CNN viewers were left fuming after the programme was interrupted for a bombshell update on Donald Trump threatening to sue comedian Trevor Noah over a Grammy Awards joke about Jeffrey Epstein.

As CNN’s Daniel Dale fact-checked, overall prices have increased during Trump’s second term, Consumer Price Index data shows. In December 2025, average consumer prices were 2.7% higher than they were in December 2024 — and far more products have gotten more expensive since Trump’s inauguration than have gotten cheaper.

Donald Trump set the internet ablaze with fury after his latest post on Truth Social. CNN briefly halted their live coverage on Friday to address the latest furore surrounding the US president. Trump said he "didn't see" the part of a social media video which showed a racist clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.