PolitiFact is live fact-checking President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress Feb. 24. PolitiFact has fact-checked 1,144 of Trump ’s statements since 2011. Tonight, we’ll draw on that deep archive to check his speech’s accuracy.

Kevin Lamarque/Reuters - PHOTO: President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, February 24, 2026.C. TRUMP CLAIM: “I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies and instead give that money directly to the people so they can buy their own health care.”

President Trump said in the State of the Union that DeCarlos Brown, who is charged with killing Iryna Zarutska, “came in through open borders.” Facts don’t support that claim.

Donald Trump’s SOTU comes amid record-low approval and voter backlash; CNN says he knows the stakes ahead of the 2026 midterms.

As President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address, affordability is expected to be a central theme.