Trump gave his 2025 State of the Union address to Congress, and it was not all that different from just another campaign speech. The U.S.-Ukraine relationship is on the rocks after a tumultuous week, but it’s on the mend (slowly). And Arab leaders proposed an alternate plan for reconstructing Gaza to Trump’s “Riviera of the Middle East” idea. 

Then, in Have You Heard headlines, Erin & Jake go through the rest of the week’s stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world. 

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Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.

Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.

Liam Kuhns provided editing assistance for the podcast.