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There’s seemingly nothing that President Trump could do that would get the approval of the eternal haters on ABC’s The View, even when it was the exact same thing their side of the political isle was trying to do. During their Tuesday show, the liberal ladies were up in arms and raging at Trump for wanting to lower the cost of prescription drugs in America, and were not dissuaded even after learning that progressives on the left wanted to enact the same plan. “So yesterday you-know-who [Trump] issued an executive order aimed at lowering drug costs. We don't know which drugs but lowering costs!” moderator Whoopi Goldberg shouted while making faces and waving her arms around.     She and co-host Joy Behar’s brains couldn’t comprehend Trump’s comments about how America got stuck paying higher drug costs to make up for the money lost to the lower prices in other countries: GOLDBERG: And he blamed foreign countries for extorting drug companies by negotiating lower prices that stick the U.S. with the bill. JOY BEHAR: Huh? GOLDBERG: None of that made any sense. Goldberg went on to shout about how “it doesn't make any sense” that Trump would want to lower drug costs without saying specifically which drugs and without first revamping the entire insurance system: Well, again, he didn't specify which drugs he's going to target or which insurance programs would be impacted because you see, if you're going to lower the price of the drugs, you got to first fix the broken insurance company because they're -- it doesn't make any sense! It’s weird that Goldberg would want to overhaul the entire insurance system since her beloved Obamacare was still in effect. Behar chimed in again to argued that Trump couldn’t take on lowering drug costs without first tackling campaign finance reform: “Also I would think you also have to take money out of politics too because a lot of these guys in Congress don't they take money from pharmaceutical -- the lobbyists.” The panel’s purported conservative, Alyssa Farah Griffin noted that Trump’s policy was called the “most-favored-nation pricing model” and that it was something that he tried to get enacted during his first term. Goldberg’s mind melted when Farah Griffin noted that his plan was exactly what far-left lawmakers like Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) were advocating for (Click “expand”): FARAH GRIFFIN: Now, he's had some interesting support from this. Ro Khanna a member of the Progressive Caucus and Bernie Sanders have a bill that basically does this. The main part of it -- the main critique of it is it could help research and development, America's the hub of medical research and development. GOLDBERG: Well, we were until he got in and cut all of this out! [Crosstalk] FARAH GRIFFIN: And another thing is he is saying there’s going to be be enforcement action if they don't lower drug prices. Which, that to me is price controls and veers into some socialism I’m not comfortable with. GOLDBERG: Here's the problem --- [Crosstalk] When we talked about this, we've talked about lowering drug costs, we say people pay more tax in different countries, you know, because it helps them with their costs. Now, when we suggested that, they said, ‘oh, this is socialism.’ It's not socialism! It's best for the country if everyone can afford their healthcare! Of course, Goldberg resorted to arguing that Democratic President Obama and Biden had better ways of trying to lower prices. “And Biden seemed to find a way to work towards it and the same with Barack Obama. He found a way!” she declared. After a cacophonous 15 seconds of all five co-host speaking at the exact same time, Goldberg huffed that Trump should be doing what he already was doing: “Well, everybody has concepts. But I need him to go to the insurance people and say, ‘stop gouging the people.’ How about that?” Trump could announce that he was negotiating with God to get every American into Heaven and they still wouldn’t be happy. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View May 13, 2025 11:15:00 a.m. Eastern WHOOPI GOLDBERG: So yesterday you-know-who issued an executive order - [Laughter ] -aimed at lowering drug costs. We don't know which drugs but lowering costs! And he blamed foreign countries for extorting drug companies by negotiating lower prices that stick the U.S. with the bill. JOY BEHAR: Huh? GOLDBERG: None of that made any sense. But here's who he said inspired him to take action. [Cuts to video] PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: A friend of mine who’s a businessman, very, very, very top guy, most of you would have heard of him, highly neritic, brilliant businessman, seriously overweight and he takes the fat -- the fat shot drug. And he called me up [transition] ‘I'm in London and I just paid for this damn fat drug I take.’ I said, ‘it's not working.’ [Laughter] He said, he said, ‘I just paid $88 and in New York I pay $1,300. What the hell is going on?’ [Cuts back to live] GOLDBERG: Well, again, he didn't specify which drugs he's going to target or which insurance programs would be impacted because you see, if you're going to lower the price of the drugs, you got to first fix the broken insurance company because they're -- it doesn't make any sense! [Applause] BEHAR: Also I would think you also have to take money out of politics too because a lot of these guys in Congress don't they take money from pharmaceutical -- the lobbyists. GOLDBERG: Yeah. SARA HAINES: There are lobbyists in other countries too. BEHAR: You know, the guy has 153 rooms in the White House. He can't have one mirror to look into? He's always criticizing this one’s not a 10. This one’s a six. This one’s fat. He said the friend is highly neritic. Hello, look in the mirror! [Laughter] ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: What he's proposing here is implementing the most-favored-nation pricing model. He tried to do it in the first term. And the best layperson way I can explain this when you go to the grocery store and they’re like, ’we'll match the lowest price somewhere else.’ SUNNY HOSTIN: Right. FARAH GRIFFIN: He's basically matching lower drug costs in other nations. Now, he's had some interesting support from this. Ro Khanna a member of the Progressive Caucus and Bernie Sanders have a bill that basically does this. The main part of it -- the main critique of it is it could help research and development, America's the hub of medical research and development. GOLDBERG: Well, we were until he got in and cut all of this out! [Crosstalk] FARAH GRIFFIN: And another thing is he is saying there’s going to be be enforcement action if they don't lower drug prices. Which, that to me is price controls and veers into some socialism I’m not comfortable with. GOLDBERG: Here's the problem --- [Crosstalk] When we talked about this, we've talked about lowering drug costs, we say people pay more tax in different countries, you know, because it helps them with their costs. Now, when we suggested that, they said, ‘oh, this is socialism.’ It's not socialism! It's best for the country if everyone can afford their healthcare! [Applause] HAINES: When he blamed that other countries are negotiating better, one of the problems is in a lot of other countries there's a central negotiator, which would be the government. And so, if our government was the central negotiator for this and came up with some price controls, the problem is, every healthcare plan is on their own. So, you have all of these different people trying to do it. GOLDBERG: And Biden seemed to find a way to work towards it and the same with Barack Obama. He found a way! [Crosstalk for several seconds with all five co-hosts speaking at the same time] GOLDBERG: Well, everybody has concepts. But I need him to go to the insurance people and say, ‘stop gouging the people.’ How about that? [Crosstalk for several seconds] GOLDBERG: And not by just -- what? Is there big wheels keep on turning? Is that what? BEHAR: Got to go. GOLDBERG: Want me to go to commercial? BEHAR: Gotta go. Gotta go. Gotta go. [Laughter] GOLDBERG: We'll be right back.

A May 12 court hearing in the Ashli Babbitt $30 million wrongful-death lawsuit against the federal government devolved into shouting by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, who lambasted Judicial Watch attorney Robert Sticht for the second time in 10 days. The hearing was scheduled to consider a motion by Aaron Babbitt’s former attorney, Terrell N. Roberts III, who wants a 25% “charging lien” placed on the gross amount of any financial settlement. Judge Reyes rejected Roberts’ earlier request for a temporary restraining order combined with a settlement lien. 'Judicial Watch does not a get fee out of this settlement.' On May 2, attorneys disclosed that Judicial Watch, which represents Aaron Babbitt and his late wife’s estate, had reached a settlement agreement “in principle” with the U.S. Department of Justice. No terms were disclosed. A final agreement could be signed at any time but might take weeks to complete, attorneys said. Roberts represented Babbitt from shortly after Babbitt’s wife was shot to death Jan. 6 by U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. Roberts abandoned the case in late February 2022 but has been seeking up to 40% of the financial settlement negotiated by Judicial Watch. Babbitt was left to find new legal counsel after Roberts fired him as a client. On May 6, Judicial Watch proposed that Roberts join in fee arbitration with the Attorney Client Arbitration Board of the District of Columbia Bar — an idea Roberts opposes. Judicial Watch attorney Richard Driscoll said under D.C. Bar Rule 13, if one party requests it, arbitration is mandatory for both parties. Driscoll filed a petition for arbitration May 9 with the Attorney Client Arbitration Board. Roberts has 21 days to respond. “The petition for arbitration that was filed with ACAB points out that he [Roberts] has asserted a lien for 40% on the recovery and that we dispute that, and therefore we’re asking the arbitration board to adjudicate that dispute,” Driscoll said. “It’s in D.C. Bar Rule 13. It’s a condition of being a member of the D.C. Bar,” he said. The loudest outburst by Judge Reyes came about 30 minutes into the hearing when Sticht complained that the ongoing fee dispute with Roberts is causing expensive delays in finalizing the case. Roberts first sought to intervene in the lawsuit and obtain a charging lien in February. “This is crazy, and it is costing a lot money,” Sticht said. “And