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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 31.10.2025.
It displays 201 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
31.10.2025 ⇢ The Day Judges Ordered SNAP Payments
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US media heavily focused on President Trump's call for Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster to end the government shutdown. This proposal faced unified opposition from Speaker Johnson and Senator Thune throughout the day. Concurrently, reports indicated a foiled "potential terrorist attack" in Michigan. By late afternoon and evening, a major development emerged: federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown, a decision seen as a significant setback for the administration's stance. This legal intervention ensures that millions will continue to receive food assistance despite the ongoing government shutdown.
31.10.2025
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The Washington Post
More than three years into Russia’s brutal invasion of its neighbor, the war raging on Ukraine’s eastern plains is increasingly being fought by machines.
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The Daily Beast
Rep. Jamie Raskin saved his sharpest swipe for the envelope in a letter condemning Trump’s East Wing teardown.
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Breitbart News
On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) discussed the government shutdown. Ernst said that while non-essential workers aren’t required to work, they’ll get back pay “to the tune of $400 million every single workday. Which means at this
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Staffing deficits at airports led to ground delays amid a monthlong government shutdown.
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Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history, slamming Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane earlier this week.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
President Trump called on Republicans Thursday to invoke the so-called “nuclear option” and change Senate rules to allow legislation to end the 30-day long government shutdown pass with a simple majority vote.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders his country would help to defend global free trade as U.S.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro offered the U.S. his country's oil riches. For Secretary of State Marco Rubio, that wasn't enough.
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04:56⇢Trump Calls for Filibuster's End
⌨US media continues to extensively cover President Trump's call for Republicans to invoke the 'nuclear option' to end the government shutdown by eliminating the Senate filibuster (Boston Globe, Breitbart, NY Post, The Hill, HuffPost, Newsmax, Washington Examiner). This comes as flight delays escalate amid air traffic controller shortages due to the shutdown (The Epoch Times). Meanwhile, coverage of Trump's proposal to resume nuclear testing persists (ABC News, NPR, NYTimes, Washington Post).
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The Intercept
Israel and the Trump administration insist that the ceasefire is still in place. Dozens of residents in Gaza disagree.
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NBC News
NBC News spoke to officials with the Trust for the National Mall, who explained why their group is now taking in the donations for the new White House ballroom.
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We asked readers whether young Americans today can still have a better life than their parents. They responded with stories of economic hardship and growing disillusionment with leaders in Washington.
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The Daily Beast
The president demands Republicans end the Senate filibuster rule which would give him far more power.
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The Washington Post
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President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That’s so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the shutdown federal government.
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A spate of state-level legislation purports to curb Chinese influence but could spur a “second Red Scare” that ensnares ordinary businesses.
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The New York Times
Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.
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Los Angeles Times
Dana Stevens
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National Review
It would represent an advance for the U.S. nuclear deterrent and a victory of common sense over superstition.
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NBC News
Officials with the Trust for the National Mall explain why their group is now taking in the donations for the new White House ballroom.
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One man ran the charity 50/50 raffle at Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche home games for nearly a decade. So where did the money go?
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New York Post
“I hope that they would consider putting her in solitary confinement for the next 20 years, just like she did to my son.”
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The Washington Post
President Trump finalized a thorny trade deal with South Korea and secured agreements with Southeast Asian nations to maintain the flow of minerals to the U.S. while averting a full-blown trade crisis with China during a five-day trip across the Far East.
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The president said that it’s time for the Senate Republicans to ‘play their Trump Card.’
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A person died after reports of someone trapped in a flooded basement in Brooklyn, and a man died after a boiler room flooded in Manhattan, police said.
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07:44⇢Trump Demands Filibuster's End
⌨US media continues to extensively cover President Trump's call for Republicans to eliminate the Senate filibuster to end the government shutdown (Common Dreams, The Epoch Times, Fox News, MSNBC, The Hill, AP News, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, HuffPost, Newsmax). This comes as some outlets report on Trump's recent trade deals and a 'delicate China truce' during his Asia tour (ABC News, Washington Times, The Intercept).
