State of the Union updates: Trump spars with Dems, touts economy and immigration

At 11 years old, Everest Nevraumont has three regional history bee titles and her own TEDx talk. On Tuesday she'll add another honor: guest to the first lady at the State of the Union.

"Like everybody in the entire world is watching it, and I'm right there in the same room," Everest said in a Tuesday interview.

The first lady champions the use of artificial intelligence - one of Everest's passions. Her TEDx talk explores how she uses AI to learn, and she's a student at the Alpha School in Austin, Texas, where learning is powered by AI.

Everest said she's been using AI tools to study the history of the State of the Union. She was thrilled to get a tour of the White House (she loved the paintings and the "poofy" furniture).

Being chosen to sit with the first lady reflects AI's growing national importance, she said, and also that "academic achievements like the history bee actually really pay off."

Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. -- two of the leading co-authors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act -- will sit next to each other at the State of the Union address.

This is notable because it is often rare to see Democrats and Republicans sitting together on the House floor during the State of the Union.

Khanna and Massie plan to show their support for Epstein survivors, with the Democrat inviting Epstein survivor Haley Robson as his guest to the address.

President Donald Trump greeted members of the gold medal-winning men's hockey team in the Oval Office on Tuesday, ahead of the State of the Union, photos and videos show.

The members can be seen filing into the Oval Office wearing their Olympic gold medals around their necks, with some shaking the president's hand, in a video posted on X by one of Trump's top aides, Dan Scavino.

"I recognize every one of you. I know every one of you," Trump said as the athletes made their way in. The president also laughed that they were "big guys" and congratulated the team.

The athletes were also captured holding up their gold medals while standing around the president at the Resolute Desk, on the South Lawn and making their way down the colonnade during their White House visit.

Just hours before President Trump's State of the Union address, Democratic lawmakers and several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein spoke on Capitol Hill to demand more action from the administration.

Sky Roberts, the brother of the late Virginia Roberts Guiffre, called for "Virginia's Law" to be passed by Congress, legislation that seeks to do away with the statute of limitations on sex abuse and trafficking victims' right to sue.

"Virginia's Law is about saying clearly that the rules that protected abusers and traffickers for decades will no longer stand. It's about closing the gaps that powerful people exploit. It is about strengthening accountability so survivors are not forced to fight alone for years against the machine built to wear them down," Sky Roberts said.

Sky and Amanda Roberts will attend Trump's speech as guests by Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin and Suhas Subramanyam.

Dani Bensky, an Epstein survivor, took aim at the Trump administration and FBI Director Kash Patel. Bensky is attending Trump's speech as a guest of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

"As we prepare to attend the State of the Union, survivors and this country have so many questions that need to be answered. The first one is, where are the rest of the files? The truth must come out. Why are there no investigations when there are plenty of people in these files to investigate?" Bensky said. "This administration needs to do better."

President Trump and the Justice Department have been dogged by questions about the Epstein files and their partial release and redactions. The DOJ said it has complied with the law passed by Congress that forced their release.