MIAMI, FLORIDA - JULY 22: Marlo Ramirez carries slabs of beef to be prepared for a customer in a grocery store on July 22, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Beef prices are hitting records, rising almost 9% since January, according to the Department of Agriculture. Industry experts say the increase in prices are due in part to drought conditions across the country that have caused herds to shrink, while the demand for beef continues to increase. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump announces DOJ investigation into meat-packing companies, accusing them of artificially inflating beef prices

President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch an investigation into the United States’ top meat-packing companies, accusing them of engaging in “collusion, price fixing, and price manipulation” to artificially inflate the price of beef.

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(L) (L/R) US Vice President JD Vance and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) applaud as President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast meeting with Senate Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House on November 5, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at the podium alongside fellow Republicans during a news conference on November 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The record for longest shutdown in the U.S. Government was broken Wednesday as it entered its 36th day. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Johnson stresses that Tuesday’s Democrat election wins are ‘not indicative of what’s to come’ while VP Vance shares message of his own

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson sought to calm uneasy Republicans on Wednesday, brushing off the party’s losses on Tuesday’s off-year elections as a temporary “blip” that doesn’t foreshadow trouble in the 2026 midterms.

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