Trump Touts Economy, $1m Reward in Guthrie Case, Students Raise Money for Custodian and more

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Trump touts record and slams Democrats in marathon State of the Union speech, while Democrats protested by staying mostly silent in the room. The FBI says that new tips have been generated since Nancy Guthrie’s family raised the reward to $1 million. GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales tells CNN that he will not resign amid allegations of an affair with a senior staffer who later died by suicide. Plus, a high school swim team raised $17,000 for a beloved custodian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention.
0:02.0	Oh, hang on.
0:04.0	Attention.
0:05.0	Rail travellers, platform paces, window gazers and armrest negotiators.
0:10.0	Have you heard?
0:12.0	The big railfare freeze is here.
0:14.0	Railfares have been frozen across England until March 2027 on standard class tickets,
0:20.0	including off-peak, anytime, and season tickets.
0:23.4	For more information, visit NationalRail.com.uk-Uk slash fares-frees.
0:28.3	Teens and season exclusions apply.
0:34.9	Good morning, everyone. I'm Kate Baldwin. It's Wednesday, February 25th. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day.
0:41.1	Number one, the speech and the longest one at that. President Trump beat his own record last night.
0:45.9	He spoke for one hour and 47 minutes, the longest state of the union address in history.
0:49.7	And what Americans overwhelmingly said in polling they wanted to hear about was the economy.
0:56.8	He did focus on it, arguing for the strength of the economy, not talking about feeling their pain, though.
1:03.3	A CNN poll found people who watched the speech, which skewed Republican, were split on if he focused enough on the issue.
1:10.1	Trump touted a turnaround for the ages
1:12.6	and defended his aggressive tariff policies,
1:14.6	which took a huge blow when the Supreme Court
1:16.6	struck down a big part of his trade plan,
1:18.6	choosing his words carefully last night
1:20.6	with four of the justices sitting right in front of him
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