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Erika Kirk to attend State of the Union as Trump’s guest

Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, was invited by the White House to highlight conservative causes during Trump’s State of the Union address.

  • Tonight at 9 p.m. EST, President Trump will host the State of the Union, with Erika Kirk attending as his special guest, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
  • White House announced that Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, would attend the State of the Union as a guest.
  • At an Arizona memorial, Erika Kirk and others remembered Charlie Kirk, with President Trump speaking at the service, following his assassination last year at a Utah university.
  • Republican congressional allies are using guest selections to highlight issues, while Democrats are countering with their own guests, including Epstein survivors, to shape competing narratives.
  • Provocative guests from both parties will draw attention, with Republicans inviting YouTuber Nick Shirley and David Hoch, and Democrats bringing at least six Epstein survivors.
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Washington, Feb 24 (EFE).- The U.S. men's ice hockey team, Olympic champion in Milan Cortina 2026, and Erika Kirk, widow of ultra-conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will be among the guests of U.S. President Donald Trump, to the state of the Union speech he will deliver this Tuesday at the Capitol. Trump himself invited the athletes in a telephone conversation that has caused controversy because of the president's joking reference to the women'…

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Erika Kirk to attend State of the Union speech as Trump’s guest

The White House says Erika Kirk will be attending Tuesday’s State of the Union address as President Trump’s guest.

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