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Daniel Dale tells Kaitlan Collins the President made a number of false claims on inflation, grocery prices, prescription drug prices, gas prices, immigration, foreign conflicts, and more. <\/p>\n

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Updated 8:23 PM EST, Thu December 18, 2025 <\/div>\n

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CNN fact-checks Trump’s address to the nation <\/p>\n

02:18 <\/span> \u2022 Source: CNN<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2022 Defense bill: <\/strong>President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act,<\/a> which authorizes nearly $900 billion in funding for military programs. It also cuts Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s travel budget until unedited videos of strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats are released to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. <\/p>\n

\u2022 Health care subsidies: <\/strong>House Speaker Mike Johnson said \u201cabsolutely not\u201d when asked if his handling of health care <\/a>legislation will cause swing-district Republicans to lose their seats. The expiration of the ACA subsidies<\/a> is in two weeks, and this will spike premiums for tens of millions of Americans. <\/p>\n

\u2022 Epstein files: <\/strong>Meanwhile, frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department<\/a> as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released tomorrow, multiple sources told CNN. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order today to expedite the reclassification of marijuana<\/a> while the federal government announced will block transgender care to children by targeting hospitals and doctors that provide it. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a busy day. Here are the top headlines:<\/em> <\/p>\n

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