Quotables

“He did not expect California to fight fire with fire.”

California Gov. GAVIN NEWSOM correctly predicting that voters in his state would approve Democratic redistricting maps in response to President Donald Trump’s push to redraw congressional districts in Republican-controlled states ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.¹

“It has made me fail tests all the time. And then I’ll get mad and I’ll yell at it, ‘You made me fail! Why did you do this?’”

Celebrity KIM KARDASHIAN on using ChatGPT to study for law school exams.²

“It smelled of onions and mustard … [and it] exploded all over my chest.”

A Border Patrol officer testifying Nov. 4 in a federal case against a man acquitted of misdemeanor assault for throwing a sandwich.³

“If this is done to the president, what is going to happen to all of the young women in our country?”

Mexican President CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM on her decision to press charges against a man who allegedly groped her in a Mexico City street.⁴

“What would prohibit Congress from just abdicating all responsibility to regulate foreign commerce?”

Justice NEIL GORSUCH during a Nov. 5 oral argument in a Supreme Court case challenging tariffs.

¹NBC News; ²NBC Philadelphia; ³CNN; ⁴AP