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The Federalist
In the publication’s 70th anniversary issue, the magazine undercut its own important legacy by attacking one of the right’s biggest icons.
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New York Post
“I hope that they would consider putting her in solitary confinement for the next 20 years, just like she did to my son.”
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ICE's Mass Arrests Ensnare U.S. Citizens and Show No Signs of Stopping
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Kash Patel said the FBI made multiple arrests, but offered no further information on the plot or the suspects.
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Gayle King was spotted leaving her New York City apartment first thing Friday — just hours after reports emerged she was set to leave “CBS Mornings” after more than a decade.
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The Washington Post
A potential terrorist attack in Michigan was prevented early Friday, the FBI said.
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President Trump said Senate Republicans should eliminate the filibuster rule requiring 60 votes to pass most legislation. Follow live updates here.
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The British public now prefers Brexit boss Nigel Farage over Sir Keir Starmer for prime minister for the first time, a survey has found.
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National Review
Democratic nominees should be easily dominating their contests next week, but polls suggest that’s not the case.
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The New York Times
Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.
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"Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW," President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Oct. 30.
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New York Post
Kamala Harris launched into the unhinged rant after being asked if flailing Democrats could learn something from Trump’s bulldozer-style approach to running the government.
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09:47⇢Trump Bids Filibuster's Demise
⌨US media continues to extensively cover President Trump's call for Republicans to eliminate the Senate filibuster to end the government shutdown (CBS, Fox News, USA Today, Common Dreams, The Epoch Times, AP News, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, Newsmax). This comes as some outlets report on a foiled "potential terrorist attack" in Michigan (NBC News, Washington Times), while others discuss Democratic strategies and internal Republican anxieties regarding the shutdown (MSNBC, The Hill, National Review).
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That’s so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats in the Senate and reopen the shutdown federal government.
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The British public now prefers Brexit boss Nigel Farage over Sir Keir Starmer for prime minister for the first time, a survey has found.
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Socialism has a well-earned reputation as a secular, rational movement. But not all socialists throughout history were quite so grounded.
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Los Angeles Times
Dana Stevens
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The autopsy reports gave no indication of the circumstances of the deaths, describing only an industrial accident in a confined space at a dairy farm.
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Melissa has lost significant strength as it heads northeast toward the Canadian Maritimes.
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The Washington Post
President Trump wants Senate Republicans to open the government by going around Democrats to end the legislative filibuster.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has long emphasized the importance of having children. Now the church says it's worried about the declining birth rate.
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Democrat senators from California are urging the United States Justice Department to hold off on sending federal election observers to the state for its special election next week.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
Bailey Shaw, 18— a “rising star” Aspen transplant who was set to start a gig with the non-profit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS — was killed by drugs.
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The New York mayoral hopeful declined to express confidence in Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and talked about speeding up housing construction.
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One America News
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel announced that the bureau “thwarted a potential terrorist attack” in Michigan on Halloween day, stopping an alleged plot to carry out a “violent attack over Halloween weekend."
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Mark Joseph Stern
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The Washington Post
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12:16⇢Filibuster's Fate, a Trump Card
⌨US media continues to focus heavily on President Trump's repeated calls for Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster to end the government shutdown (ABC News, AP News, CBS, The Daily Beast, The Epoch Times, Fox News, HuffPost, MSNBC, Newsmax, The Hill, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Common Dreams). This proposal faces unified opposition from Speaker Johnson and Senator Thune. Separately, an alleged terrorist attack in Michigan was reportedly thwarted (One America News Network).
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune's stance on the filibuster is "unchanged" despite President Trump's call to scrap the rule to end the government shutdown. Follow live updates here.
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The Daily Beast
The senator slammed Tucker Carlson’s interview with a Holocaust-denier, but others backed the conservative podcaster.
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One America News
President Donald Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to initiate the “nuclear option” and end the filibuster as the government shutdown reaches a full month.
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The Justice Department is probing whether Black Lives Matter (BLM) defrauded donors who sent the organization millions of dollars during the racial justice protests in 2020, the Associated Press is reporting.
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The operation came amid a sharp rise in domestic terrorism investigations across the United States.