just so the court knows, for the record and all the press who may be on the telephone, Judicial Watch does not a get fee out of this settlement.” Ashli Babbitt pleads with three U.S. Capitol Police officers to call for backup due to the angry crowd outside the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo by Tayler Hansen Judge Reyes tried to cut Sticht off after he mentioned the media. “Mr. Sticht, did I not just tell you that when I start talking, you stop?” Reyes asked. “I’m sorry, your honor,” Sticht replied as the judge spoke over him. “Stop talking when I’m talking,” Reyes shouted. “I have given you an opportunity to talk every single time you have asked. I have given every lawyer an opportunity to talk every single time they have asked in front of me, which is why my hearings sometimes go on for hours. The only thing I ask is that when I’m talking, you’re not.” Zoom delays caused problem Sticht tried to tell the judge that the cross-talk was due to a delay in audio and video over the Zoom teleconference system from Sticht’s California office. Reyes was having none of it. “We have a delay, your honor. We have a delay,” Sticht said. “All right, fine,” the judge replied. “Stop talking.” Users of teleconference platforms such as Zoom, Webex, Google Meet, and GoTo Meeting often experience latency problems that cause uncomfortable audio and video delays. The results can include participants who speak over each other, video that goes out of sync with audio, video that freezes or skips, and screeching audio feedback if participants don’t mute the microphone when not speaking. Those phenomena launched a barrage of teleconferencing memes on social media. 'It’s a really simple rule around here.' During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. District Courts offered audio dial-in lines for hearings in the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C. Judge Reyes opened public access audio for the Babbitt lawsuit hearings. During a tense May 2 court hearing, Reyes repeatedly lost her temper with Sticht. She constantly pronounced his surname “Stitch.” When he made a remark about Roberts getting his case information from a reporter who called for comment on the alleged settlement, Reyes lowered the boom. RELATED: New video covers 19 minutes in the Jan. 6 life and death of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt Ashli Babbitt celebrated her 35th and final birthday on Oct. 10, 2020.Photo courtesy of Aaron Babbitt “When I tell you just stop talking, you stop talking. And you are not going to make snide remarks in your responses to my questions that are not only snide but don’t answer my question,” Reyes said. “OK? So my question is not about where Mr. Roberts gets his information.” The May 12 hearing did not go much better. About 30 minutes into the proceeding, Sticht said the lawsuit was making headway toward possible settlement when Roberts came along with a “crazy idea of a charging lien.” “One complaint, though, Judge, is that these resources are being spent frivolously: mine, the court, the government, and we’re delaying the inevitable settlement,” Sticht said. “I think everybody needs to get out of it and let us finish our job. When there is a settlement fund, there is nothing that prevents Mr. Roberts from chasing that, wherever it is.” The judge kept interrupting, apparently not realizing that the Zoom teleconferencing platform the court used to connect to Sticht in California had audio and video delay. This resulted in repeated cross-talk episodes and, in the case of the judge, flashes of anger. After four intonations of “Mr. Stitch” from the judge, the Judicial Watch attorney said, “If I may, your honor. The CH is pronounced with a K.” Judge Reyes again took after Sticht. “When I say your name, that means you stop talking,” she said. “It's a really simple rule around here. When I start talking, everyone else stops. Now I honestly don’t know if this, if you interrupting judges, is what you do all the time or if I just get the particular joy of it, but from now on when I start talking, please stop. RELATED: President Trump says he’s ‘going to take a look at’ fatal Jan. 6 shooting of Ashli Babbitt On the eve of the third anniversary of Jan. 6, Aaron Babbitt looks out on North San Diego Bay near the home he shared with his wife, Ashli. Joseph M. Hanneman/Blaze News “Secondly, we are here to decide a legal argument. Do not start anything with for the press. We are not here for the press; we’re here for the legal argument.” Brian J. Boyd, a DOJ civil rights trial attorney, told the judge the government objects to the part of Roberts’ motion that would impinge on the government’s sovereign immunity. “He is seeking injunctive relief against the United States under the FTCA [Federal Tort Claims Act] to preclude us from disbursing funds from Treasury,” Boyd said. “We’ve raised this issue with him. We did so again on May 6 in the joint meet and confer. He has yet to explain to us under what jurisdiction or what authority he believes he can pursue injunctive relief against the United States here.” 