Month: November 2025

Body language experts say that the opening and closing moves in Trump’s handshake are very telling.

This concept helps potentially shed light on the justification for limiting food assistance, among other events.

The shutdown, which has broken the record for the longest in U.S. history, has left many Americans wondering when exactly the government will reopen its doors. Even lawmakers on Capitol Hill don’t have the answer. Though there have been bipartisan negotiations in the Senate, no agreement has been finalized that would satisfy both parties. Democrats have demanded an extension…
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Republicans are reeling over the apparent erosion of support from Latino voters, a voting bloc that boosted the party in 2024, in Tuesday’s off-year elections.  According to CNN exit polling, New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) won the support of 68 percent of Latino voters, while Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) received 67 percent support…
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Last Tuesday’s off-year elections have altered the shutdown fight, just not in the way many on Capitol Hill had hoped. Heading into last week, lawmakers on both sides had felt glimmers of optimism that they were on a path to dissolving the budget impasse. Centrist senators in both parties were negotiating over a potential spending…
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A new survey shows Americans are divided over who to blame for the government shutdown as the federal shuttering nears 40 days, already making it the longest in modern United States history. A YouGov survey released Friday found 32 percent of respondents blame Democrats for the shutdown, while 35 percent fault Republicans and 28 percent…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed President Trump on Saturday while attending a rally to rail against Texas’s successful redistricting efforts.  “We’re dealing with an invasive species by the name of Donald Trump,” Newsom told the crowd in Houston.  “He is an historic president, however. A historically unpopular president, under every key category,” he added.…
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The Senate’s first weekend session since the shutdown began has yielded few signs of progress.

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte on Saturday said the Trump administration is “working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage terms for home buyers.  “Thanks to President Trump, we are indeed working on The 50 year Mortgage  – a complete game changer,” Pulte wrote in a statement on the social platform X. …
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The president claimed on Friday that he has done “a great job” on grocery prices and general affordability.

Mar-a-Lago guests wearing tuxedos and gowns dined on filet, scallops and dessert. Meanwhile, 1 in 8 Americans are without critical federal food benefits.

The government shutdown has spanned 38 days, making it the longest federal shuttering in United States history, surpassing the standoff during President Trump’s first term.  Lawmakers in Washington have remained deadlocked over the House-authored continuing resolution (CR), which Senate Democrats have voted against 14 times. But Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Saturday that the…
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President Trump on Saturday claimed Democrats were cracking under the pressure of the government shutdown, days after saying the federal closure is at least partly to blame for Republican losses during Tuesday’s elections. “The Democrats are cracking like dogs on the Shutdown because they are deathly afraid that I am making progress with the Republicans…
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President Trump is pushing to have the Washington Commanders’ new $3.7 billion football stadium named after him, according to a report on Saturday.  “It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen,” one source told ESPN.  While the White House did not confirm the outlet’s reporting, press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested the name has…
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The president called on Senate Republicans to stay in Washington, D.C., and end the government shutdown the same day he left for Florida.

Political commentator Bill O’Reilly suggested Friday that Tuesday’s blue election sweep can be tracked to voters’ issues with affordability and a rising cost of living just 10 months into President Trump’s second term, saying, “People are angry.” Responding to “Real Time” host Bill Maher’s suggestion that Americans are looking for more “normal” leaders, O’Reilly said…
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Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on Friday denied having any business ties with President Trump or his sons, adding that he did not expect to be pardoned last month. “I believe my lawyers submitted the petition in April,” Zhao told Fox News’s Bret Baier on “Special Report,” referring to the clemency as a “surprise.” “It…
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In an interview with HuffPost, Sean Dunn said the memes and artwork helped him through a frightening legal ordeal. Just don’t call him a “hero.”

Students are taking a more careful approach to their higher education amid the questionable economy and new policies by the Trump administration cracking down on student loan relief.  More Americans are earning double majors due to fears one degree won’t be enough to make it in the job market and fears that their student loans…
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Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) suggested Friday that a Republican migration away from President Trump is underway as a result of Trump not understanding voters or their needs. “The president may not want to talk about the affordability crisis, but he’s going to have to,” Flake said in an interview with CNN host Erin Burnett.…
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President Trump on Saturday took a swipe at Democrats and health insurance companies as lawmakers struggle to find consensus on a bill to reopen the government. Trump, weighing in on the debate around high health care premiums as Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits are poised to expire soon, suggested that funds be diverted from…
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But the workday ended with no bipartisan deals announced on reopening the government and no release to the public of full-year funding bills.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the federal fraud charges brought against her by the Trump administration, arguing the case was based on President Trump‘s political animus. “The government targeted AG James for prosecution because of the President’s genuine animus towards her protected campaign speech and fulfillment…
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Trump keeps claiming that prices are ‘way down’ — but with food inflation running nearly twice the rate as it was in Biden’s last year, Americans are not fooled.

In the week since federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits nearly expired, the Trump administration has successfully pushed back on orders from federal courts to maintain payments for November, a back-and-forth that has thrown U.S. food assistance into chaos. The federal government funds SNAP, while states handle the administrative task of distributing payments to qualifying residents. Conflicting messaging on…
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