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McEnany, who defended many of Trump’s lies when she was his press secretary, might have been fudging a tad in her comment.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) pushed back on President Trump’s claim that grocery prices are falling, arguing that affordability — an issue she believes contributed to GOP election losses this week — is a problem for many Americans. “I go to the grocery store myself,” Greene told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday. “Grocery prices remain…
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Trump loyalist Elise Stefanick throws her hat into the ring for New York Governor, Nancy Pelosi receives bipartisan praise and footlong folk hero has been found not guilty — just some of the stories HuffPost is following today.

Former President Obama celebrated Democrats’ election victories this week, saying it was a reminder that Americans were “paying attention” to what is happening with the government. “It was good to see progressives get off the mat,” Obama said Thursday during a surprise appearance at a live-taping event for the “Pod Save America” podcast. “It was…
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The White House confirmed President Trump pardoned former Tennessee state House Speaker Glen Casada (R) and his former chief of staff Cade Cothren, who had both been previously convicted of corruption charges.  “The Biden Department of Justice significantly over-prosecuted these individuals for a minor issue involving constituent mailers — which were billed at competitive prices,…
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Popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound will soon cost Americans less under a new deal announced by President Donald Trump on Thursday. Agreements with drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly will slash the prices of so-called GLP-1 drugs, which could eventually cost as little as $149 per month. The average price of the…
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) formally announced her run for New York governor Friday, challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who’s running for a second full term next year.  In a two-and-a-half-minute ad launching her candidacy, Stefanik attacked Hochul over issues around affordability and cost of living expenses, while also tying her to New York City…
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The government shutdown hits Day 38 on Friday, and flight cancellations are rippling across U.S. airports as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) looks to ease the burden on unpaid air traffic controllers. The Department of Transportation announced it would start by cutting 4 percent of flights on Friday, ramping up to as much as 10…
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A building on Joint Base Andrews was evacuated after an individual “opened a suspicious package,” CNN said.

The conservative firebrand continued her reach-across-the-aisle tour on CNN.

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“Too soon? C’mon,” the defense secretary told the audience at Fox Nation’s 2025 Patriot Awards.

Democratic support for a potential deal to reopen the government has crumbled because of deep mistrust among Senate Democrats over whether they can trust President Trump to act in good faith to extend health insurance subsidies or to stop firing federal workers. Senate Democrats on Thursday rejected an emerging proposal to reopen the government that…
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President Trump’s hosting of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House on Friday provides the European leader a major platform to showcase how the two are conservative kindred spirits, but it comes as the president has soured on Budapest’s embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country’s oil exports.  Orbán is receiving…
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“The Daily Show” host brought Democrats back down to earth.

The “Late Show” host examined a viral image of the president.

Critics dry-heaved at the comment.

Jordan Klepper flagged how the “reality” of the president’s actions stacks up to the “immediate crises that he is actively ignoring.”

The “Late Night” host clowned the president over his “very exciting” calculations.

Several people at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland fell ill and received medical treatment after a “suspicious package” was delivered to the military base just outside Washington, D.C., CNN reported late Thursday. A building on the base — where President Trump frequently travels through on official business — was evacuated after an individual opened the…
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Critics called out the president after a clueless new claim about grocery prices.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett had a simple message for conservative women in law school attending the Federalist Society’s gala Thursday night: don’t be afraid to defy stereotypes. “Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some…
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President Trump late Thursday announced a new trade deal across several sectors between Uzbekistan and the United States. “Over the next three years, Uzbekistan will be purchasing and investing almost $35 Billion Dollars and, in the next 10 years, over $100 Billion Dollars, in key American Sectors, including Critical Minerals, Aviation, Automotive Parts, Infrastructure, Agriculture,…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said late Thursday that the U.S. military took out another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three “narco-terrorists.”  Hegseth said the vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization and was blown up in international waters. It is unclear which terrorist group the Defense secretary was referring to. No U.S. troops…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will hold a rally in Texas on Saturday opposing the state’s redistricting efforts alongside local Democratic lawmakers, days after Golden State voters backed a measure to redraw their own congressional districts. Texas was the first of several red states that followed President Trump’s directive to change their congressional maps ahead…
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