Will the State of the Union Calm Economic Anxieties?

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

President Trump is set to deliver the first official State of the Union address of his second term today. While foreign policy tension remains high, polling indicates that voters are primarily focused on the economy at home and their own wallets. Republican strategist Matt Whitlock, Senior Vice President at CRC Advisors, joins the Rundown to break down how the White House plans to address the "affordability crisis," the President's strategy for maintaining momentum on immigration enforcement, and the high stakes of the upcoming midterms.Nearly two million soldiers, thousands of civilians, and hundreds of children are dead as the bloody violence continues four years after Russia invaded Ukraine. Despite a worldwide effort to bring peace, little progress has been made to end the conflict as deadly attacks still rain down on innocent communities. Gen. Jack Keane, a retired four-star general, FOX News Senior Strategic Analyst and chairman of the Institute for the Study of War, joins the Rundown to take a look at the status of peace negotiations and a potential end of the conflict. Plus, commentary by Alex Berenson, former New York Times reporter and author of the "Unreported Truths" Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Madison Allworth.
0:01.2	I'm Juan Williams.
0:02.1	I'm Liz Clayman, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.8	Tuesday, February 24th, 2026.
0:12.2	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:13.8	It's time for the president's state of the union address,
0:16.3	and while President Trump is on the mind of many Democrats,
0:19.3	the economy may be top of mind for voters.
0:21.7	He does need to make sure he's laying out the breadcrumbs of what people are going to start to
0:26.5	feel over these next few months that he says he has created and set up through his policies.
0:32.9	I'm Dave Anthony. It's been four years now since Russia invaded Ukraine.
0:39.5	The war after four years is somewhat stalemated. Russia does have momentum because they are
0:46.7	conducted a very comprehensive campaign against the Ukrainian people to kill as many of them as
0:52.8	they can.
0:53.9	And I'm Alex Berenson. I've got the final word on the Fox News report. the Ukrainian people to kill as many of them as they can.
0:58.8	And I'm Alex Berenson. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:09.0	This is the president's first official state of the union of his second term, and he's giving us a heads up. We have a country that's now doing well. We have the
1:11.4	greatest economy we've ever had. We have the most activity we've ever had. I'm making a speech
1:16.5	tomorrow night, and you'll be hearing me say that. I mean, it's going to be a long speech because
1:21.8	we have so much to talk about. The Council on Foreign Relations says the longest such address
1:26.5	ever delivered in person was President Trump last year when he went over an hour and a half.
1:31.4	The last year's speech was technically a joint address to Congress in the weeks following his inauguration.
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