Today’s facts 11-04-2025
Today’s facts …
Trump told 60 Minutes he did not know who the crypto guy was that he pardoned.
Turnout is expected to approach 2 million in the NYC mayor’s race, potentially the highest for NYC since 1969. Early voting is already more than four times higher than in 2021.
Trump told 60 Minutes that grocery prices are down — prices in all major grocery categories, including fruits, meat, vegetables, cereals, and bakery products, have risen over the past year.
Of US adults, 73% report doing okay or better, while 19% are just getting by and 8% are finding it difficult to get by.
Dick Cheney is dead.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joked he will place a 100% tariff on any New Yorkers moving to Texas.
Mike Johnson claims Republicans are the only ones fighting for healthcare.
Arizona rep-elect Adelita S. Grijalva has still not been sworn in. Once sworn in, she will be the decisive 218th vote on releasing the Epstein files.
When Republicans passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, they delayed most of its cuts until after the 2026 midterms. Trump’s shutdown is showing what life without that safety net could look like.
Trump told 60 Minutes he has ended eight wars, including one between Egypt and Ethiopia. There is no war; there is an ongoing dispute over Ethiopia’s Nile dam.
More than 100 federal judges — including 12 appointed by Trump — have ruled over 200 times against Trump’s immigration policies.
Actress Diane Ladd has died at 89.
Steven Tyler did not send helicopters loaded with aid to Jamaica. It is another of hundreds of fake celebrity clickbait posts online.
US and European authorities are confronting a nitazene problem — a synthetic opioid up to 40 times more potent than fentanyl.
In 2013, JCPenney pulled a billboard after people said its tea kettle looked like Adolf Hitler — the company apologized, called it a coincidence, and the kettle promptly sold out online.
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