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Trump hits back at Obama over Cheesecake Factory jab

Obama made the quip at an Ohio rally for Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown; the renovations are expected to cost at least nine hundred million dollars.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPresident Trump fired back Monday at Barack Obama's Cheesecake Factory jab about the White House renovations, saying it shows why Obama was a lousy president.

  2. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistObama made the joke at a rally in Cleveland on Saturday, and the Hill says the renovations are expected to cost at least nine hundred million dollars.

  3. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThat's a lot of cheesecake.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCatholic leaders are distancing themselves from the president after an Oval Office prayer video.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMilwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob says the bishops did not know it was being recorded.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNinety minutes of meetings with policy staff first, Grob says, and then a camera nobody mentioned.

  7. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistClocks fall back at two a. m. Sunday, and Stanford's Jamie Zeitzer says the extra risk to any one person is extremely small.

  8. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'm still wearing a windbreaker to bed.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn the World Series, the Rays benched Jonathan Aranda after his Game 2 error, and Ryan Vilade starts in right field.

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Loch Ness Monster sightings more than double since last year

The Daily Grail counts fifteen reported sightings so far in twenty twenty-six, up from last year; that's a surge by monster standards.

Via New York Post