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Dem lawmaker's illegal alien SOTU guest part of records dispute involving police reports: report
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., invited an illegal immigrant guest to this year’s State of the Union address who's referenced in two police reports that Massachusetts authorities have declined to release, citing exemptions involving "sexual assault and juveniles," according to a report.
The Boston Herald reported that the Milford Police Department (MPD) denied a public records request for two 2021 reports that allegedly reference Marcelo Gomes da Silva, whom Moulton invited to attend President Donald Trump’s speech on Feb. 24.
According to the Herald, the newspaper sought reports dated June 30, 2021, and Sept. 15, 2021. MPD Deputy Chief John Sanchioni denied the request, writing, "The records you are requesting are not public records in accordance with M.G.L. c. 4 s. 7 cl. 26 (A)."
He also wrote that one report "involves a sexual assault and juveniles" and that the other "involves juveniles," citing Massachusetts public records law.
MASSACHUSETTS TOWN FACES LAWSUIT FOR ALLOWING CRIMINAL IMMIGRANT, SEX OFFENDER TO RENEW BUSINESS LICENSE
Sanchioni did not elaborate on the nature of the reports and did not indicate that Gomes da Silva had been charged with any crime. The Herald reported that Gomes da Silva was identified as a "person of interest" in the records it sought.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Sanchioni and Moulton’s office for comment on the matter.
Gomes da Silva, 19, has denied any wrongdoing and said he was unaware of the reports until contacted by the media.
TRUMP SHAMES DEMOCRATS IN VIRAL STATE OF THE UNION CHALLENGE ON MIGRANT CRIME: ‘FIRST DUTY’
"I want to be clear: I have never assaulted anyone. I have never been contacted by the police about any accusations of assault," Gomes da Silva told the Herald through his lawyer. "I only learned about these reports that allegedly include my name in them through the media. I have never seen these alleged reports. My attorney has since requested these alleged reports and was denied."
A spokesperson for Moulton also reportedly told the Herald that, according to their review, Gomes da Silva has never been charged with a crime.
Gomes da Silva drew national attention earlier this year after Moulton invited him to attend Trump's State of the Union address as his guest.
BOSTON POLICE IGNORED 100% OF ICE DETAINER REQUESTS IN 2025, CITING SANCTUARY LAW
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Gomes da Silva in May 2025, while he was driving his father’s car. Agents were reportedly seeking his father at the time.
Gomes da Silva’s student visa had lapsed, and then-Assistant Secretary Tricia …

Whatley links Cooper to transit killing, accuses Dem of freeing ‘rapists and murderers’
This is performative politics again.

North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley took aim at his top Democratic opponent ahead of Tuesday’s primary election, tying former Gov. Roy Cooper to the conditions he says led to the stabbing death of Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s transit system last year.
On Aug. 22, 2025, Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, is accused of stabbing Zarutska to death near the East West Boulevard light rail station in Mecklenburg County as she rode the train.
Critics say Cooper’s 2021 settlement with civil rights groups over COVID-19 prison conditions is connected to Brown being released from custody.
In a message to the media ahead of Tuesday’s election, Whatley’s campaign titled its victory party press invitation "Deets on where DeCarlos Brown will not be on primary night."
CHARLOTTE MAYOR WINS LANDSLIDE REELECTION DESPITE CONTROVERSY OVER IRYNA ZARUTSKA’S SLAYING
"Hint: Not at Michael Whatley’s primary night victory party at Noble Smoke in Charlotte," the release read.
At the bottom, the Whatley campaign launched another broadside, writing that "no, we don’t know for sure if all the child molesters, rapists, and murderers released by Roy Cooper will be at the Cooper party, but we bet those same child molesters, rapists, and murderers are in the Cooper camp."
PAM BONDI TORCHES DEMOCRATS FOR REFUSING TO STAND FOR GRIEVING MOTHER OF MURDERED REFUGEE AT SOTU
A Cooper campaign spokesperson fired back at Whatley in comments to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
"These Republican attacks are false — Roy Cooper is the only candidate who spent his career prosecuting violent criminals and keeping thousands of them behind bars as attorney general and signing tough-on-crime laws and a stricter pretrial release bail policy as governor," the spokesperson said.
"DC insider lobbyist Michael Whatley is desperate to distract from his support for cuts to law enforcement that make North Carolinians less safe," they added.
Whatley and Cooper won their respective primaries on Tuesday and will face off to succeed retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.
Earlier Tuesday, Tillis launched his own broadside against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, criticizing her handling of FEMA in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated western North Carolina.
In the Zarutska case, FTA Administrator Marc Molinaro blamed "systemic failures" within the transit system of the state’s largest city, citing reports showing crime onboard is higher than the national average.

