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President Trump's fresh push for Republicans to abandon the Senate filibuster is showing little sign of success, even as lawmakers struggle to find a way out of the ongoing government shutdown.
Trump's call for Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" underscores his growing frustration with the government shutdown as it enters its second month. But it faces stiff headwinds from senators in his own party who have been adamantly opposed to getting rid of the tactic.
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thune's position "on the importance of the legislative filibuster is unchanged." |
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Thousands of military families who receive government benefits are facing a food insecurity cliff with uncertainty over funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Two federal judges on Friday ordered the Trump administration to tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for more than 42 million Americans in November, but that will not cover all of the needed payments for the month.
Trump late Friday signaled he would provide moneys from the emergency fund, but he asked the courts for direction on how to legally do so. |
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President Trump indicated Friday he would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if given "the appropriate legal direction" after a federal judge ordered officials to spend an emergency fund for the program.
SNAP benefits are set to lapse Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown, and Trump administration officials have been adamant that they would not tap the emergency fund for the program. "Our Government lawyers do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP with certain monies we have available, and now two Courts have issued conflicting opinions on what we can and cannot do," Trump posted on Truth Social. |
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States are resorting to last-ditch efforts to preserve access to groceries for their residents as the federal government was ready up until its Oct. 31 deadline to stop sending out food benefits while the government shutdown drags on.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would not be delivering Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits beginning Saturday, with the Trump administration refusing to draw on a contingency fund. But two court rulings reversed that course. |
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Former President Obama is hitting the campaign trail this weekend to try to boost his party in off-year elections.
Getting Obama, the party's biggest star, on the road is an effort to ensure voters get to the polls, though there are questions about whether the former president still has the kind of standing to make a mark with voters in getting them out to vote.
"The 2025 off-year elections are not held in a normal election year so this is more about turnout than it is about persuasion," said Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha, who worked as a senior adviser for Bernie Sander's presidential campaigns. "So Obama does not hurt anything because you're trying to remind people and motivate the base to go vote and the base still loves Obama." |
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A civil war over the direction of the conservative movement and who should be considered part of it erupted after Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts posted a video Thursday defending Tucker Carlson for interviewing white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
The statement sparked backlash from Republican senators and a number of traditionally conservative organizations — and from staffers within the Heritage Foundation itself who say that Fuentes, who is known for antisemitic commentary, and his ideas are not worthy of debate. |
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The U.S. launching strikes within Venezuela is looking increasingly likely as the Trump administration continues to bolster the buildup of military assets in the region, turning up the pressure against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom U.S. officials have characterized as an "illegitimate leader."
The administration has identified military facilities in Venezuela used to smuggle narcotics as potential targets for the attack, although President Trump has not made a final decision on whether to carry out strikes inside the South American country, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night. Potential targets under consideration are military-controlled airports and ports, including airstrips and naval facilities, the outlet reported, citing one U.S. official. |
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President Trump sat down with CBS News's Norah O'Donnell on Friday for an interview that will air Sunday on "60 Minutes."
The interview, which took place at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, will air Sunday at 7:30pm ET on Sunday. The sit-down is the first time Trump has done an interview with the network since he sued CBS and its parent company Paramount Global over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris on "60 Minutes." Trump claimed the network intentionally edited her answer to a question on the war in Gaza in an effort to make her sound more coherent. The network rejected that premise in court documents and public statements. |
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TThe U.S. won't be sending any "high level" representatives to this year's United Nations climate summit, a White House official told The Hill on Friday.
The summit, known as COP30, will be held in Brazil next month. Traditionally at such meetings, nations discuss their plans for climate action, unveil climate-related initiatives and seek to negotiate global climate agreements. The official noted that President Trump is working directly on international energy issues with leaders, including in recent trade deals. |
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OPINION | Antisemitism took a giant step forward this week onto MAGA center stage.
It started on Monday when Tucker Carlson hosted white nationalist Nick Fuentes on his show — MAGA's biggest platform — to discuss Israel and "organized Jewry." The fallout was immediate, as conservatives fiercely debated the admissibility of antisemites like Fuentes into the conservative big tent, the growing trend of Gen-Z anti-Zionism and more. |
BY NATALIE GONNELLA-PLATTS |
OPINION | Eight of the over 19,000 Ukrainian children abducted and forcibly removed from their home country by Russia since the start of Vladimir Putin's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine were recently returned, thanks, in part, to the efforts of Melania Trump.
Outraged like many by the blatant exploitation of innocent children, Mrs. Trump penned a personal letter to Putin that was delivered during the Alaska Summit in August. A simple but unanticipated gesture, her letter and subsequent communication helped reunite the children with their families in Ukraine. However, thousands of Ukrainian kids are still missing — stolen from their families and their homeland in a systematic attempt by Putin to erase their Ukrainian identity. Let's not forget that the International Criminal Court went so far as to issue an arrest warrant in 2023 for both Putin and his Children's Rights Commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for their horrific assault on Ukraine's children. |
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First came President Trump's scrapping of a proposed summit in Budapest on the war in Ukraine and his imposition of sanctions on Russia.
Then came the announcements by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow had successfully tested two menacing nuclear-capable weapons designed for possible doomsday combat against the United States.
The timing may not have been coincidental, analysts say, and Putin's point was clear: Given the serious threat of Russia's nuclear arsenal, the United States will ultimately need to respect Moscow's power and negotiate — like it or not. |
BY OYIN ADEDOYIN AND RAY A. SMITH |
Damaryan Benton doesn't go out of his way to respond to emails after 5 p.m. Nia Joseph doesn't worry about staying out late on a work night. Jessica Moran lets her manager know she won't be reachable when she's headed to weeknight pickleball practice.
They're all early in their careers and, in the face of a slowing labor market, committed to having work-life balance.
Companies are hitting the brakes on hiring or slashing jobs to cut costs during an uncertain economic environment, with some now warning prospective new hires of long hours and few boundaries. |
In his final ad of the New York City mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo opens on a dour note: "Life in New York is tough right now."
Then comes a dig at Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee who the former governor has argued is too inexperienced to lead the city: "Candidates who need on-the-job training can't fix it," he says.
In their last days on the campaign trail before Election Day on Tuesday, Cuomo, Mamdani and Republican Curtis Sliwa are offering their closing arguments to voters. |
BY MARIANNE LEVINE AND ROBERT KLEMKO |
Federal immigration officers are using chemical irritants to disperse protesters in ways that violate American policing norms and are testing the boundaries of use of force laws, video footage from Chicago shows, in some cases hitting demonstrators directly with the munitions.
Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have deployed tear gas in cities around the country, but its use has been especially prevalent in Chicago, where the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz in September as part of the president's crackdown on illegal immigration. |
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