Tracy Mumford

at the White House yesterday.

Maria Carino Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, gave her award to President Trump.

She's been trying to curry favor with him since he ousted Nicolas Maduro, but he has not backed her efforts to lead Venezuela, saying she's a very nice woman, but she doesn't have the respect needed to be president.

It's not immediately clear what, if anything, she got out of her meeting with Trump yesterday.

Afterward, the White House posted an image on social media showing Trump holding up an ornate framed plaque with the gold prize in the middle of it and an inscription recognizing his, quote, principled and decisive action to secure a free Venezuela.

Machado's highly unusual gesture came after Trump has spent months saying that he should have won the award.

In a recent statement, the Nobel Institute made clear that the award does not work like that, clarifying that it can't be shared, transferred, or revoked, saying that its decision is, quote, Despite that, a few Nobel Prizes, which are 18-carat gold, have been sold in the past.

A few years ago, James Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, sold his for over $4 million.

And more recently, a Russian journalist who won the Peace Prize auctioned the award off for over $100 million to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees.

And last update on the Trump administration, a quick fact check.

Recently, as affordability has become the topic in American politics.

President Trump has repeatedly claimed that grocery prices are falling under his administration.

But new government data shows that prices are actually rising.

Overall, in the past 12 months, grocery prices went up more than 2%.

For certain foods, that number is way higher.

Coffee is up almost 20%, and ground beef prices surged to a new record high last month.

There are a wide range of reasons for the uptick, like fuel costs and extreme weather, and some of Trump's own policies.

Tariffs have driven up the cost of aluminum for canned goods, for example, which could be contributing.

Plus, the administration's immigration crackdown has left some farms struggling to find workers.

And while the prices of some products have come down, notably eggs and milk, shoppers are still being squeezed.