Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementIt was common to hear Gavin say he was full after eating only half his meal. The doctor numbed Gavin’s throat and performed an endoscopy. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementPatients are encouraged to burp as much as possible, so we gave Gavin full permission to burp anytime, anywhere. Three years after the procedure, Gavin is still burping strong, although he hasn’t quite mastered the alphabet yet. It took time and persistence to get an approval for (most of) Gavin’s procedure, but it was absolutely worth it in the end.

A State Department spokesperson denied their account, calling it “blatantly false.”The 28-point peace plan was crafted by the Trump administration and the Kremlin without Ukraine’s involvement. Trump says he wants Ukraine to accept the plan by late next week. King said Rubio told them the plan “was not the administration’s plan” but a “wish list of the Russians.”U.S. President Donald Trump (L) greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on October 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. As Secretary Rubio and the entire Administration has consistently maintained, this plan was authored by the United States, with input from both the Russians and Ukrainians. The senators’ opposition to the plan follows criticism from other U.S. lawmakers, including some Republicans, none of whom have the power to block it.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday stopped by “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS and had no problem calling out Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, whose company recently acquired the very network she was appearing on. The name drop came after Colbert thanked Warren for the “honor” of dressing her dog as him for Halloween this year. The senator noted that “there’s a reason” she and her golden retriever Bailey had picked that particular costume. Ellison's company Skydance Media recently acquired Paramount Global, which owned CBS.

Bill Maher attempted on Friday to use White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s own logic against her after she defended President Donald Trump snapping, “Quiet, piggy!” at a journalist. ‘Quiet, Piggy’: Here’s the disturbing way President Donald Trump shut down a question about the Epstein files. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementMaher took aim at Leavitt on Friday’s episode of “Real Time” by taking her argument to its extreme. Bill Maher, right, took aim at Karoline Leavitt after she defended President Donald Trump calling a female reporter "piggy." “At the press conference the next day, his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, spun this by saying it’s actually admirable.

For Gmail users, there is an automatic opt-in that may allow Google to use your emailed data (think: your personal and work messages, your attachments) to train its AI models, cybersecurity experts warn. “You have to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations.”via Associated Press Despite being automatically opted in, you don't need to consent to sharing your data. There, you can do your first opt-out and unselect the “Smart features”HuffPost/Google How to opt out of Google's "smart features." AdvertisementOpting out of the former will turn off the “Ask Gemini” feature that summarizes content, as well as personalized search and events from your email being automatically added to your calendar. One annoying part of this is that some useful Gmail features we’ve gotten used to are eliminated by opting out.

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I’d tried every kind of medication I could find, but nothing could ease the pounding in my skull. AdvertisementAfter returning to our Airbnb, my husband urged me to make a telehealth appointment through our international health insurance. Hearing how long the pain had persisted, he advised me to see a doctor to rule out a brain injury. I released the breath I’d been holding, handing over my passport as insurance I would pay at the end of my visit. AdvertisementYou can also check out the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers’ directory of healthcare professionals around the world.

AdvertisementIllustration: HuffPost; Photos: Getty According to people who've lost a spouse, the hardest days can come all throughout the year — not just immediately before or after the funeral. “It’s when the funeral’s over, and everybody’s gone home and the calls have stopped ... [that] you realize, ‘Damn, this shit is real,’” Williams added. Though many people look forward to the break from work and responsibilities that the weekend offers, people who’ve lost a spouse say their days off can also be some of the loneliest. “The biggest things for me … that would really trigger the hard, hard stuff was just a sense of overwhelm,” Rampey said. AdvertisementAllen said she and her sons have treated big days differently since her husband died 11 months ago.

