Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Wednesday, February 25th, 2026, and this is your AM update.

One year boosting pensions, 401ks, and retirement accounts with the millions and millions of Americans,

they're all gaining. Everybody's up. President Trump delivers a lengthy State of the Union address.

New details on the deadly cartel violence in Mexico after the raid that killed El Mancho.

It was good old-fashioned police work that got us to where we were at tonight.

An Idaho woman in custody after police say she stole an ambulance, packed it with gasoline, and drove it

into a building tied to federal immigration authorities. And President Trump orders his administration

to begin identifying and releasing information on UAPs, unidentified aerial phenomena, more commonly

known as UFOs. Will we learn the truth about non-human intelligence?

All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.

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