'He wants the full amount of the fee when he didn’t perform.' Judge Reyes dismissed the government from Roberts’ motion. The judge entered an order that gives Roberts a limited intervention in the case for the purpose of receiving timely notices of the signed settlement agreement, the request to the U.S. Treasury for funds, and the eventual payment of funds. Sticht said he would speak with Aaron Babbitt about the proposed solution to have Sticht divert 25% of the settlement into a trust fund until the Attorney Client Arbitration Board rules on the fee dispute. Judicial Watch told the judge that under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Roberts could receive no more than 25% of the settlement. “I don’t have my client here in my office, your honor, so I can’t get his consent, but I’ll say that I agree the court should not get involved in the underlying fee dispute. I don’t know any case anywhere where an attorney claims he fired a client and then he wants the full amount of the fee when he didn’t perform. I just don’t know how that’s going to fly.” Still, Roberts made a last pitch for the 40% contingency fee contained in his January 2021 engagement agreement with Aaron Babbitt. “I believe that I’m entitled to the contingency fee that I agreed to, subject to the law,” Roberts said. Like Blaze News? 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There have been multiple air traffic control communication and radar malfunctions in recent days, prompting renewed concern about risks in America's skies and on its runways. The Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged in a series of statements that there was a telecommunications issue Friday at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, the air traffic control tower and radar facility at Philadelphia International Airport that guides aircraft into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport airspace. Although the issue apparently lasted only 90 seconds, the FAA slowed aircraft in and out of Newark while ensuring that "redundancies were working as designed." The ground stop reportedly lasted around 45 minutes, and, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware, roughly 280 flights were delayed and 87 canceled at Newark as of late Sunday. 'We use floppy discs. We use copper wires.' A week earlier, the FAA similarly had to slow arrivals and departures on account of "telecommunications and equipment issues at Philadelphia TRACON." The New York Times reported that air traffic controllers working the airspace around the Newark airport lost communications with planes for nearly 30 seconds. While 10 people reportedly should have been on duty to help coordinate traffic in the Newark airspace at the time, only four controllers were at their posts. RELATED: Delta plane nearly collides with Air Force jet mid-flight near DC airport; investigation launched Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy minced no words following the late April 28 incident, stating, "The system that we're using in air traffic control is incredibly old. This system is 25, 30 years old. We use floppy discs. We use copper wires. The system that we're using is not effective to control the traffic that we have in the airspace today." Stu Burguiere highlighted some of the technological artifacts the FAA still relies upon to regulate American airspace in his BlazeTV documentary "Countdown to the Next Aviation Disaster." In addition to copper wires, Burguiere discussed "paper flight strips," which Reason Foundation founder Robert Poole indicated are still used to track planes. "It comes off a little printer at the controller's workstation," explained Poole. Blaze News previously reported that the FAA has attempted to update the paper system for over four decades, but the plans remain behind schedule and over budget. Burguiere also took a look at a November 2023 FAA report that indicated the agency is not only using floppy discs but employing equipment so old that there are no replacement parts available. "Beacons used to determine the location of aircraft with working transponders," the report reads. "Includes 331 units that are 28-46 years old. Many of these systems are pre-digital, and many parts are unavailable because the manufacturers no longer exist or no longer support these systems." After characterizing the systems in place as antiquated and faulty, Duffy said, "Of course it's safe," citing the kinds of reactive measures taken in Newark and elsewhere. While confident in the safety of American travel, Duffy appears both intolerant of further delays and unwilling to leave anything to chance. — (@) Duffy stated that "we must get the best safety technology in the hands of controllers as soon as possible" and indicated that the Trump administration is "working to ensure the current telecommunications equipment is more reliable in the New York area by establishing a more resilient and redundant configuration with the local exchange carriers." According to the FAA, Duffy and acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau are taking several actions to improve upon existing air traffic control systems, such as adding three high-bandwidth telecommunications connections between the New York-based Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System and the Philadelphia TRACON; replacing copper telecommunications connections with fiber-optic technology from this millennium; and deploying a temporary backup system to the Philadelphia TRACON to provide redundancy during the cable switchover. 