From grief to gold medals, Trump’s SOTU guest list tells a bigger story

President Donald Trump will deliver his fourth State of the Union address of his presidential tenure Tuesday night, which will include guests stretching from conservative speaker Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, to the parents of the National Guard member fatally shot on the streets of Washington, D.C., in November 2025. 

Trump will take the dais at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Tuesday, when he is expected to deliver a data-heavy speech focused on the economy and his administration's wins to lower cost-of-living woes.