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By Hadriana Lowenkron

February 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM UTC

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, White House reporter Hadriana Lowenkron previews the State of the Union address. Sign up here. Email our editors here.

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