February 25, 2026

What Happened Today – February 24, 2026

February 25, 2026 by George Bounacos

Anthropic co-founders Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei in a corporate portrait

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and President Daniela Amodei, whose company refused to drop AI safety guardrails after Dario met Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon ahead of a Friday Defense Production Act deadline. (Photo courtesy of Anthropic)

The longest State of the Union address in American history lasted over two hours. Donald Trump talked about children when they were useful to him, parading stories of kids he claimed were hurt by immigrants and transgender policies. He never mentioned the ones his government is hurting. Unaccompanied immigrant children are being threatened with jail … Read more