{"id":"1793758504155-news-segment","slug":"white-house-trolls-obama-with-cheesecake-factory","title":"White House Trolls Obama with Cheesecake Factory","summary":"White House staff ordered Cheesecake Factory takeout for an election-night watch party, and a White House official confirmed the order. The meal came after Barack Obama mocked Trump's White House decor as looking like “Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”\n\nNPR reported that the Associated Press called North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat for Democrat Roy Cooper, a key Senate flip. This post relays Rep. Katherine Clark's opinion/prediction that Democrats are on track to win House control; it is not a checkable result.\n\nNPR reported that Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff won reelection in Georgia, defeating Republican Mike Collins. This is an Election Day photo essay/roundup; it does not make a specific factual claim requiring a check.","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T02:15:04.155Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"News Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: White House staff ordered Cheesecake Factory takeout for an election-night watch party, and a White House official confirmed the order. The meal came after Barack Obama mocked Trump's White House decor as looking like “Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”\nSource: The National News Desk via [wset.com](https://wset.com/news/nation-world/eating-good-white-house-says-election-night-spread-includes-cheesecake-factory-takeout- (https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2117800270570700996)\n\nTRUE: NPR reported that the Associated Press called North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat for Democrat Roy Cooper, a key Senate flip. This post relays Rep. Katherine Clark's opinion/prediction that Democrats are on track to win House control; it is not a checkable result.\nSource: [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150958/north-carolina-senate-results) NAMES: Roy Cooper = Democratic governor of North Carolina and senator-elect. (https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150958/north-carolina-senate-results)\n\nTRUE: NPR reported that Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff won reelection in Georgia, defeating Republican Mike Collins. This is an Election Day photo essay/roundup; it does not make a specific factual claim requiring a check.\nSource: [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150143/georgia-senate-race-jon-ossoff-mike-collins) NAMES: Jon Ossoff = Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia; Mike (https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150143/georgia-senate-race-jon-ossoff-mike-collins)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"White House staff ordered Cheesecake Factory takeout for an election-night watch party, and a White House official confirmed the order. The meal came after Barack Obama mocked Trump's White House decor as looking like “Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”","sourceName":"The National News Desk via [wset.com](https://wset.com/news/nation-world/eating-good-white-house-says-election-night-spread-includes-cheesecake-factory-takeout-","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2117800270570700996","claim":"The White House is serving up Election Night payback to Barack Obama, courtesy of the Cheesecake Factory. Fox News' @pdoocy reports staffers ordered dinner from the restaurant in an apparent jab at Obama’s criticism of the White House decor. Tune in to Fox News Channel for more h","author":"Fox News (@FoxNews)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"NPR reported that the Associated Press called North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat for Democrat Roy Cooper, a key Senate flip. This post relays Rep. Katherine Clark's opinion/prediction that Democrats are on track to win House control; it is not a checkable result.","sourceName":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150958/north-carolina-senate-results) NAMES: Roy Cooper = Democratic governor of North Carolina and senator-elect.","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150958/north-carolina-senate-results","claim":"Democrat Roy Cooper wins a North Carolina Senate seat - Democrat Roy Cooper has won North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat, according to a race call from the Associated Press, providing the party with a key Senate flip.","author":"NPR"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"NPR reported that Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff won reelection in Georgia, defeating Republican Mike Collins. This is an Election Day photo essay/roundup; it does not make a specific factual claim requiring a check.","sourceName":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150143/georgia-senate-race-jon-ossoff-mike-collins) NAMES: Jon Ossoff = Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia; Mike","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150143/georgia-senate-race-jon-ossoff-mike-collins","claim":"Jon Ossoff wins reelection in Georgia, easily defeating Republican Mike Collins - A year ago, the Georgia Senate race was considered one of the cycle's marquee Senate showdowns. In the end, Ossoff easily defeated Collins.","author":"NPR"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2117800270570700996","name":"The National News Desk via [wset.com](https://wset.com/news/nation-world/eating-good-white-house-says-election-night-spread-includes-cheesecake-factory-takeout-","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Fox News (@FoxNews)"},{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150958/north-carolina-senate-results","name":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150958/north-carolina-senate-results) NAMES: Roy Cooper = Democratic governor of North Carolina and senator-elect.","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"NPR"},{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150143/georgia-senate-race-jon-ossoff-mike-collins","name":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-150143/georgia-senate-race-jon-ossoff-mike-collins) NAMES: Jon Ossoff = Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia; Mike","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"NPR"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793758504155-news-segment-white-house-trolls-obama-with-cheesecake-factory","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793758504155-news-segment-white-house-trolls-obama-with-cheesecake-factory","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793758504155-news-segment-white-house-trolls-obama-with-cheesecake-factory and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"The White House just turned a Barack Obama insult into an election-night dinner order."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Cheesecake Factory. That's the payback."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fox News says staffers ordered takeout from the chain after Obama mocked the decor as looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So the White House leaned in. Ordered the actual cheesecake."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Peter Doocy confirmed it. A White House official confirmed the order. This is real."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I have to say, that's a pretty good troll. Obama hands you the joke, you serve it with a side of avocado egg rolls."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's funny, but it's also the White House spending energy on a restaurant joke on election night."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Come on, it's a watch party. Staffers have to eat something. Might as well make it a callback."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'm not saying it's a scandal. I'm saying the pettiness is the point."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And the point landed. We're talking about it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Meanwhile, in New York, the Wall Street Journal says the AP called it for Kathy Hochul over Bruce Blakeman."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That one's also not independently confirmed in what we've seen. But Hochul was always the favorite."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Republicans hoped for a more competitive race. Looks like they didn't get it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And Hakeem Jeffries is already being asked about working with the Republican president."},{"host":"Bella","text":"His answer to CNN: 'We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.'"},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the most Hakeem Jeffries answer possible."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's noncommittal, but it's also smart. Don't negotiate against yourself before the votes are counted."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. He's not going to give the White House a sound bite tonight."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Now, one more story that's getting attention: an attack ad in the Ohio governor's race."},{"host":"Brian","text":"A post claims Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign ran an ad featuring Amy Acton's mother, Donna Arthur."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The post is truncated, and we can't verify the ad or its context. But if true, that's a brutal move."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Using a candidate's mother in an attack ad? That's the kind of thing that backfires."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Or it works. Depends on what the ad actually says. We just don't know yet."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Right. So we'll wait for more reporting before we judge."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Let's talk about the bigger picture. The House is still very much in play."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Katherine Clark, the House Democratic whip, says her party is on track to win control."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's her prediction, not a result. But it tells you where Democrats think this is heading."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And here's the thing: if Democrats take the House, the next two years look very different."},{"host":"Bella","text":"One more thing: a post going around claims in 120 years we went from hanging horse thieves to apologizing to an illegal alien who committed a terrible crime because his IQ was too low."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's a meme, not a news story. But it's tapping into real anger about the justice system."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's also not tied to any specific case we can verify. It's just rage bait."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And it works because people feel like the system protects the wrong people."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But without a specific case, it's just a feeling. And feelings don't make good policy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, but they make good election ads."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And that's the night we're having. Results, projections, and a lot of feelings."},{"host":"Brian","text":"We'll keep tracking the calls as they come in."}]}