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Presidential pitch. I'm Chris DeMeo, Fox News. President Trump highlighting his administration's economic successes at a rally in northwest Georgia. Fox's Jessica Rosenthal has more.
After visiting a restaurant in Rome, Georgia, and touring a steel facility, the president then delivered remarks focusing initially on tariffs, expressing frustration that his future ability to impose emergency tariffs rests with the Supreme Court.
What economic successes did President Trump highlight during his rally?
Without tariffs, what would you do? You know what? Everybody would be bankrupt. Everybody. The whole country would be bankrupt. And I have to wait for this decision. I've been waiting forever.
How did President Trump respond to tariffs and their implications?
He had this to say about his critics' use of the word affordability.
I've won affordability. I had to go out and talk about it.
The president highlighted the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, insisting tax cuts are boosting the economy now and spurring an increase in business investment. Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News.
President Trump, meanwhile, makes an out-of-this-world push following claims about aliens made by former President Obama.
In a recent podcast appearance, former President Obama was asked if he knew if aliens were real. And he said they're real, but I haven't seen them. Now, President Trump says based on the tremendous interest shown, he's directing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and other relevant agencies to release files related to alien life, as well as unidentified aerial phenomena and unidentified flying objects. The president accused Obama of revealing classified information by suggesting aliens were real. But when asked aboard Air Force One if... He's a believer.
No, I don't have an opinion on it. I never talk about it. A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it.
A response secretary of War Pete Hegseth posted an alien and saluting emoji. In Washington, Sean Langell, Fox News.
Grey's Anatomy and Euphoria store Eric Dane has died. The 53-year-old actor had been suffering from ALS. And the U.S. trade deficit slipping modestly in 2025, about $4 billion to $901 billion. America's listening to Fox News.
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A golden day for the U.S. at the Winter Olympics. It was a good day to be an American at the Winter Olympics. And women's hockey team USA and Canada played a thriller with Megyn Keller scoring an overtime goal to give the U.S. a 2-1 victory and the gold medal. Hilary Knight, appearing in her fifth and final Olympics, forced the extra period by tying the game with just 2-0-4 remaining in regulation. And Alyssa Liu won the United States its first women's figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years. Liu, a 20-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area, is the first American woman to stand atop the figure skating podium since Sarah Hughes did so in 2002. I'm Joe Morgan, Fox News.
Severe weather causing structural damage in central Indiana with several counties under a tornado watch.
We are at the Fifth Third Bank along Third Street here in Bloomington. I want to get right to the damage that we've been talking about. Part of the roof that is just completely toppled into where, you know, cars would usually file in and do their business.
What claims did former President Obama make about aliens?
We were here at this bank. We saw a couple crews repairing power lines already. And we do know that the Monroe County EMA is recommending people stay off the road, stay home throughout the storm to really give all those crews who are out here doing repairs the most space, all the space that they need to really get the job done before the morning comes.
Fox 59 Indianapolis, Gabriella Morando. A partial government shutdown continues with the Department of Homeland Security remaining unfunded in protest of ICE. ICE and CBP aren't affected, but DHS Secretary Christine Ohm says Democrats have unfunded other security functions.
We every day protect people in their communities, but also our cybersecurity is all through the Department of Homeland Security.
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