieved a transformation like no one has ever seen before, and a turnaround for the ages,\u201d Trump said.
As polls show many voters think Donald Trump is focused on the wrong areas, the president sought to link himself to more recent successes, at one point bringing out the US men\u2019s hockey team that just won gold at the Winter Olympics.
\u201cOur country is winning again. In fact, we\u2019re winning so much that we really don\u2019t know what to do about it,\u201d Trump said, before summoning the players to make a surprise appearance in the gallery of the House of Representatives chamber.
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Marco Rubio<\/a> delivered a rare briefing to top US lawmakers on Iran<\/a> from the White House on Tuesday as Washington deploys its largest force of aircraft and warships to the Middle East since the 2003 buildup to the Iraq war.
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Donald Trump\u2019s new global tariffs have taken effect at 10%, even though he had threatened a higher rate of 15% last weekend, providing \u201csome relief\u201d for British businesses, according to a lobby group.
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US military<\/a> leaders including Pete Hegseth<\/a>, the defense secretary, met with executives from the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic on Tuesday to hash out a dispute over what the government will be able to do with the company\u2019s powerful AI model. Hegseth gave Dario Amodei, the Anthropic CEO, until the end of the day Friday to agree to the department\u2019s terms or face penalties, Axios<\/a> reported.
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US congressman Tony Gonzales refused growing calls to resign from his fellow Republicans<\/a> on Tuesday amid a furore over allegations that he had an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
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The justice department sued the University of California, Los Angeles<\/a> on Tuesday, alleging the university created a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff<\/a><\/strong> after protests against the war on Gaza broke out across campus.
US Senate Democrats are launching an investigation into whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the CBS parent company, Paramount, prevented Stephen Colbert<\/a><\/strong>, the network\u2019s talkshow host, from broadcasting an interview with the Texas Democratic candidate James Talarico.
Cancellations and delays of new US datacenters have increased as the artificial intelligence boom runs up against a slate of issues<\/a><\/strong>, including supply chain snags, energy shortages and tariff-induced restraints.
The victorious US Olympic men\u2019s ice hockey team visited the White House on Tuesday, although there were several notable absences<\/a><\/strong>.
Savannah Guthrie\u2019s family has offered up to $1m for information leading to the return of her 84-year-old mother<\/a><\/strong>, Nancy, who has been missing<\/a> since 1 February.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 23 February 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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