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
Every delay has consequences.

In a statement between Vance and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, plans were announced to pause $259.5 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing concerns over fraud following earlier allegations at a Somali care center. Oz claims the actions are directed at failures of Minnesota state leaders rather than Minnesotans, with Trump claiming during SOTU that “pirates” have “ransacked Minnesota."
The funds will be withheld until Minnesota submits and implements a corrective action plan within 60 days. A six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for certain medical equipment suppliers, incl. those assisting with injury recovery and chronic diseases, will also be imposed. Oz states that the admin will also launch a crowdsourcing effort for public tips on fraud. CMS said that if Minnesota fails to satisfy its requirements, it may defer up to $1 billion in federal funds over the next year, while the state warned that those cuts would add up to more than $2 billion.
Minnesota officials denounced the move, with Walz describing it as weaponizing the federal government to punish "blue states" and warned of devastating impacts on vulnerable groups. Attorney general Ellison criticized the "Cut first and ask later" approach, stating that his office has already obtained over 300 Medicaid fraud convictions since he took office in 2019. He urged the state legislature to provide additional staff and new legal tools to fight Medicaid fraud, but will sue if the federal government unlawfully withholds money meant for 1.2 million low-income Minnesotans on Medicaid.
The decision follows prior tensions, including the earlier immigration crackdown in Minnesota that resulted in deaths and injuries, and threats of blocks on similar federal funding to several Democratic states over alleged improper benefits to non-citizens.
Would this stand as yet another example of politically motivated retribution by this administration, and would temporarily cutting medicaid for low income Americans of actually be effective in reducing fraud? What would be a better approach to address medicaid fraud issues without holding up a sledgehammer?
Edited to amend/add some info.

The SOTU moment that Republicans hope saves the midterms
Who's accountable for the results?

Republicans are betting President Donald Trump just handed them the lifeline they need to win on immigration again.

It came as just one quick moment during the president’s record-breaking State of the Union address Tuesday night, when he asked lawmakers to rise if they agreed with a “fundamental principle.”

“If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens," Trump said, prompting Republicans to take to their feet while Democrats remained roundly seated and expressionless.

That visual — a literal juxtaposition of the two sides of the aisle — is one Republicans are eager to spread across the airwaves and highlight on the campaign trail after weathering months of backlash to Trump’s unpopular mass deportation campaigns. The National Republican Congressional Committee held a meeting Wednesday morning on how best to deploy that specific moment in attack ads against vulnerable Democratic House members, according to one person familiar with the conversation, granted anonymity to discuss private planning.

At least one group is already making its move: The conservative nonprofit American Sovereignty will begin airing a 30 second ad Thursday that plays the moment in full, overlaid with text claiming Democrats are “for illegal alien criminals.” The ad, first shared with POLITICO, is part of the group’s ongoing seven-figure television blitz in critical battleground states like North Carolina, Michigan and Georgia.

“For most of the history of our country, Democrats and Republicans have disagreed in good faith on how to best protect the citizens of this country,” said David Shafer, a GOP strategist who previously served as chair of the Georgia Republican Party. “The Democrats made clear that protecting American citizens is no longer their primary objective.”

Several GOP candidates in high-profile races and lawmakers quickly amplified the clip on social media and released statements slamming Democrats for staying in their seats.

This moment is potentially critical for Republicans, who have found themselves underwater on both the economy and immigration — two issues they used to own. Recent polling from POLITICO and Public First shows nearly half of all Americans found Trump’s immigration tactics to be too aggressive and 46 percent of them think the Trump administration is responsible for high costs.

Although Trump’s Tuesday speech left some Republicans feeling skeptical that he did enough to sell a forward-looking economic agenda that would assuage Americans’ concerns, others are thrilled with his effort to reframe the GOP’s immigration platform.

Rather than focusing on his controversial mass deportation efforts, Trump honed the immigration …

WATCH: Dem lawmaker makes surprising admission about border as others trash Trump's SOTU 'lies'
Every delay has consequences.

