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.