“I have truly loved serving as your voice in Congress,” Pelosi said in a six-minute video that showcases her tenure and her city’s history. First coming to the Congress to tackle the AIDS crisis devastating her community, she rose through the ranks of her party to make history, again and again. She was the first woman elected House minority whip in 2001, the first woman elected House minority leader in 2002, and, most notably, the first woman to become House speaker in 2007, and again in 2019. AdvertisementAs party leader, Pelosi kept a tight grip on her colleagues for decades. In 2014, for example, one news outlet suggested she was single-handedly keeping House Democrats afloat that year.

Former State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who excoriated the president in his victory speech, won New York City’s mayoral race against disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) — whom Trump had publicly endorsed a day prior. Neal Katyal, a lawyer representing the companies suing the Trump administration over his tariffs, stated plainly Wednesday in his opening remarks to the court, “Tariffs are taxes. “‘Tariffs are taxes’ is the single shortest sentence that exposes the lie of the Trump tariffs, which Donald Trump has claimed are paid by foreign countries,” he said. “Donald Trump’s lawyer, the solicitor general, didn’t dare try to tell that lie to the Supreme Court today.”Watch the full monologue below:

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has admitted it made a mistake in its calculation of how much to cut food benefits this month because of the government shutdown. In new guidance to state agencies that distribute food benefits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it would aim to reduce maximum benefits by only 35% instead of an earlier plan to cut them by 50%. Politics: Democratic States Sue Trump Administration To Release Food Funds Frozen In ShutdownOn Wednesday morning, Trump spoke as though nobody had told him what his own government had been up to. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“Millions of Americans are going to be without SNAP benefits,” Trump said at the White House. “We must get the government back open soon, and really immediately.”HuffPost readers: Have you missed SNAP benefits because of the shutdown?

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The legendary Miss Piggy at the Muppets Most Wanted premiere in 2014 via Associated PressAfter decades as a scene-stealing player in the Muppets troupe, it looks like Miss Piggy might finally be stepping into the spotlight on her own like never before. Yes, 11 years after her last foray onto the big screen in the film Muppets Most Wanted, it’s been reported that a Miss Piggy movie is in the works. During the conversation, Jen revealed that she and fellow Oscar winner Emma Stone were co-producing a new film in which everyone’s favourite porcine icon would be taking centre stage. https://t.co/HF8qdHJlDL — bkr (@bkrewind) November 5, 2025JENNIFER LAWRENCE AND EMMA STONE ARE PRODUCING A MISS PIGGY MOVIE WRITTEN BY COLE ESCOLA?! pic.twitter.com/kS4kJ0fHhs — JB 🐻✨🍉 (@JBfromDC89) November 5, 2025Miss Piggy in a film with her as the star is so in line with her character, it's absurd this didn't happen sooner https://t.co/iU9oFAK1Xb — No Context Jim Henson (@no_muppets) November 5, 2025Advertisementcole escola miss piggy film, what a day to be me — hoops (@itsmatthooper) November 5, 2025Cole Escola writing for Miss Piggy?

Most people are always going to get a little nervous when a cop locks eyes with them and starts walking over. Even if you’re just sitting in a coffee shop, minding your own business, breaking no laws ... wearing a “Veterans Against Trump” T-shirt. Our brains begin scanning for the categories before we even realize it: who’s safe, who’s suspect, who’s “one of us.” Once that happens, truth becomes secondary to pattern recognition. Join HuffPost and be part of what happens next. Support HuffPost Already a member?

The only issue, he said, is that Republicans don’t talk about it enough. “They have this new word called ‘affordability,’” Trump explained during a Fox News interview. “And they don’t talk about it enough.”Trump: We've done so much, energy is way down. They have this new word called affordability and they don't talk about it enough. “Energy is way down, look at energy, we’re gonna have $2 gasoline,” Trump said.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday fell back on a favorite excuse to explain Republicans’ disastrous performance in Tuesday’s off-year election: It wasn’t his fault, notwithstanding exit polls that said otherwise. Among the 8% who “somewhat disapproved” of Trump, the vote was 67-31 in favor of Sherrill. Politics: Fox Crowned Melania Trump ‘Patriot Of The Year’ And You Know What Happened Next“We won a tremendous election. Newsom undertook the ballot question to counter Trump’s demand that Texas draw new lines to give Republicans more House seats there. The only election result Trump spoke about was the mayoral race in New York City, his hometown, which democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGHeritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts admitted that he’d “made a mistake” regarding his staunch defense of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson after his softball interview with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, The Washington Free Beacon reports. “I made a mistake and I let you down and I let down this institution and I am sorry for that. Full stop,” Roberts said during a Wednesday meeting with staff of the conservative think tank, according to video obtained by the Beacon. In it, he argues that critics of Carlson’s interview with Fuentes, a Holocaust denier, are part of a “venomous coalition” trying to “cancel” the right-wing media personality. Neuhaus, someone Roberts characterized as a “good man” who also made a “mistake,” resigned late last week amid the uproar over the organization’s statement.