Month: November 2025

Spectators spotted something different about The Beast during the president’s ride to the airport.

People are ticked off at Democratic leadership over a deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted Sunday evening to proceed to a House-passed continuing resolution, taking a major step toward ending the 40-day shutdown. The Senate voted 60-40 to advance the House bill, which will serve as the legislative vehicle for a bipartisan deal to fund military construction, veterans’ affairs, the Department of…
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Two top officials at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) stepped down Sunday following criticism of the way the British public broadcaster edited a speech delivered by President Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, in a documentary last year. BBC Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness both left the organization, according to the BBC,…
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It’s the latest instance of vocal backlash he’s faced in these settings.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday vowed to oppose a new Senate deal in the works to end the nearly six-week government shutdown. In a statement, the Democratic leader dug his heels in on his party’s position that any legislation to reopen the government must include an extension of the enhanced Affordable Care…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that he’s seen no formal proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act (ACA) despite President Trump’s latest call to nix the program and to direct the funds, instead, into the pockets of the American people. “We don’t have a formal proposal,” Bessent said in an interview on ABC…
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President Trump went to a Sunday evening NFL game featuring the Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions, according to pool reports. A post on the social platform X showed the president on the FOX Sports broadcast talking with commentators about the game. The president’s visit to the game comes after a report that he was pressing…
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President Trump announced on Sunday that most Americans will receive “at least” $2,000 from the tariff revenue collected by the Trump administration. Trump’s statement, made early Sunday on his Truth Social platform, comes after the White House defended his sweeping use of tariffs before the Supreme Court this past week, when justices appeared skeptical of…
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The California governor also mocked the president for having a “very bad night” on election night.

The Supreme Court is now weighing whether President Trump’s tariffs, which hinge on a specified economic emergency power, can remain intact. It leaves one of his biggest policy initiatives hanging in the balance. While upholding the tariffs would mark a vast expansion of presidential power, striking them down could unleash a host of dilemmas for…
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The president shared an article by the satirical Dunning-Kruger Times, which says its conservative fans “believe nearly anything.”

“It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen,” a senior White House source told ESPN.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Sunday his state is not “going to sit on our hands” amid the nationwide redistricting fight. Last week, Moore formed a redistricting advisory commission to explore redrawing Maryland’s congressional maps.  “If other states are going to go through this process … we’re not just going to sit on our…
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The Trump administration has ordered states to “undo” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments. “States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025,” a Saturday memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said. The department also said in the memo that “failure to comply” could “result in USDA…
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“Maybe next week a bald eagle will fall dead out of the sky and splat right on the White House lawn,” joked the pretend president.

The president also torched his tariff opponents as “fools.”

The move is the Trump administration’s latest chaotic attempt to withhold SNAP benefits from 42 million Americans during the ongoing government shutdown.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered air traffic controllers from reserves amid a shortage during the government shutdown. “I had a text from the secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, yesterday, who’s made an offer that he has air traffic controllers in the reserves, if we could deploy them —…
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Refugee advocates are contemplating litigation after President Trump moved to cut refugee figures to their lowest level in history while favoring admissions for white South Africans. Trump last week set a cap that would allow the U.S. to admit no more than 7,500 refugees, a 94 percent cut from President Biden’s goal of 125,000. In…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said over the weekend that the nationwide redistricting fight was the start of a “resurgence of energy” among Democrats.  “Just the energy that the delegation from Texas brought to the Democratic Party, to democracy as a whole, when they stood up and pushed back against Greg Abbott and Donald Trump’s…
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Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) predicted on Sunday that the ongoing government shutdown will end by Thanksgiving. “Given that real pain, do you think the government will reopen by Thanksgiving?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked Lankford on “Meet the Press.” “Oh yes,” Lankford responded. “You do?” “I do, and it absolutely needs to —  and needs…
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President Trump said Sunday that each American will receive at least $2,000 from tariff revenue collected by the administration. “A dividend of at $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” the president said on his Truth Social platform. He added that those against the tariffs are “FOOLS!” Such a…
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Senators will again gather at the Capitol on Sunday in an attempt to negotiate an end to the now 40-day government shutdown, after a rare Saturday session yielded little progress despite mounting pressures. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters entering the weekend that lawmakers will remain in session until a deal is reached…
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Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) said his party will “get killed” in the 2026 midterms if it does not address rising health care costs.  “We need to deal with [health care] now because, number one, it’s the right thing to do, just morally,” Van Drew told Maria Bartiromo Friday on Fox Business’s “Wall Street.”…
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