DCPD-202600136 - Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union - DCPD-202600136 | Content Details

DCPD-202600136 - Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

Summary

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Compilation of Presidential Documents

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Event Date: February 24, 2026

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses to the Nation : Joint Session of Congress, State of the Union

Subjects: America's 250th birthday celebration
Armed Forces, U.S., recruitment efforts
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Border security
California, 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Commercial driver's license, English-language requirement
Crime rates
Criminal justice system, reform efforts
Department of Homeland Security, appropriations lapse
District of Columbia, 2025 shooting of National Guard servicemembers near White House
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, restriction efforts
Economic improvement
Election security and integrity, strengthening efforts
Electricity capacity, expansion efforts
Federal regulations, reduction efforts
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup"
Foreign narcotics traffickers
Foster care and adoption services, improvement efforts
Fraud enforcement, strengthening efforts
Gasoline costs
Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Health care costs and affordability
Homeownership, access and affordability
Illegal immigration
In vitro fertilization and reproductive assistance services
Inflation
Insider trading, prevention efforts
Iran, nuclear weapons development
Iran, political unrest and violence
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement implementation
Italy, 2026 Olympic Games in Milan
Job creation and growth
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Honor
Medicare and Medicaid programs
Mexico, counternarcotic efforts
Mortgage interest rates
Mortgage rates, stabilization efforts
National Guard
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Carolina, 2025 stabbing death on Charlotte light-rail train
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Opioid epidemic, efforts to combat
Pakistan, Prime Minister
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Pensions and retirement accounts, strengthening efforts
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate majority leader
Social Security program
Speaker of the House of Representatives
State of the Union Address
Stock market
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
Texas, 2025 flooding in Central Texas
Trump Accounts, children's savings program
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. military readiness, improvement efforts
U.S. servicemembers, service and dedication
U.S. Special Envoy for Peace
U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Missions
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump concerning tariff policy
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals
Utah, assassination of Charles J. Kirk in Orem
Venezuela, Acting President
Venezuela, oil supply and refining
Venezuela, U.S. military capture and exfiltration of President Maduro
Vice President

Names: Beckstrom, Evalea; Beckstrom, Gary; Bessent, Scott K.H.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Blair, Michele; Blair, Sage; Braga, Jonathan P.; Brown, Decarlos, Jr.; Burns, Sierra A.; Coleman, Delilah; Coleman, Marcus; Dell, Michael S.; Dell, Susan; Farda, Asher; Farda, Brielle; Farda, Nick; Gerstner, Bradley T.; Gonzalez, Alejandra; Gvili, Talik; Hawley, Joshua D.; Hellebuyck, Connor; Hemhauser Farda, Megan; Johnson, J. Michael; Jones, Mike R.; Kershaw, Robert B.; Kirk, Erika; Kushner, Jared C.; Maduro Moros, Nicolas; Mamdani, Zohran K.; McClymond, Milly Cate; Medina, Jacqueline; Márquez, Enrique; Nevraumont, Everest; Omaar, Ilhan A.; Oseguera Cervantes, Nemesio, "El Mencho"; Pelosi, Nancy; Rayner, Catherine; Robinson, Tyler J.; Rodriguez Gomez, Delcy; Rollins, Brooke L.; Romero, Rafael Govea; Rubio, Marco A.; Ruskan, Scott; Seward, James; Sharif, Shehbaz; Singh, Partap; Slover, Amy; Slover, Eric; Taggart, Buddy; Thune, John R.; Tlaib, Rashida L.; Trump, Melania; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Vance, Usha Chilukuri; Wiggins, Raysall; Williams, Royce; Witkoff, Steven C.; Wolfe, Andrew; Wolfe, Jason; Wolfe, Melody; Zarutska, Anna.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 9:12 p.m. in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. In his remarks, he referred to Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of Vice President James D. "J.D." Vance; Cresco, PA, resident Megan Hemhauser Farda, her husband Nick Farda, and their children Brielle and Asher Farda; Michael S. Dell, chairman and chief executive officer, Dell Technologies, and his wife Susan; Bradley T. Gerstner, founder and chief executive officer, Altimeter Capital; Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent; Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins; military spouse Catherine Rayner; Senate Majority Leader John R. Thune; Houston, TX, resident Raysall Wiggins; Rep. Nancy Pelosi; Partap Singh, who was charged with causing the multi-vehicle accident that injured Bakersfield, CA, resident Delilah Coleman on June 20, 2024; Rafael Govea Romero, who was convicted for the murder of Lizbeth I. Medina in Edna, TX, on December 5, 2023; Mayor Zohran K. Mamdani of New York City; Sen. Joshua D. Hawley; Robert B. Kershaw, former associate judge, 8th Judicial Circuit of the Baltimore City Circuit Court; Sierra A. Burns, student, Furman University; Everest Nevraumont, student, at Alpha School' GT School campus in Austin, TX; Tyler J. Robinson, who was charged in the murder of Turning Point U.S.A. Founder and Executive Director Charles J. Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, UT, on September 10, 2025; Erika Kirk, wife of Mr. Kirk and chief executive officer of Turning Point U.S.A; Anna Zarutska, mother of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, who was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte Area Transit System light-rail train in Charlotte, NC, on August 22, 2025; Decarlos Brown, Jr., suspect in the Charlotte stabbing; Jason Wolfe, father of Staff Sgt. Wolfe, who was shot in an ambush-style attack during a patrol near the White House in Washington, DC, on November 26; Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan; U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steven C. Witkoff; Talik Gvili, mother of Ran Gvili, whose remains were the last of the hostages held in Gaza, Palestinian Territories, to be recovered and returned to Israel following the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023; Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, who was killed by Mexican special forces in Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22; former President Nicolas Maduro Moros of Venezuela, who was captured, along with his wife Cilia Flores, in a U.S. military operation in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3 and exfiltrated to the U.S. for criminal processing in New York City; and former Venezuelan Presidential candidate Enrique Márquez. He also referred to his son-in-law, U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Jared C. Kushner. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on February 25.