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February 24th, 2026

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• Microsoft announced a partnership with SpaceX's Starlink to bring satellite internet to underserved rural and remote areas globally

• President Trump will give his first State of the Union address of his second term tonight at 9 p.m. ET from the U.S. Capitol, airing live on major networks like ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News, PBS, and C-SPAN…or watch here

• Defense/War Secretary Hegseth met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the Pentagon and reportedly gave the company until Friday to relax Claude's safeguards or face being labeled a "supply chain risk”, which would cut off military access and force contractors to drop it…Reuters reported later on that Anthropic has no intention to ease restrictions

• The Trump administration is exploring ways to create new government-backed retirement savings plans for workers without employer-sponsored plans

• House Democrats on the Oversight Committee are investigating reports that the Justice Department withheld FBI interviews and about 50 pages of documents from the public Epstein files database, including materials relating to a woman’s allegation that President Trump sexually abused her…the DOJ and White House maintain no files were redacted for political reasons and that Trump has been fully cleared

• Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed Paramount Skydance submitted a revised takeover bid valued at $31 per share for the entire company, up from $30, potentially qualifying as a "superior proposal"

• Apple CEO, Tim Cook, was reportedly briefed by CIA Director William Burns and DNI Avril Haines in a classified 2023 meeting that China's military buildup could enable a move on Taiwan as early as 2027, potentially disrupting global chip supply from TSMC

• Anthropic launched an enterprise agents program for its Claude Cowork platform, featuring pre-built plugins tailored for finance, HR, engineering, legal, and design workflows to automate repetitive office tasks

• Meta Platforms has agreed to a multi-year deal with AMD worth more than $100 billion, involving the purchase of up to 6 gigawatts of AI chips for its data centers

• McDonald's announced the U.S. launch of its largest and most calorie-dense burger, called the Big Arch burger, will be March 3rd

• DOW up .76% / S&P up .77%

• Russia has launched a criminal investigation into Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, for allegedly "abetting terrorist activities”, citing crimes facilitated on the app

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