"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will heal their land."

Grant Reeher, a political science professor at Syracuse University, pushing back on the notion that Democrats “lost” the recent shutdown. Reeher argues the party succeeded in keeping the national spotlight on rising health-care costs — pressure that has already spurred multiple GOP proposals and positioned Democrats well heading into next year’s midterms. (Roll Call)

President Donald Trump, responding to questions about a recent MRI he says was “perfect,” though he claims he doesn’t know why doctors ordered the scan or what part of his body it examined. Trump, 79, has not provided details about his October visit to Walter Reed or the purpose of the MRI, but told reporters he’d release the results “if you want to have it released.” (New York Daily News)

President Donald Trump, during the annual Thanksgiving ceremony where he pardoned Gobble and Waddle, two North Carolina bred turkeys, after saying he initially wanted to name the birds “Chuck and Nancy,” a jab at Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. (AP News)

Broward County Democratic County Commissioner Steven Geller blasting Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia’s recent audits of county spending, a central feature of Ingoglia’s newly rebranded Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight. Geller accused the office of using faulty math to claim Broward County wasted $189 million over five years. Speaking at the Florida Association of Counties’ 2025 legislative meeting, Geller dismissed the findings as politically driven and echoed concerns raised by other county officials who say the audits are more about generating headlines ahead of Ingoglia’s re-election bid than genuinely improving fiscal oversight. (Florida Phoenix)