


The split-in-half audience − one side standing and cheering, the other sitting on their hands − was a portrait of the nation’s political divide.

Leading up to President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, a speech intended to celebrate 250 years – a quarter-millennium – of American success, there hadn’t been this much caterwauling about an elected president by Democrats since Richard Nixon.

Tonight’s State of the Union address was not the speech President Trump wanted to give.

With great timing and a gift for performance and storytelling, Trump pauses and lets the applause grow. He luxuriated in the moment as the Democrats sat there, stone-faced, thinking it would play well at MS-Now. It probably will. Trump wanted all of America to see it and remember it. He set a trap. They walked […]

Breaking a record he set previously, President Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history at a moment when Americans increasingly disapprove of his handling of the economy, have soured on his immigration crackdown, and have threatened to throw congressional Republicans out of power.

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2/25/1841: Justice Phillip Barbour dies. Justice Phillip Barbour The post Today in Supreme Court History: February 25, 1841 appeared first on Reason.com.

The old Soviet Union strictly controlled photocopiers, because they empowered individuals to share ideas that challenged state control. The restrictions ultimately broke down under the weight of mass defiance as people took advantage of every opportunity to distribute that which was forbidden by the government. Now, politicians in several states are channeling totalitarian policies of […]

The average bank withdrawal takes three to five business days. A smart contract settles in under a second. In 2026, entire industries are being rebuilt around that gap. The 3-Day Tax on Digital Commerce There’s a number buried in every online business’s P&L that nobody puts on a slide deck: the cost of waiting for […]

APIA, Samoa, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, unveiled the AI Bot, a tactical milestone of the Phemex AI-Native Revolution, following its landmark transition into an AI-native organization. This launch evolves artificial intelligence from a strategic vision into a high-performance “Intelligent Trading Partner,” shifting the industry paradigm from emotional manual execution to […]