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Zohran Mamdani's $5 Billion Corporate Tax Hike Threatens NYC's Status as the World's Financial Capital
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"For many women, this is not optional. They're having to choose now between paying their electric bill or feeding their baby."
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National Review
The filibuster is an ‘ongoing conversation’ for Trump, John Thune told NR a day before Trump urged the Senate GOP to nuke it.
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The Daily Beast
The vice president clapped back after being accused of “Hindu-phobia” over his wife’s religion.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth voiced “serious concerns” about Chinese military activities in the region during his first face-to-face meeting Friday with his Chinese counterpart.
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The New York Times
Online harassers are generating images and sounds that simulate their victims in violent situations.
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Vice President JD Vance has warned that should the government shutdown continue, holiday air travel this year will be a “disaster."
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Associated Press
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Trump called on GOP senators to ditch the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to pass most legislation, in an Oct. 30 social media post.
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The bizarre conservative misunderstanding of The Lord of the Rings, explained.
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14:23⇢Filibuster's Fading Echo
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's call to eliminate the Senate filibuster to end the government shutdown, a proposal opposed by GOP leaders (CBS, National Review, USA Today, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Newsmax). Concurrently, multiple outlets report that judges have ordered the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown, a development seen as a blow to the administration's stance (ABC News, Boston Globe, AP News, Fox News).
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Associated Press
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More than 40 million Americans rely on the program to buy food each month.
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The New York Times
Senators opposed President Trump’s plan to import beef from Argentina and voted three times this week to end his power to enforce sweeping tariffs.
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New York Post
Federal investigators prevented a real-life Halloween horror by busting at least five terror plotters early Friday, sources familiar with the operation told The Post.
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ICE agents were involved in a shooting in Southern California on Thursday after a driver allegedly attempted to run federal immigration agents over.
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The shutdown pain is intensifying with each day.
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More than 40 million Americans rely on the program to buy food each month.
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Judge Indira Talwani acknowledged this will leave millions of people without assistance starting Saturday. Two dozen Democratic-led states had sued over the administration's decision to suspend SNAP.
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
The president’s extravagant revamp was revealed as millions of Americans are at risk of losing food stamp benefits thanks to the government shutdown.
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The shutdown pain is intensifying with each day.
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The Washington Post
President Trump on Friday said he has no plans to order military strikes within Venezuela.
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National Review
Trump’s many and well-known vices should not leave us unable to see that the man also has his virtues.
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The paradox at the heart of today’s economy.
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Thursday that a "joint 287(g) operation with the Indiana State Police" has led to the arrest of 223 illegal aliens on Indiana highways near the Illinois border, including 146 commercial truck drivers.
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The shutdown pain is intensifying with each day.
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Breitbart News
Benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are drying up this weekend as Democrats have voted to keep the government shut down 14 times, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said during Friday’s press conference on day 31 of the shutdown.
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Trump wants the Senate to abolish the filibuster blocking legislation such as ending the shutdown. Here's why even his Republican allies keep it.
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16:10⇢SNAP Benefits Must Flow
⌨US media continues to focus on judges ordering the Trump administration to distribute SNAP contingency money during the government shutdown (ABC News, Boston Globe, The Epoch Times, Fox News, NPR, The Hill, AP News, Washington Examiner, Washington Times). Meanwhile, President Trump's call to eliminate the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown also remains a key topic (USA Today, CBS).
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Another judge in a separate case called the administration's plan not to pay the food benefits, which are set to lapse tomorrow, "unlawful."
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The Intercept
Jonah Valdez and Matt Sledge discuss the latest on the Gaza “ceasefire,” an eyebrow-raising crypto pardon, and more published on The Intercept this week.
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The New York Times
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay for SNAP, which aids roughly 42 million people.
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Mamdani's $5 Billion Corporate Tax Hike Would Make Jobs and Wealth Flee NYC
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A new in-depth analysis demonstrates how the Democrat party has become the party of the rich and the elite, a remarkable political realignment in recent years that has Democrats in Congress now representing more than 75 percent of the wealthiest congressional districts in the country.
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Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.
