Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer following Gang of Eight briefing on Iran:

Look, this is serious.

The administration has to make its case to the American people.

Trump on Iran:

Iran desperately wants a deal. But Iran just can’t say the sacred phrase “we won’t build nuclear weapons.”

Kamala Harris says she “might” run for president again in 2028.

Türkiye’s Directorate of Communications denied reports that Ankara would move into Iranian territory if the U.S. attacks Iran, calling them disinformation.

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet assigned to the 9th Main Jet Base Command in Balıkesir crashed during a mission at approximately 12:50 a.m. local time.

One pilot lost their life in the incident.

The Trump administration will tell energy firms they can sell oil and fuel to private Cuban businesses, clarifying that US sanctions target the government — not individuals or small firms.

The move comes as fuel shortages worsen following the loss of Venezuelan and Mexican supplies.

Source: Bloomberg

Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi is expected to make his first official visit to Israel at the end of March.

He previously visited Israel discreetly during talks that led to Israel’s formal recognition of Somaliland in December 2025.

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Zelensky:

How can such a small country as Hungary block everything? It means that each voice matters.

Turkish MoD:

Radio communication and radar contact with one of our F-16 aircraft, which had taken off from the 9th Main Jet Base Command in Balıkesir, was lost as of 00:56.

As a result of search and rescue operations launched immediately, it was determined that the aircraft had crashed, and the wreckage has been reached.

Our pilot has been martyred. The cause of the accident will be determined following the investigation to be conducted by the accident investigation team.

We extend our condolences and pray for God’s mercy upon our fallen pilot, and offer our sympathies to his family, the Turkish Armed Forces, and our noble nation.

Reporter: What kind of person has this war made you?

Zelensky: A person without friends. No — with partners, big partners — but you understood what I meant.

I don’t have time for friends and for friendship.

I don’t know… older. Wiser.

I have pluses also and minuses, like everybody.

Zelensky:

Today’s war is a big pressure on Europeans because they pay for American weapons.

I’m thankful that the program works — that we can buy weapons from America — and they didn’t block this possibility.

The Trump administration warned Ukraine after its strike on Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk disrupted a pipeline carrying Kazakh oil and affected US investments, Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna said.

She said the State Department issued a formal diplomatic notice urging Kyiv to avoid harming American economic interests but did not tell Ukraine to stop attacking Russian military or energy targets.

Source: CNN

When Trump met Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in the Oval Office, he said that whenever he spoke with China’s Xi Jinping about Taiwan, Xi would “breathe heavily.”

Trump didn’t like it.

Source: NYT

NOW: Trump shows up for his State of the Union Address.

Trump:

Our nation is back, bigger, better, richer, and stronger than ever before.

Trump:

We just received from our new friend and partner, Venezuela, more than 80 million barrels of oil.

Trump:

We are winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it.

People are asking me, “Please, please, Mr. President, we are winning too much, we can’t take it anymore, we are not used to winning.”

I say, “No, no, no, you are going to win again, you are going to win big.”

Rep. Al Green was escorted out of the House Chamber during the State of the Union after holding up a sign reading, “Black People Aren’t Apes.”

Bill Gates apologized to Gates Foundation staff for his past association with Jeffrey Epstein, calling it a “huge mistake” that damaged the foundation’s reputation.

Speaking at a town hall, Gates said he met with Epstein between 2011 and 2014, flew on his private jet and attended meetings in the U.S. and Europe, but insisted he “did nothing illicit” and never interacted with victims.

Gates acknowledged having two affairs that Epstein later learned about, but said they were unrelated to Epstein’s crimes.

Source: WSJ

Trump:

I am officially announcing the War on Fraud to be led by our great Vice President JD Vance.

Trump on the Democrats:

These people are crazy. They are crazy.