Democrats in the House and the Senate on Capitol Hill clapped back with criticisms about President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, calling him out for "lies" and suggesting the president isn't winning the way Trump says he is. 
Some Democrats, like Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., argued that Trump's move to blame former President Joe Biden for the current affordability issues Americans are facing is expired, while Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said he had to up-and-leave the president's address because he was talking about making America healthier, describing the claim as a "lie." 
Markey wasn't the only Capitol Hill Democrat to accuse Trump of lying during his State of the Union speech, with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., using the same attack line.
"I don't want to respond to all of Dr. Trump's lies," Booker said when asked about Trump's address to the nation.
VULNERABLE HOUSE DEM LASHES OUT AT TRUMP'S ‘RACIST’ SOTU CHALLENGE: ‘THAT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE’
But, in the process of discussing Trump's approach to immigration, Blumenthal did admit "that the border is more secure." That comment, however, was quickly followed up with a criticism about how Trump is doing just that.
"I've long favored border security. I'm pleased that the border is more secure," Blumenthal said when asked about his reaction to parts of Trump's speech. "Some of the tactics used within the country, I think, are really regrettable and inhumane. And that's why I think there needs to be reforms that stop the violations of law and constitutional rights."
ICE enforcement appeared to be a sticking point for Omar as well. 
BACKLASH GROWS AFTER CLINTON-APPOINTED JUDGE FREES MIGRANTS OVER ICE AGENT MASKING
"It happens all the time when a president is lying and clearly forgets that his administration killed two of my constituents," she told Fox News Digital when asked about some of the interruptions that took place during the State of the Union. "It is important for the reminder to be there."
When asked about her stance on defunding ICE, Omar said, she "look[ed] forward" to doing it. 
"At this moment, actually accountability and for people to go to jail for the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti," Omar responded when asked what it would take for her to fund ICE and end the current partial government shutdown impacting workers.  

Biden accuses Trump of erasing history and squandering US leadership role on global stage: 'Dark days'
Why resist verification?

Former President Joe Biden on Friday accused President Donald Trump of attempting to "erase the truth" and squandering the United States’ role as the leader of the world.
"It's not just my record Trump's trying to erase," Biden told South Carolina Democrats while talking about the president's efforts to get rid of the Affordable Care Act.
"He's trying to erase fairness, equity, history, the truth," he continued, citing incidents in which information about slavery has been removed or altered from museums and national parks since Trump took office.  
"Great nations don't bury the truth, Biden balked. "They face it. This is a great nation."
BIDEN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA, SAYS IT GOES AGAINST AMERICAN VALUES
Last summer, Trump wrote that "The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future."
He also ordered a review of the Smithsonian to make sure its exhibits align with celebrating "American exceptionalism."
Biden — the guest of honor at Friday's "thank you" event organized by state Dems who helped resuscitate his presidential campaign six years ago — claimed the U.S. is currently living in "dark days."
LIZ PEEK: AMERICA EXPECTED ONE THING FROM TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION. IT GOT ANOTHER
"Our future is literally on the line," he said. "We have to be unapologetic about fighting for our country."
Biden also issued a warning about the upcoming midterms, claiming that Trump is "trying to steal the election because he knows he can't win your vote, so he’s going to do everything he can to prevent you from wanting to vote. . . . Mark my words. I hope I’m wrong."
He said the more that voters see of Trump, the "less they like him."
SPEECHWRITERS SPLIT AFTER TRUMP’S RECORD-BREAKING SOTU: ‘LIVING IN HIS OWN REALITY’ VS. ‘RESOUNDING SPEECH’
"They don't like that he's raising health care costs, fighting against the Affordable Care Act, and they sure as hell don't like what they saw in Minnesota: Mass ICE agents pulling people out of their homes and literally murdering two people in the street," he swiped.
 Biden, 83, added, "They don't believe the president should be king or dictator."
He said because of this, Democrats are winning in places "you’d never expect."
BIDEN TO HEADLINE NATIONAL BAR ASSN GALA DESPITE SON HUNTER’S DISBARMENT, ALONG WITH CROCKETT, TISH JAMES
"So, we have reason to be hopeful, because time and again throughout history, in the …

Will Congress Pass a Stock Trading Ban After SOTU?
Are they actually going to vote on something real?

At the State of the Union, Congress heard President Donald Trump urge it to pass a ban on members trading individual stocks “without delay.”

