Month: October 2025

In some respects, the Georgia congresswoman is almost starting to sound like … Bernie Sanders?

As the government shutdown persists, funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are at risk in states across the country.  SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, are funded by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The federal government shares the cost of administering the program with states, while states operate their own programs.  Funding…
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“After crashing the soybean market and gifting Argentina our largest export buyer, he’s now poised to do the same to the cattle market,” one cattle producer said.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said concern about the East Wing of the White House being demolished to build a grand ballroom “is maybe a little rich.”

President Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make room for a $300 million ballroom has raised questions of who has the authority to allow the work. Since Monday, demolition crews and an excavator have been spotted tearing down part of the historic building. White House officials have said the 90,000-square-foot privately funded ballroom…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he thinks former Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election because she didn’t focus enough on working class voters. In a Tuesday interview on “The Tim Dillon Show,” the podcast host expressed frustration about the “cover-up with Biden’s mental decline” and the fact that there was “no primary”…
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Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) on Wednesday urged his fellow Republicans in the state to not give in to President Trump’s pressure on red states to redraw their congressional maps to their benefit. “My home state of Indiana is on the national Republican target list for new lines, as part of the quest to ensure continued…
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The president said Mayor Daniel Lurie “asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around.”

Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday demonstrated rare unity opposing President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Kuwait, scrutinizing a history of alleged antisemitic comments and positions.  The problematic record of Trump’s nominee, Amer Ghalib, toward Israel, Jews and U.S.-designated terrorist groups gave some of the president’s most ardent supporters…
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Alex Wagner had a crucial message to share on “Late Show” after massive “No Kings” protests.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) unveiled a new “accountability” commission Thursday designed to keep a public record of federal agents’ conduct as the Trump administration continues “conducting military-style operations in Chicago” and surrounding areas. The Illinois Accountability Commission (IAC), an independent board established by executive order, will be tasked with reviewing federal law enforcement operations…
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President Trump is expected to hold a roundtable at the White House Thursday afternoon to outline the administration’s efforts to combat crime, as well as drug and human trafficking. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,…
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Karine Jean-Pierre, the former White House press secretary, is participating in a media tour to promote her new book, “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.” But her numerous appearances with otherwise ideologically friendly interviewers — Stephen Colbert, Tim Miller, Gayle King — have not gone well, for a very…
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President Trump said on Thursday that he would not deploy federal troops to San Francisco, reversing course on plans to implement anti-crime and immigration enforcement in the Bay area. Trump in a post on Truth Social said friends of his had called him to ask him not to go forward with the surge after arguing…
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President Trump had the East Wing of the White House demolished this week, a change of course from previous statements that his massive, privately funded ballroom addition would be near but not touch the structure. Starting Monday, construction equipment broke the facade of the portion of the White House complex that was home to offices…
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The White House has been using accounting tricks to protect certain services and avoid blame for the funding lapse.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) will hold a virtual confirmation hearing over the nomination of Casey Means to be U.S. surgeon general next week, five months after she was nominated. The HELP Committee said in an announcement that Means would appear before the panel virtually, calling in from Kilauea, Hawaii.…
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Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-sponsored bill Thursday to pay active-duty members of the military and other essential federal employees who have been required to work during the government shutdown. Democrats blocked the Shutdown Fairness Act of 2025, sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), in a mostly party-line 54-45 vote. It needed 60 votes to advance.…
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The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including a walkway to the White House itself, has been turned into rubble.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon as the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week, after a 12th vote on a stopgap funding bill failed a day earlier. The briefing also comes after demolition began on the White House’s East Wing to make room for President Trump’s addition of a…
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President Trump has warned Israel it could lose all U.S. support if it moves forward on efforts to annex territory in the West Bank, as the Israeli government advances legislation aiming to formalize its sovereignty over settlements in the region. Trump, in an interview with Time magazine conducted Oct. 15 and published Thursday, said he…
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Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, said Thursday the country would no longer have to worry about “meaningless” peace negotiations with President Trump, a day after the Treasury Department announced sanctions against two Russian oil companies.  “The USA is our adversary, and their talkative ‘peacemaker’ has now fully taken the path of war against Russia…,” Medvedev,…
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Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Two leading Democrats sent a letter to the White House demanding documents detailing the president’s effort to “shake down the American people.”

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (D) says former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 2024, “lost the plot” when she called President Trump a “fascist.” Fetterman made his comments during an interview with Fox News’s “Hannity”. Asked by the show’s host, Sean Hannity, why Democrats are comparing Trump to authoritarian leaders…
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