Trump can't spin the problem away. The rising cost of living, the rising cost of groceries, the rising cost of the things people need for their families is our new reality. And it's been going on for long enough that everybody feels it.Millions of people every day, whether they're at the grocery store or at Walmart or paying their bills or paying for their healthcare. Just ask Marjorie Taylor Green. >> When the president says there's virtually no inflation and that grocery prices are going down, do you agre ...

The White House has been touting the fact that the Walmart Thanksgiving meal this year costs 25% less than it did a year ago. And that is absolutely true. But when you look at what's actually in it, it is now 23 items, which is down from 29 items a year ago.And some of it has even been swapped for generic brands. I asked the president about that and also about some greater economic concerns that many Americans are experiencing right now. Since you brought up the Walmart Thanksgiving meal and it is cheaper, ...

President Trump continues to talk about the issue of affordability and its role in last Tuesday's elections. He hit on the topic multiple times yesterday during an Oval Office event on lowering costs for weight loss drugs. He also said several times this week that Walmart's Thanksgiving meal will be cheaper than it was last year. >> So Walmart to me, you know, that's AAA came out that nobody going to influence them. I don't know them, but they just came out with a very powerful statement. and they've done i ...

All right. Well, speaking of the fallout from the elections, conservative columnist Kimberly Stell has a new piece for the Wall Street Journal headlined time to reset the GOP clock. And she writes in part this.The Trump team is moving at a furious pace. And doesn't the country's overloaded brain know it. On any given day, voters are pummeled with 50 non-cohesive headlines about Medicaid fraud, National Guard deployments, college compacts, indictments of Trump adversaries, sovereign wealth funds, DEI, Venezu ...

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, an ally of President Trump, announced a run for New York governor. A video launching her campaign focused on affordability and safety in the state, blaming Gov. Kathy Hochul for high grocery bills and expensive rent. https://t.co/smIy1PUX1l ...

What a difference an election day makes. Two days after an acrosstheboard drubbing for Republicans, everyone in political life is now reacting to this new reality. You've got Democrats feeling confident, pouring through the exit polls, finding little gems and morsels everywhere they look, in every geographical area, and every demographic.And then you've got Republicans in complete denial. >> I would like to see more talk about the economy uh moving forward from Republicans. the affordability push by Mumdani ...

on what issues and where would you like to see Democrats largely pick it up. >> Well, you know, I think that often times for for Democrats, you know, we have found that that every issue requires so much analysis that it just means paralysis. Uh, you know, and and I say this as someone who, you know, I don't come from a family that's used to making policies. I I come from a family that's used to suffering the consequences of them where, you know, I was I was raised by an immigrant single mom because my dad d ...

and Democratic Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware. >> Senator, um I think Tuesday showed a lot of things, but one of the takeaways I had is that voters um are exhausted by the chaos in politics and they do prefer um candidates and and issues that are just clear and speaking directly to what is affecting them in their lives. Prices, flights, SNAP, affordability. So, uh let's just put the reduction map, the FAA reduction flight map up on the screen for folks. um everywhere from Anchorage. I mean, I want ...

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There were a lot of factors that led to the Democratic blowout last night. They won because of candidates who focused relentlessly on the issues that mattered to the people they were running to represent. Affordability and the cost of housing and energy and the burden of the government shutdown on communities across the country.They won because of a rising anger and outrage at the abuses of Donald Trump and his administration that we have seen at no kings rallies across the country, driving millions to turn ...