But will Trump’s words make a difference after months of Congress talking about—but not passing—a stock trading ban?

On Tuesday, Trump told members to pass the Stop Insider Trading Act, backed by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis.

“Let’s … ensure members of Congress cannot corruptly profit from using insider information,” he said.

Several Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, stood up in applause.

“If Donald Trump is serious about stopping insider trading in Congress, let’s pass a bill right now that truly bans lawmakers from owning and trading stocks,” Warren wrote in a social media post on Wednesday.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., similarly said of Trump’s call for a ban, “Well, Donald Trump has said one thing so far that is true: We need to ban stock trading in Congress. I’ve been fighting for years to get it done. Just need Republicans to put it up for a vote.”

Since December, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., has backed Steil’s bill.

Steil’s bill is separate from the Restoring Trust in Congress Act, which also has several sponsors, both Democrat and Republican, in the House. This bill would also only apply to Congress.

Some lawmakers still have reservations and questions about a stock ban after Trump’s speech.

“I think as long as that applies to every single person and every single branch, I love it so much I want to marry it,” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told The Daily Signal of Trump’s call for a stock trading ban.

Steil’s bill does not include a ban on members of the executive or judicial branches trading stocks.

“I’m just saying that we’re coequal branches so we should have coequal restrictions,” Tillis added.

The White House’s press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether it would be open to applying a stock ban to other branches of government.

In July 2025, Trump criticized the HONEST Act, a bill backed by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., which would have banned the president and the vice president from trading stocks as well.

“I don’t think real Republicans want to see their President, who has had unprecedented success, TARGETED,” Trump wrote on social media at the time after the bill had passed out of committee.

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., asked by The Daily Signal what he felt of Trump’s call for a stock trading ban, said most in the Senate already avoid trading individual stocks.

“I don’t know exactly what they’re talking about as far as how deep it goes or anything like that, but I personally think we get enough inside information to where most of us have already said we’re not going to do stock purchases ourselves other than index funds.”

Insider trading is illegal and members of Congress are technically supposed to report trades after the STOCK Act of 2012. However, some in Congress have alleged that these restrictions go unenforced.

The post Will Congress Pass a Stock Trading Ban After SOTU? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

MAGA voter crashes 'scumbag' Dem senator's SOTU boycott speech: 'Go Trump!'
This is why trust is collapsing.

Democrats were mocked on social media Tuesday night and Wednesday after multiple clips from their State of the Union boycott rally went viral, including when a Trump supporter crashed Sen. Chris Murphy's, D-Conn., speech.
The "People’s State of the Union," which is what the Democrats called their boycott rally, included several Democratic lawmakers like Murphy, Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., among others.
"Go, Trump!" the protester said while throwing up the peace sign in front of Murphy, who was on the stage at the time and watched as security pulled the man away from the podium.
HOUSE GOP MOVES TO CENSURE DEM WHO DISRUPTED TRUMP ADDRESS FOR 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR
"Hey Murphy, you’re a scumbag," the protester said.
"Thanks, buddy," Murphy replied.
Audiences online immediately began mocking the incident and hailing the Trump supporter as an American "patriot."
"A patriot CRASHED the Democrats’ little counter-State of the Union out in front of the Capitol, making his way on stage. Tonight was just a MASSIVE, all-around failure for Democrats," one commentator said in a post to social media. 
While the group struggled to attract supporters, Democratic lawmakers flocked to the event as a reason to skip President Donald Trump’s address on Tuesday.
TRUMP GETS HIGH MARKS FROM REPUBLICANS WHEN TICKING OFF ECONOMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Over 20 Democrats from both chambers of Congress attended the event, including Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Merkley., Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Tina Smith, D-Minn.
From the House of Representatives, members who joined included Reps. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., Becca Balint, D-Vt., Greg Casar, D-Texas, Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., John Larson, D-Conn., Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., Emily Randall, D-Wash., and Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
These Democrats framed the event as a way to address the country's state in their own words.
"I am not at the State of the Union speech tonight because Donald Trump is making a mockery of this institution, and he doesn’t deserve an audience," Murphy said.
"I am not at the State of the Union speech tonight because these are not normal times and Democrats have to stop behaving normally," he added.
TRUMP'S 'HOME RUN' SOTU SPEECH SPARKS PRAISE FROM CONSERVATIVES ONLINE WHILE LEAVING DEMOCRATS SEETHING
Viewers online, however, mocked the effort as little more than a partisan tantrum.
"COURIER, the fake news organization led by Sen. Chris Murphy's girlfriend, held a SOTU …

Voters react as Trump touts signature tariff plan at State of the Union
People are fed up—do they even notice?

