Month: November 2025

President Trump is using gas and energy prices as a final campaign pitch for Republican candidates on Election Day on Tuesday. “If affordability is you issue, VOTE REPUBLICAN!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Energy costs, as and example, are plummeting — Getting close to 2 Dollar a gallon gasoline. When energy goes down, everything else…
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In a long-awaited report about last year’s pre-election polls, the country’s largest survey research organization proclaimed “a substantial recovery in overall polling accuracy” from 2020 and declared that “most 2024 public polling was notably accurate.”  President Trump won in last year’s presidential election by 1.5 percentage points over Democrat Kamala Harris, the tightest popular vote margin since 2000. With a few striking exceptions, pre-election polls last year…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Tuesday afternoon as voters head to the polls in several key elections in New Jersey, New York, Virginia and California. President Trump has weighed in on several of the contests in recent weeks, including urging voters to show support for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the…
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President Trump signaled Tuesday he would be withholding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits until “Radical Left Democrats open up government,” as many states grapple with a lapse in federal funding. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, wrote, “SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s…
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says the votes “aren’t there” to eliminate the filibuster to reopen the federal government and pushed back on President Trump’s prediction that the shutdown will cost Republicans the 2026 midterm elections.  “Everybody knows the president’s position, that’s well-formed, well-established from his first term in office. His requests to eliminate…
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Today’s election results in California, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York City and elsewhere could affect congressional and gubernatorial races nationwide in 2026 and will show the impact of President Donald Trump’s current unpopularity.  Candidates for governor and other statewide offices and legislatures will be on the ballot in Virginia and New Jersey. California voters…
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The president appears to want to ignore a court order to pay the benefits.

The conservative commentator tried hard to defend the president for pardoning a convicted cryptocurrency leader and stating it wasn’t personal.

The trial has begun for the man charged in connection with a sandwich thrown at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., in August. Sean Charles Dunn, 37, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault in September after a grand jury initially declined to charge him with a felony in the incident, which went viral as a…
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There is a greater than 95 percent chance the global temperature will increase by at least 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to a Tuesday report from the Rhodium Group. The research group’s 2025 Climate Outlook predicts that global temperatures will increase by 2.3-3.4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century,…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as the government shutdown stretches into its 35th day. Democrats and Republicans alike are feeling the pressure to advance a bill to reopen the government. High health insurance premiums and funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have been at the forefront…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that South Korea will take a larger role in defense against North Korean aggression as Seoul has pledged to up its investments in military capabilities and bolster defense spending.  Hegseth said he is “greatly encouraged” by South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back’s commitment to increase defense spending and make…
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The Senate on Tuesday will take up another vote on a stopgap funding bill that could reopen the government after the lapse stretched into its fifth week. Lawmakers in the upper chamber have already failed 13 times to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the legislation, which would fund the government at previous levels…
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Jon Stewart says President Trump will only work “tirelessly” for his donors and personal friends, accusing the commander in chief of not even attempting to defend “random foreign aid” or “‘let them eat cake’ optics.” “We live in bizarro world,” Stewart said while hosting Monday’s “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. “The president of the United States…
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Ask Thomas Dewey. Politics is unpredictable. The polls are often wrong, and even the smartest of the commentariat don’t always get it right. Nobody thought Tom Dewey would lose to Harry Truman in 1948; Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump in 2016; or Kamala Harris, to Trump in 2024.  And few commentators, including me, thought Zohran Mamdani would…
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Late-night host Seth Meyers responded Monday to President Trump’s attacks on jokes the comedian told last week about Trump’s criticism of the way aircraft carriers are built. Trump, in a Truth Social post, called Meyers “deranged” and “untalented” expressing anger that the comedian ranted “endlessly” about his comments on aircraft carriers. Meyers, during his first…
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former Speaker and longtime Democratic House leader, said she is confident she would win reelection if she decided to run again in 2026. “I have no doubt that if I decided to run, I would win,” Pelosi told CNN in an interview that aired Monday. “That isn’t even a question.”…
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Late-night comedian Stephen Colbert expressed disappointment with Paramount after the CBS parent company settled a lawsuit brought by President Trump earlier this year, calling it harmful to the company’s reputation. “My reaction as a professional in show business is to go: That is the network’s decision,” Colbert said during a recent interview with GQ Magazine.…
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A rhetoric of cruelty has become increasingly normalized.

President Trump on Tuesday ramped up his calls for Senate Republicans to do away with the filibuster, warning that failing to do so would increase the chances of Democrats taking control of Congress and the White House in future elections. “The Democrats are far more likely to win the Midterms, and the next Presidential Election,…
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney died Monday night at 84, his family announced early Tuesday. The architect of the post-9/11 War on Terror and invasion of Iraq, he became one of the most powerful holders of his office. Voters in New York, Virginia, New Jersey and California, among other places, are heading to the polls…
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Will Democratic wins shift the narrative of the Trump presidency?

Guilfoyle attended a black-tie welcome reception over the weekend in Athens.

The Supreme Court is about to hear oral arguments in a case that sounds like a fight over toy imports but is really about the future of presidential power. On Nov. 5, in the only case being heard on that day, the justices will take up Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, and the question behind it is huge: Can a president declare a…
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The anti-Islam activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, claimed billionaire Musk had funded his defense.