Matt Gagnon and his colleagues discuss their eating habits, particularly their preferences for vegetables. They joke about their aversion to being told what to eat, with Matt Gagnon deciding to skip vegetables on National Eat Your Vegetables Day. The conversation shifts to legislative matters, including a Senate vote on an income tax hike for earners over $1 million to fund 55% of education, which Gagnon criticizes as arbitrary. They also discuss a transgender athletic competition bill that was blocked in the Maine Senate, marking the failure of all eight such bills this session. The segment ends with a brief mention of community college funding.
They gathered at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday — former presidents, vice presidents, sworn political foes and newfound friends — in a show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of President Donald Trump.
Melania Trump and Usha Vance took their first trip together, spending time in North Carolina on Wednesday with service members and their families to show appreciation for their service and sacrifice as the holidays approach.
Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday.
The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