Republicans were pleased when President Donald Trump spoke during the State of the Union address Tuesday about his plan to continue imposing global tariffs after the Supreme Court dealt him a setback, according to live reactions from a panel of voters.
The panel, assembled by polling group Maslansky & Partners and made up of 29 Democrats, 30 independents and 41 Republicans, gave real-time reactions as Trump spoke. The responses were displayed on a line graph, with higher values indicating positive reactions and lower values indicating negative reactions.
Trump called the Supreme Court's decision striking down the tariffs "unfortunate" as four justices sat stone-faced in the front row of the House chamber.
TRUMP RIPS SUPREME COURT TARIFF RULING IN SOTU, VOWS NEW LEGAL FIGHT AFTER 6-3 BLOW
It is customary for justices to be invited to the address, though not all typically attend. Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh attended Tuesday.
Trump touted the tariffs, which he unilaterally imposed last year under an emergency law, as a key negotiating tool, saying they helped him broker peace deals between other countries and generated billions of dollars in revenue. The Supreme Court found that Trump illegally bypassed Congress by invoking the law, known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
But "just four days ago, an unfortunate ruling from the United States Supreme Court, it just came down, a very unfortunate ruling," Trump said, as the dials on the line graph showed Republicans reacting approvingly and Democrats and independents responding negatively.
SPEECHWRITERS FROM REAGAN TO BIDEN AGREE: TRUMP’S SOTU IS A CRITICAL TEST FOR HIS SECOND TERM
"The good news is that almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made ... knowing that the legal power that I as president have to make a new deal could be far worse for them. And, therefore, they will continue to work along the same successful path that we had negotiated before the Supreme Court's unfortunate involvement," Trump said.
Trump said he had "time-tested" alternatives to the IEEPA that he planned to use so he could again sidestep Congress' role in authorizing tariffs, which the Supreme Court said functioned like a tax and therefore required congressional approval under the Constitution.

MoveOn’s Anti-SOTU Event Draws Crowd—of Hecklers
Every delay has consequences.

THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Hecklers appeared to make more noise than attendees at an anti-Trump rally sponsored by left-wing group MoveOn and featuring former MSNBC hosts Joy Reid and Katie Phang.

President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address Tuesday, with over 70 congressional Democrats electing to boycott the speech. During the MoveOn event, one heckler jumped onto the stage while Democrat Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy was decrying Trump’s immigration policy.

“Go Trump! Go Trump!” the man, who was wearing a “Trump 2024” hat, shouted, adding, “Hey, Murphy, you’re a scumbag.”

Security hustled the man off stage, as Murphy continued to rant against Trump’s policies on immigration.

The rally appeared to be sparsely attended with a crowd that did not appear energetic with coughing seeming to be louder than cheers or boos, according to video posted on X by Daily Caller News Foundation Associate Editor Caleb Howe.

“You can’t HANDLE this level of enthusiasm from the yuge crowd at MoveOn ‘People’s State Of The Union’ featuring Joy Reid and Katie Phang,” Howe said.

Reid and Phang were also heckled during the event, with Reid attempting to claim that one heckler was actually a “fan.”

“Reid, you suck, you loser!” the heckler shouted, only for Reid to claim, “My fans are back. What I always say is, you know who I am and I don’t know who you are, that means you’re a fan. You’re a fan.”

MoveOn, as well as many of the Democrat lawmakers who attended the counter-rally, has received donations from groups connected to left-wing billionaire George Soros and his family, according to public records.

Democrats are demanding new restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement after federal immigration officers were involved in the fatal January shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good during Operation Metro Surge—a deployment of hundreds of federal agents to Minnesota in response to reports of a massive welfare fraud mostly involving Somali migrants.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Trump Gives Oxygen to SAVE America Act in SOTU
Are they actually going to vote on something real?

After President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address, congressional Republicans have a clear homework assignment from the White House—to pass the SAVE America Act, requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections.

Now, Republicans are trying to figure out whether this legislative push will be an exercise in lawmaking, or just messaging.