It’s pretty common to utter the phrase “my stomach hurts.” You’ve probably had stomach pain at some point in your life, whether it’s discomfort after eating, stress-related pain, menstrual cramps or a larger medical issue. AdvertisementBut there is one thing doctors say they never do (and you should never do) when it comes to any kind of stomach pain. Westend61 via Getty Images Everything from serious diseases like colon cancer to daily stress can cause stomach pain. Doctors say you should also be aware of the lifestyle behaviors that can aggravate stomach pain, too. Suffice to say, there are lots of reasons people have stomach pain, but the pain — no matter how mild or frequent — shouldn’t be discounted.

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is a co-founder of the new left-wing Your Party via Associated PressAnother independent MP has just quit Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party as the chaos within the fledging group deepens. AdvertisementIt comes after he was criticised by the party’s co-founder, former Labour MP Zarah Sultana, earlier this week over gender-critical social media posts. He is also the second independent MP to quit – Adnan Hussain, the MP for Blackburn, resigned on November 14. It leaves the fledging group with four MPs: Corbyn, Sultana, Shockat Adam and Ayoub Khan, all of whom campaigned on a pro- Palestine platform in 2024. Mohamed claims in his departure statement on Friday that Sultana “voluntarily left the Independent Alliance and Your Party stewarding group” in September.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGIn their first meeting at the White House Friday, President Donald Trump congratulated New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and showered him with praise on his historic win. “I just want to congratulate — I think you’re gonna have, hopefully, a really great mayor,” Trump said. And congratulations, Mr. Mayor.”AdvertisementU.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 21, 2025. I don’t mind,” Trump said, cheerfully patting Mamdani on his arm. Exhibit A is Zohran Mamdani,” Johnson said in October, adding that Mamdani’s impending victory threatened to undo 250 years of American capitalism.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSarah Matthews, an ex-White House aide to Donald Trump, took on the current administration’s “gaslighting” on Friday after the president boosted a social media post calling for the execution of Democrats in Congress. ″[It’s] mind-boggling but not surprising,” said Matthews in an appearance on MS NOW. AdvertisementMatthews — a White House deputy press secretary in Trump’s first term who resigned after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — said it’s “absolutely insane” that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other Trump officials are defending the post. “To me, it looks like the president is the one very clearly inciting violence here,” Matthews said. Matthews added that it’s “really shameful” that Republicans are “sane-washing” Trump’s posts instead of “very clearly” condemning them as all lawmakers should.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGIn a shocking move, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced Friday she’s resigning from Congress in January amid a public falling out with President Donald Trump and GOP leadership. Greene announced her decision to step down on Jan. 5, 2026, in a video and statement posted to X. pic.twitter.com/tSoHCeAjn1 — Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) November 22, 2025“My only goal and desire has ever been to hold the Republican Party accountable for the promises it makes to the American people and put America First,” Greene said in her statement. Greene also used her statement to rip into her House colleagues, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La. Despite all that, Greene handily won reelection in 2022 and 2024, receiving around 65% of the vote in both elections.

Cynthia told Graham Norton: “We only got together once we knew we were doing it. Advertisement“We knew that we wanted Wicked to be immersive,” Jon said. That’s what we do.”“They are the best singers in the world, so every song, they have been singing live,” Jon shared in a behind-the-scenes featurette. I want to be Glinda, not Ariana Grande playing Glinda’,” the Oscar winner told the LA Times. AdvertisementMany of Pfannee and Shenshen’s asides were also improvised by Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James on the set of Wicked.

Lily Allen via Associated PressLily Allen is opening up about the creation of her latest album West End Girl. AdvertisementDuring a new conversation with CBS Mornings, the British star was asked if she had any “reluctance” creating an album that is so personal. “I didn’t because at the time, I wasn’t even really thinking about it as… like… a commercial endeavour,” she admitted. I needed some quiet time.”AdvertisementSince its release in October, West End Girl has been a hit both critically and commercially, receiving positive reviews from critics, fans and Lily’s industry peers, as well as becoming her highest-charting album since 2014. Elsewhere in her CBS Mornings interview, Lily opened up about the reception that West End Girl has received since it came out, which she’s found both “strange” and “overwhelming”:Advertisement