Overview
- Speaker Mike Johnson posted a formal invitation for a joint session on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in the House chamber.
- Johnson cautioned the date remains a plan as alternative options are being discussed with the White House.
- The address would be Trump's first formal State of the Union of his second term, following a March 2025 joint speech that was not an official SOTU.
- The timing coincides with the United States' semiquincentennial year, a theme highlighted in Johnson's letter.
- News outlets describe the event as a prime platform for GOP messaging ahead of 2026 midterms with Republicans defending a narrow congressional majority.