It appears the State of the Union was the marker for the White House to launch directly into campaign mode. And since the 2024 campaign brought us the insistence from the Trump campaign, including Trump and then–vice presidential candidate J.D. Trump announced in his State of the Union that he was declaring a “war on fraud to be led by our great Vice President J.D. The DOJ also removed from the files they did publish documents that mention Trump among allegations against convicted sexual abuser Epstein. Erin Reed of Erin in the Morning explains that the legislature passed the law without its vetting by a committee.

Source: Washington Post February 27, 2026 09:43 UTC