Advertisement“I’ve said this again and I’ll say it one more time, President Trump has accomplished every single one of our policy platforms from the [Republican National Convention],” she said Tuesday. That’s why Democrats are floundering.”Democrats swept key races across the country earlier this month, however. Ingraham showed less confidence that the 2026 midterms would bode well for Republicans, noting that Virginia’s Democratic Attorney General-elect Jay Jones defeated his Republican opponent in November despite a considerable scandal that broke mere weeks earlier. So if that can happen, that’s fairly recently that he said that.”AdvertisementMark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff, agreed that Republicans are in trouble. Meadows noted that the district has long been reliably Republican, but that Democrats could flip the seat.

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But this time, it has turned chaotic as import tariffs on China, from where Loftie sources its sunrise lamps and phone-free alarm clocks, disrupted the supply chain. DELAYED ORDERS, LOW ON STOCKWhen Trump threatened tariffs as high as 180% on Chinese imports in mid-April, Hassett explored shifting production to Thailand, where duties were lower. “Now we’re sitting on lower-than-ideal inventory.”AdvertisementBIG RETAILERS EASILY ABSORB SHOCKSBig-box retailers such as Walmart and Costco can soak in the supply jitters by leveraging scale more easily than smaller firms. Operating margins for small retailers with total assets less than $50 million have plunged to negative 20.7%, according to business analytics provider RapidRatings, leaving 36% of them at a high risk of bankruptcy compared to 12% of large retailers. More than a dozen small U.S. retailers that Reuters spoke to also flagged significant cost increases, resulting in some of them cutting jobs or trimming offerings to save cash.

Shirley Henderson at the premiere of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy earlier this year via Associated PressHarry Potter star Shirley Henderson has admitted she felt somewhat “ridiculous” trying out for the role of Moaning Myrtle when she was already in her 30s. The Bridget Jones’s Diary star played the Hogwarts ghost in the second Harry Potter movie, The Chamber Of Secrets, before reprising the role in the fourth offering, The Goblet Of Fire. AdvertisementDuring a recent interview with Radio Times, she recalled being 37 when she landed the role, explaining: “When I was first asked for an audition, I didn’t know who Harry Potter was. And while she said that Harry Potter was a “nice job”, it was also a somewhat lonely one, as most of her scenes were recorded alone in front of a green screen, to achieve Myrtle’s ghostliness. Earlier this year, she also reprised her role as Bridget Jones’ best pal Jude in the fourth film in the rom-com series.

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Actor Kate Beckinsale and host Jimmy Kimmel went off on a Donald Trump jag Monday about how the host loves to spank the president. That sparked theories over the identity of “Bubba” in the Jeffrey Epstein emails and a debate over what exactly “blowing” means. The British star, who was promoting her new movie “Wildcat” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” got catty after host Kimmel made an off-key overture to massage her sore knee. Kimmel surmised it was some rich golfer who meant it as a “kissing his ass kind of thing.”Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementWatching Beckinsale nod no, Kimmel countered, “You don’t think so?”“I think blowing means blowing,” Beckinsale replied to laughter. Fast-forward to the one-minute mark for the Trump tangent:Kimmel remains a devoted nemesis of Trump even after apparent pressure from the president’s FCC prompted Disney to yank “Jimmy Kimmel Live” off the air temporarily in September.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGA Yale University professor may have put all his cards on the table thanks to his terrible poker face. AdvertisementYale professor Zack Cooper’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s announcement getting delayed. “And I’m sorry, this has actually been — sorry Zach, we’re getting breaking news while I’m talking to you,” Dean said. “I have learned that the White House has postponed its expected unveiling of this new health care proposal.”Cooper responded with a series of very humorous facial expressions. MS NOW correspondent Mychael Schnell backed this up Tuesday when she told the crew on “Morning Joe” that she “spoke to some Republicans who “were not happy” about Trump’s proposal.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGKylie Kelce has no time for anyone who doesn’t like the names she and Jason Kelce have picked out for their girls. AdvertisementOn the most recent episode of Kelce’s podcast, “Not Gonna Lie,” the high school field hockey coach answered a question about her daughters’ names. ‘What’s with the boy names?’” Kelce said. I didn’t ask what you thought about my kids’ names,” Kelce said. Getting fucked, because they can get fucked,” Kelce said with a smile and a laugh.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGUntil Trump’s planned demolition began last month for the construction of a new ballroom, the East Wing served as the traditional office for whoever was serving as first lady. That’s the people’s house.”AdvertisementA worker walks among debris from a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. Sometimes it was sadness, it was problems, it was the guts of the White House, and the East Wing was where you felt light. We had puppies.”AdvertisementThe East Wing hallway during a preview of the 2016 holiday decor for the Obamas' last Christmas at the White House on Nov. 29, 2016, in Washington. “When we talk about the East Wing, it is the heart of the work,” Obama said.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) blasted Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) as one of the “least ethical” and “least respected” members of Congress in a scathing takedown on Fox News Monday. McCarthy and Swalwell have clashed in the past after Swalwell accused McCarthy of inciting multiple death threats against him and his family. While raining ire down on Swalwell, McCarthy suddenly switched gears to torching Mace about her ethics. AdvertisementFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Nancy Mace have had a contentious relationship after the congresswoman voted to oust him as speaker of the House. Following Mace’s vote to dethrone McCarthy, he backed Mace’s primary challenger, Catherine Templeton, a former gubernatorial candidate, in a competitive Republican primary in June 2024.

Meanwhile, the White House has attempted to tamp down any perception of discord and suggested that the plans are fluid. Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHouse Republicans registered their disapproval after news of the Trump proposal was floated last weekend. Absolutely not supportive of extending ACA subsidies,” one House Republican anonymously told MS NOW. has warned the White House that there’s little appetite among Republicans for an extension to ACA subsidies. “The White House understands they have to do something on this, as bad as Obamacare is,” an adviser to the White House told CNN.