LOADING ERROR LOADING“I don’t think it was good for Republicans,” Trump said of the election results. “I’m not sure it was good for anybody.”AdvertisementIndeed, Republicans had a bad night, losing the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, while a ballot initiative promoted by California Gov. President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Senate and House Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. Advertisement“It’s time for Republicans to do what they have to do, and that’s terminate the filibuster,” he said. Meanwhile, Trump made no reference to the victory of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who is projected to win the New York City mayoral race.

Interestingly, and I want to get your take on this, polling-wise, he’s doing very poorly on the economy,” Kudlow said. “Even though, you know, as I said, the economy is starting to boom and the inflation rate is not that bad. So what do you make of that?”Conway, who helped elect Trump in 2016 as his campaign manager, defended the president. Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times. Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times.

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Still, it’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that Trump is one of the major losers of Tuesday night’s contests. “Trump cannot turn out the vote unless he is on the ballot, and that is never happening again.”The night’s big winners were direct about how they differ from the unpopular president. A full 37% of the electorate said they cast a ballot to oppose Trump, with 99% of them voting for Spanberger. Trump made major gains last year in places like Manassas Park, a Northern Virginia city that is 46% Latino. Exit polls show the pattern repeating with young voters.

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Then, yesterday, the administration said that it had the funds to provide people on food stamps with only half of their monthly allotment of benefits. If the administration makes good on its promise, Americans still might not get their benefits for quite some time. The average SNAP household with children receives $574 a month, meaning that those households will now receive less than $300 in food stamps for the entire month. Ultra-processed foods cost just 55 cents per 100 calories, compared with $1.45 for unprocessed foods, according to a recent study. Several states will be testing a ban on the purchase of soft drinks and other sugary foods with food stamps starting next year.

AdvertisementIn a statement, the FBI Agents Association urged FBI Director Kash Patel to end the retaliation against agents simply doing their jobs. “An Agent simply being assigned to an investigation and conducting it appropriately within the law should never be grounds for termination. AdvertisementCNN reported that Washington, D.C.’s top prosecutor, Trump ally Jeanine Pirro, attempted to intervene on behalf of the fired FBI agents, but was ultimately unsuccessful. The agents’ names were released publicly as the Senate Judiciary Committee looked into how Smith’s investigations were conducted. “FBI Agents deal in facts, and we urge Director Patel to do the same,” the FBIAA said.

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Instead, he went to Washington as an up-and-coming Republican operative, taking a job as a congressional intern in 1969 before moving to the Nixon White House to work under Donald Rumsfeld in the Office of Economic Opportunity. Nixon’s second term featured a major change in his approach to the presidency, one that would impact Cheney’s political career. When Vice President Gerald Ford took over in 1974, Cheney returned to the White House as deputy chief of staff under Rumsfeld. AdvertisementWhite House chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld (center) and his deputy Dick Cheney meet with President Gerald Ford in the White House's Oval Office in April 1975. The Bush administration had asked interrogators to find such links.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal food benefits won’t be distributed until after Democrats agree to reopen the government. Hours later, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt contradicted the president, saying food benefits would go out after all. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions on SNAP benefits during the daily press briefing on Nov. 4. praised the Trump administration for agreeing to pay partial SNAP benefits. “Defendants are withholding SNAP benefits from individuals and families who need vital food assistance for partisan political gain,” the groups wrote.

“The ABC News poll shows majorities of Americans also disapprove of how Trump is handling every issue measured in the poll,” he said. “Donald Trump is losing the American people on every single issue,” said O’Donnell. “Donald Trump knows who makes money for him,” he later added. “Donald Trump knows who gives him money. O’Donnell then simply stated, “The majority of Americans don’t believe Donald Trump on those things and disapprove of Donald Trump.”Advertisement

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