Screencap of TODAY interview with Ellen Hughes via X

On Tuesday morning, Ellen Hughes, the mother of Team USA hockey stars Jack and Quinn Hughes, was asked by a TODAY anchor about her thoughts on Trump’s phone call to the team after their gold medal win.

A TODAY anchor asked Ellen Hughes, who serves as the player development consultant for Team USA women’s ice hockey, what her thoughts are on Trump jokingly telling the men’s team, “I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you do know that, I do believe I probably would be impeached.”

Hughes responded, “At the end of the day, it’s all about the country.”

She added, “These players, both the men and women, can bring so much unity to a group and to a country.”

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Per NBC News:

Ellen Hughes, mom of Olympic men’s hockey stars Jack and Quinn Hughes and player development consultant for Team USA women’s ice hockey, shared her reaction to the viral video of President Trump congratulating the men’s team on the phone before joking about inviting the gold-medal winning women’s squad to the State of the Union.

“I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you do know that,” Trump told the men’s team before adding if he didn’t, “I do believe I probably would be impeached.”

Asked about her response to the comment, Ellen Hughes said on TODAY Feb. 24 that “at the end of the day, it’s just about the country.”

“These players, both the men and women, can bring so much unity to a group and to a country,” she said. “People that cheered on that don’t watch hockey, people that have politics on one side or on the other side, and that’s all both the men’s team and the women’s team care about.”

Ellen Hughes has quite the hockey background herself.

Hughes was part of the 1992 U.S. Women’s National Team that won a silver medal at the 1992 IIHF Women’s World Championship.

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Ellen Hughes played for the USA Women’s Hockey Team in 1992.

Hughes then went on to live the American Dream: got married, had 3 sons and witnessed them beat Canada for a Gold Medal.

Her son is now an American hero… pic.twitter.com/ldp9J6Hc3f

— Michelle Maxwell (@MichelleMaxwell) February 24, 2026

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Sinn Fein leaders announce they will boycott the White House St. Patrick’s Day festivities again this year even though they have not been invited to attend St. Patrick’s festivities this year.

Sinn Fein is an Irish political party with republican and democrat socialist branches. It is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Sinn Féin is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, having won the largest share of first-preference votes and the most seats in the 2022 election, the first time an Irish nationalist party has done so.

The Sinn Fein leaders confirmed that the party will not attend St. Patrick’s Day festivities at the White House again this year. They also skipped out last year.

It was a noble gesture and they felt quite proud of themselves until reporters notified them that the American Embassy in Ireland had not yet invited them this year.

That was embarrassing.

Via Tommy Robinson.

Sinn Féin announced that they would boycott a White House visit for St. Patrick's Day over Gaza – only for the American embassy in Ireland to confirm they weren't invited in the first place

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— Tommy Robinson (@TRobinsonNewEra) February 24, 2026

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Judge Tony Graf on Tuesday denied Tyler Robinson’s request to disqualify Utah prosecutors in the Charlie Kirk murder case.

Last month Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson sought to disqualify Utah prosecutors on the case over a conflict of interest.

Robinson fatally shot TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025 during an event at Utah Valley University.

A child of one of the Utah County Attorney’s Office prosecutors was 85 feet away from Charlie Kirk and police rushed in to protect her.

Robinson was charged with:

– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
– Count 3: Felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm
– Count 4: Felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting
– Count 5: Witness tampering for asking roommate to delete incriminating messages
– Count 6: Witness tampering for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and not speak to police
– Count 7: Commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child

Utah prosecutors are also seeking the death penalty.

Robinson, 22, has three public defenders: Kathy Nester, Michael Burt, and Richard Novak.

On Tuesday, Judge Graf denied Robinson’s motion to disqualify the Utah County prosecutors office.

“Because the defendant has not established a factual basis for a finding of a conflict of interest or an objective appearance of impropriety rising to a constitutional concern, his motion is respectfully denied,” Judge Graf said.

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