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A pair of federal judges ruled the government must tap into a contingency fund to make SNAP payments, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected President Trump's call to end the filibuster
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New York Post
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration move to suspend SNAP food benefits to 42 million Americans due to the ongoing government shutdown was likely against the law.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris, the defeated Democrat candidate in the 2024 presidential election, went scorched earth on President Donald Trump's ballroom renovations amid the government shutdown—while also walking back her earlier remarks about her former Commander-in-Chief boss.
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The Washington Post
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Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funding to provide SNAP benefits. But it's unclear how much, or when, those funds would be provided before the funding runs dry.
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Pop mega-star Billie Eilish recently called on billionaires to “give your money” while accepting a music award at the Wall Street Journal's 2025 Innovator Awards in New York City, despite reportedly having a net worth of over $50 million.
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Former Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, weakened after leaving a trail of devastation across Caribbean islands.
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The Daily Beast
It is the second time the director has been accused of taking a victory lap too early in as many months.
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One America News
United States Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is scheduled to be a guest on ABC’s “The View” next week.
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The Washington Post
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They Face $1 Million in Fines—for Someone Else's Code Violations
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18:24⇢SNAP Funds Flow, Judges Command
⌨US media continues to focus heavily on federal judges ordering the Trump administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits during the government shutdown (ABC News, Boston Globe, CBS, Common Dreams, NBC News, NPR, NY Post, NYTimes, The Epoch Times, Fox News, AP News, Washington Times). Separately, there are reports of civil war on the right concerning comments by the Heritage president about Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes (The Hill, Vox, Slate).
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One America News
Lawmakers in Ohio voted unanimously for a new congressional map that would give the GOP a slight boost ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
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“Your government is failing you right now. Poverty is not red or blue,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said at a Capitol Hill press conference alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
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One America News
Former New York GOP Rep. George Santos revealed that he encountered “lots of liberal” prisoners who “hate the president” during his stint behind bars -- prior to being commuted by the U.S. Commander-in-Chief.
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The Washington Post
President Trump’s decision to resume nuclear tests was needed to strengthen the credibility of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and will help prevent nuclear war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday.
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The Washington Post
A federal judge on Friday directed the Trump administration to pay out some food stamp benefits for November using contingency funds, rejecting the government’s argument that the government shutdown has effectively shuttered the program.
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The Daily Beast
The new White House rule comes after similar restrictions were imposed on reporters covering the Pentagon.
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Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
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NBC News spoke with 18 recipients who spent the week contemplating once unthinkable tradeoffs to put food on their tables.
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One America News
New Jersey GOP gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli has casted his ballot early.
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A new purge of ICE leaders and the empowerment of Border Patrol sets the stage for a more extreme crackdown in US cities.
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The Washington Post
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Breitbart News
President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” for the ongoing mass murders of Christians by radical Islamists, directing the House Appropriations Committee “to immediately look into this matter” and stating that the United States “cannot stand by” while the slaughters occur.
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Washington Free Beacon
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President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” for the ongoing mass murders of Christians by radical Islamists, directing the House Appropriations Committee “to immediately look into this matter” and stating that the United States “cannot stand by” while the slaughters occur.
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One America News
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts issued a statement in regard to conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s decision to interview far-right political commentator Nick Fuentes, declaring that “canceling” Fuentes “is not the answer” while calling for engagement rather than isolation of controversial figures.
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The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964.
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Judge Talwani gave the Trump administration until Nov. 3 to decide if it will pay full or partial benefits. Another judge said SNAP is an entitlement.
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The Washington Post
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“Tim Scott would not be f–king treated this way,” a seething Mace reportedly told police officers.
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U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., was the first to reach a final ruling against the Trump executive order.
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The Daily Beast
The vice president’s embrace of an infamous meme backfired spectacularly online.
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Some 42 million people in the U.S. who rely on SNAP benefits could soon join the already long lines at the nation's food banks and pantries that are also serving struggling federal workers.
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The New York Times
President Trump attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.
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The Hill
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Associated Press
Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.
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A judge granted the motion after attorneys for Kimberly Sullivan argued she has a constitutional right to access the information.
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New York Post
Maintenance crews are evaluating the clipped plane for any malfunctions following the collision.
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