“I’m asking you to approve the SAVE America Act to stop illegal immigrants and others who are unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections,” Trump told Congress Tuesday in an attempt to create momentum for the act’s passage through the Senate, where it has not yet received a vote.

“Congress should unite and enact this commonsense, country-saving legislation right now and it should be before anything else happens.”

President Trump is 100% right: all voters must show proof of citizenship and valid ID to vote.

Rep. Roy’s SAVE America Act gets the job done.
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) February 25, 2026

The House recently passed the bill. Democrats in the House and Senate have generally opposed the bill, arguing citizenship and photo identification requirements suppress the vote and disadvantage minorities.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday on Fox News that he would bring the bill to a vote, but that his current priority was ending the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

“We’ll put the Democrats on the record,” Thune said. “We will get a vote on it. And we are right now in the middle of a government shutdown so we’ve got to try and get the government opened up first, but in due time we will… have a vote on it.”

? BREAKING: Senate Leader John Thune confirms HE'S FORCING A VOTE on the SAVE America Act, he will put Democrats ON THE RECORD opposing the 85-15 issue

This MUST pass! Voter ID, citizenship — common sense ??

"We will put the Democrats on the record! […] We'll get it on the…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 25, 2026

On Wednesday morning, Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., identified Trump’s advocacy of the bill as a main takeaway from the State of the Union address.

“He said, first and foremost, the SAVE Act’s got to get passed and he’s one hundred percent right,” Moore told The Daily Signal.

But many House Republicans are calling on their Senate Republican counterparts to not just vainly seek the 60 Democrat votes typically required to end debate on legislation, but to force a “talking filibuster.”

The theory, expounded by figures such as Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is that Republicans could enforce rule 19 of the standing rules of the Senate, under which senators are given a limit of two speeches on each “question” in a legislative day.

Proponents say Republicans could refuse to adjourn, thereby forcing Democrats to exhaust all of their allotted speeches to delay the bill, eventually bringing the SAVE America Act to a pass-fail, simple majority vote.

But there is no Republican consensus about the approach yet.

Thune told Politico after the address, “Our conference is definitely not united on the talking filibuster, and …

Fact-checkers challenge Trump’s ‘eight wars’ claim, back him on crime
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.

Fact-checkers delivered a mixed verdict on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, backing some immigration and crime claims while disputing others on voter fraud, Medicaid and foreign conflicts.
Reviews from PolitiFact, , The New York Times and others found that Trump’s assertion that "zero illegal aliens" were admitted into the country was an accurate characterization even though illegal crossings have continued at low levels. 
The fact-checkers also confirmed his claim that the national murder rate is at a historic low but labeled his statements about "rampant" voter fraud, Medicaid and the number of wars he ended as misleading.
The fact-checks underscored how Trump’s address was a blend of verifiable points and broader claims that grabbed headlines but could be misleading to voters, who Trump is hoping will keep Republicans in power in Congress as he stares down a tough 2026 midterm election cycle.
When Trump said Tuesday that "zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States," he was referencing U.S. Border Patrol detaining or deporting migrants attempting to enter the country illegally or by using asylum claims, rather than following the Biden administration's protocol and releasing them into the country.
Fact-checkers acknowledged the reversal in illegal immigration policies under Trump. They pointed out that illegal border crossings are still happening, but at a far lower pace.
TRUMP GETS HIGH MARKS FROM REPUBLICANS WHEN TICKING OFF ECONOMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
"Encounters with people trying to illegally cross the U.S. southern border have dropped significantly during Trump’s second term," PolitiFact noted, adding that authorities encountered about 10,000 migrants in January compared to more than 60,000 in January 2025. 
Trump's comments about illegal immigrants committing crimes were more disputed, fact-checkers found, noting that the Department of Homeland Security’s figures did not reflect that the Biden administration allowed nearly 12,000 murderers to enter the country illegally, as Trump claimed during his speech.
TRUMP TAKES DIRECT SOTU SWIPE AT DEMOCRATS OVER TAXES: 'TO HURT THE PEOPLE'
NPR noted that Trump called Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska’s killer an immigrant, despite lacking evidence of that. The outlet noted that local media have reported that the suspect, Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. 
Brown was seen in grisly surveillance footage repeatedly stabbing Zarutska, 23, while she was riding the light rail home from work in August 2025. Her murder has become a …