The Takeout with Major Garrett, 2/25/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
President Trump concluded the longest State of the Union address last night, and Major is set to break it down! Alabama Senator Katie Britt reacts to the President’s speech and the partial government shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security. New Mexico Representative Melanie Stansbury previews the upcoming depositions of fmr. President and Secretary of State Bill and Hillary Clinton about their involvement with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze joins "The Takeout," to reiterate her country's support for Ukraine, as the Russian invasion in Ukraine reaches its fourth year. Listen to the full episode here!
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| 0:30.1 | The longest state of the union speech ever is over. |
| 0:33.9 | We've confirmed that, right? |
| 0:35.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:35.8 | Yeah, we've confirmed that. |
| 0:37.1 | But the DHS shutdown continues, |
| 0:39.9 | a key voice in spending negotiations on Capitol Hill. Alabama Senator Katie Britt joins us |
| 0:45.4 | with a status check. Iran's foreign minister tells India today war with America could engulf |
| 0:52.2 | the Middle East, a, quote, terrible scenario. |
| 0:56.3 | Bill and Hillary Clinton soon to testify about the Epstein files. |
| 1:00.2 | One of the questioners, New Mexico Democratic congresswoman Melanie Stansberry, and she joins us. Hello, everyone, I'm Major Garrett in Washington. |
| 1:17.4 | Welcome to the takeout. |
| 1:18.9 | Longest ever, already diced up and algorithmically distributed. |
| 1:24.2 | President Trump's State of the Union address, |
| 1:26.1 | light on new ideas very heavy on |
| 1:28.3 | genuine American heroes and the halo effect Trump hoped to bask in. |
| 1:34.3 | The address also took time to taunt and Hector. Republicans loved it. Democrats boycotted or sat |
| 1:41.4 | mostly in stony defileant science, silence rather. Weija Jang from the |
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