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Abigail Spanberger elected Virginia governor in a historic first that boosts Democrats ahead of 2026

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to give Democrats a key victory heading into the 2026 midterm elections and make history as the first woman ever to lead the commonwealth. Spanberger’s victory will flip partisan control of the governor’s office when she succeeds outgoing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Also Tuesday, Democrat Ghazala F. Hashmi won the lieutenant governor’s race and will succeed Earle-Sears. Hashmi is the first […]

todayNovember 8, 2025

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Trump claimed Walmart Thanksgiving meals are cheaper this year under him. The facts say otherwise

President Donald Trump and the White House this week repeatedly touted the reduced cost of a Thanksgiving meal at Walmart as an indication that the U.S. economy is in a better position than before he returned to office. However, a closer look at the details reveals those claims are not true. “Walmart just announced that Prices for a Thanksgiving Dinner is now down 25% since under Sleepy/Crooked Joe Biden, in 2024,” Trump wrote on in a post on Truth Social. “AFFORDABILITY is a […]

todayNovember 8, 2025

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Jasmine Crockett says Democrats could benefit from ‘master class’ from Zohran Mamdani

Since Zohran Mamdani’s historic win in the New York City mayoral election on Tuesday, many have questioned whether he could be the future of the Democratic Party. While some Democrats like U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have dismissed the notion, some Democrats say their party could learn from Mamdani’s seismic victory. One of them being U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett. When asked by CNN’s Laura Coates what advice she would give New York City’s mayor-elect, the Texas congresswoman–often touted as […]

todayNovember 8, 2025

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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But the administration asked the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund, and instead allow it to […]

todayNovember 7, 2025

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President Trump pardons baseball legend Darryl Strawberry: ‘This has nothing to do with politics’

Baseball legend Darryl Strawberry received a full pardon from President Donald Trump for a federal conviction dating back 30 years. Strawberry, 63, pled guilty to tax evasion in 1995 from failing to report $350,000 in income from autographs, personal appearances and sales of memorabilia. He served 6 months of home confinement and two years of probation. The MLB all-star, who suffered from colon cancer in the ’90s, was also sentenced to probation and suspended from baseball after he pleaded no […]

todayNovember 7, 2025

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‘We can’t give everything away’: Trump suggests SNAP money goes to people who don’t want to work

President Donald Trump defended his administration’s decision to only partially disburse SNAP to more than 42 million Americans, before ultimately appealing a federal judge’s order to fully fund the food assistance program. “We have to remain liquid. We can’t give everything away based on a number,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday night. “Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars, could be anything.” On Friday, the Trump administration asked an appeals court to […]

todayNovember 7, 2025

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Trump bizarrely calls groceries ‘old fashioned’ when confronted over high costs: ‘We’ve got prices way down’

After Republicans suffered major losses in Tuesday night’s general elections up and down the ballot, President Donald Trump is now seizing on the use of certain vocabulary related to the economy to try to turn the tables. When asked about the election results, in which Democrats dominated his party, Trump appeared to suggest Republicans performed poorly because they didn’t talk enough about one word: affordability. “They have this new word called affordability, and [Republicans] don’t talk about it enough. The […]

todayNovember 7, 2025

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Senator Tim Scott scolds fellow Republican Nancy Mace for airport meltdown

U.S. Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., called out fellow South Carolina Republican, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, after the controversial congresswoman’s meltdown at Charleston International Airport. Mace blew up on airport police with expletives during an encounter last week, resulting in an incident report being filed with the Charleston county aviation authority police department. Mace is accused of berating airport staff, calling them “f–king incompetent,” reports The Guardian. The 47-year-old lawmaker, who claims airport security put her safety at risk, reportedly said […]

todayNovember 7, 2025

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Trump touts new actions to lower prices for weight loss drugs. How will it impact Black Americans?

The White House announced on Thursday agreements with two of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prices for weight loss medications. The deals would expand access for millions, including Black Americans who suffer health disparities like obesity and diabetes. President Donald Trump unveiled the agreements with Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk inside the Oval Office. The White House is touting the deals as the “most significant actions ever taken by our federal government to lower prescription drug […]

todayNovember 6, 2025