Month: October 2025

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…
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President Trump on Friday indicated he would fund the Supplemental Nutritional 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…
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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 Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would not be delivering Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)benefits beginning Saturday, with…
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Trump and his Republican allies also have made baseless claims about widespread voting by non-citizens, which is illegal and rarely occurs.

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The front page of the paper’s opinion section last October warned about several specific actions the MAGA leader would take.

The Air Force One trip is his 13th visit to his Palm Beach country club since he returned to office and brings his taxpayer funded golf total to $60.7 million.

Actor Harrison Ford on Friday blasted President Trump over his lack of policies toward combatting climate change, suggesting that the president has “whims” instead. “It scares the s‑‑‑ out of me,” Ford told The Guardian. “The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. [Trump] knows better, but he’s an instrument of the status quo and…
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These states are telling it like it is.

President Trump said Friday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized for an ad that used former President Reagan’s criticism of tariffs in an attempt to tweak the White House’s trade policies. The Ontario ad aired during the World Series game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers — and clearly irked Trump,…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on a report Friday that the Trump administration had decided to strike military installations in Venezuela. “Your ‘sources’ claiming to have ‘knowledge of the situation’ tricked you into writing a fake story,” Rubio posted on social platform X. He was responding to a Miami Herald report that said…
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The president felt that the old style was “totally inappropriate.”

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and other Democrats slammed the Trump administration Friday after a judge ordered the federal government to release emergency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the government shutdown.  A federal judge on Friday rejected arguments that the emergency funds can be used only for hurricanes or other uncontrollable…
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The family of Virginia Giuffre praised the stripping away of Prince Andrew’s titles over his alleged ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “This normal girl from a normal family has taken down a prince,” Sky Roberts, Giuffre’s brother, said on “BBC Newsnight” on Thursday. “We are so proud of her.” Roberts said his sister,…
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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…
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Sky Roberts, the brother of Virginia Guiffre, praised King Charles for stripping Prince Andrew’s royal titles but said there’s more to be done.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday called President Trump’s move to restart nuclear weapons testing “acts of a weak person” and embarrassing. Speaking with NBC News’s Kristen Welker, Newsom said “it’s performative” on Trump’s part to restart the weapons testing, behavior that Newsom compared with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He also pointed…
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A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beginning this weekend because of the government shutdown, ordering officials to first spend an emergency fund.  The roughly $5.25 billion fund is not enough to fully cover November benefits for the food assistance program, which will cost the government…
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A YouGov survey has found that Americans are more likely to oppose U.S. strikes against boats near Venezuela than support them after a month of attacks on vessels suspected of transporting drugs off the country’s coast. Americans also strongly opposed the U.S. military invading the South American nation, and a majority opposed the deployment of…
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President Trump showed off his renovations of the White House‘s Lincoln Bathroom on Friday, calling out the room’s previous art deco style as “inappropriate.” “I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era,” Trump…
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A Russian cruise missile whose secret development led President Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term has been used to attack Ukraine in recent months, according to Kyiv’s foreign minister. Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha is the first to confirm that Russia has used the ground-launched…
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Ohio Democrats and Republicans voted in favor of a new congressional map on Friday that gives GOP lawmakers an edge in two key districts.  The map was created without public input in a unanimous vote from the Ohio Redistricting Commission and will remain in place until 2030.  The new map could make it more difficult for…
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U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was appointed by President Trump, praised two prosecutors removed from the case of a Jan. 6, 2021, rioter, saying they had “upheld the highest standards of professionalism.” “In my view, both Mr. Valdivia and Mr. White did a truly excellent job in this case,” Nichols said during a Thursday…
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The White House said Friday it is resuming public tours of the building in December with an “updated route” after they were paused over the summer ahead of construction of President Trump’s ballroom. First lady Melania Trump’s office said public tours would restart Dec. 2 with “an updated route offering guests the opportunity to experience…
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris recently opened up about a phone call that still lingers in her mind — one that happened right before she stepped on stage to debate Donald Trump.   She shared the story on “The Diary of a CEO” podcast, saying that moment helped define her “complicated” relationship with Joe Biden. What was supposed to be…
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