'It has to be fixed.' Burguiere noted in his BlazeTV documentary that the FAA was not just way behind on critical technological upgrades but dangerously understaffed at critical hubs nationwide — stressing that "with 77% of key facilities below the FAA's own staffing threshold" as of December, "our skies are becoming a ticking time bomb." It appears that Duffy has also taken the dearth of talent at the FAA to heart. The transportation secretary and Rocheleau are apparently committed to increasing controller staffing. RELATED: Videos: Terrifying moment Delta plane crashes, bursts into flames; passenger says airport's runways were in 'weird condition' Katherine KY Cheng/Getty Images The FAA indicated that the "area in the Philadelphia TRACON that handles Newark traffic has 22 fully certified controllers and 21 controllers and supervisors in training. Ten of those 21 controllers and supervisors are receiving on-the-job training. All 10 are certified on at least one position, and two are certified on multiple positions. We have a healthy pipeline with training classes filled through July 2026." Blaze News asked the FAA to comment about the nationwide issue of old and aging systems and the perceived problem of understaffing at the FAA and was directed to Duffy's previous statements and May 12 press conference regarding the incident at the Newark airport. Regarding staffing, the FAA said in a statement obtained by Blaze News, "The FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) collaborate to establish staffing goals for every facility, for every area in the facility, and for each shift. They update the goals yearly, and the goals are based on full staffing in the facility or area. There is a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers, and the FAA for years has not met the staffing goal for the area that works Newark airspace." "The persistent low staffing levels and low training success rate at New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), or N90, were contributing factors to moving control of the Newark airspace to the Philadelphia TRACON in 2024," added the agency. The airspace over Newark is far from the only domain experiencing troubles. WAGA-TV reported that over 600 flights were delayed Monday at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on account of what officials termed a "runway equipment issue." Duffy told NBC News Monday, "I'm concerned about the whole airspace." "What you see in Newark is going to happen in other places across the country," continued the transportation secretary. "It has to be fixed." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Criminal charges were being looked into regarding Letitia James' allegedly fraudulent real estate deals — but now the investigation is official. The FBI and U.S. attorney in Albany have launched a criminal investigation into the mortgage fraud claims against the New York attorney general. The investigation follows a request that the DOJ investigate Letitia James, sent by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte. Pulte claims that James falsified records to get favorable loans on a home she purchased in 2023 in Virginia and a Brooklyn apartment James has owned since 2001. “I mean, this is just chef’s kiss-type stuff,” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments. “If these were her primary residences, then she should not have qualified to be New York attorney general, because of the rules for New York attorney general.” “So which one is it, Tish, did you sign up to be New York attorney general under false pretenses, or did you try to sign a deal and lied to get a more favorable loan? Which one is it, because, either way, you’re a scumbag,” she continues, adding, “It couldn’t happen to a more deserving person.” James accused President Trump of committing a similar act, although in his case, neither she nor anyone else could name a victim. “We need a flowchart of all of the Trump indictments, all of the Trump legal trouble, because of all the lawfare that was waged against him, but she filed a civil lawsuit, just as a refresher, in September 2022 against President Trump, the Trump Organization, his three eldest children, alleging widespread fraud by inflating the value of real estate to secure, look at that, favorable loans and tax benefits,” Gonzales explains. “So the thing that she accused President Trump of, she was doing the whole time,” she continues, adding, “Isn’t that interesting?” Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Arc Raiders recently wrapped up an extremely popular playtest that, judging by the reaction from players and press, went over rather well. Now, the publisher behind the game has confirmed it was a resounding success. As the Escape From Tarkov challenger gears up to take on the king of extraction shooters and fend off fellow newcomers like Marathon, Nexon says that Arc Raider's second tech test "exceeded our expectations" considerably. Continue reading Arc Raiders publisher says its recent tech test "exceeded our expectations" MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best multiplayer games, Best co-op games , Best PC games

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