Politics
SNAP: Trump admin gets longer Supreme Court pause on order it pay full food stamp benefits
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) signage at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended by two days a pause in a federal judge’s order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. The delay will […]
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Trump is pardoning dozens of allies and backers. Here’s who might be seeking clemency
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump has doled out dozens of executive clemency grants in the past few weeks alone, issuing pardons and commutations to major business […]
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Trump asks Supreme Court to hear appeal of E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse, defamation verdict
U.S. Supreme Court Police direct visitors from behind security barriers in front of court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on Oct. 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a […]
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U.S. and Switzerland working on a deal to slash 39% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the swearing-in ceremony of U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The U.S. and Switzerland are getting close to signing a trade deal to lower tariffs of 39% that […]
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American farmers push to boost soybean sales in China as Trump’s trade war rumbles on
After President Donald Trump’s recent meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, there is hope for U.S. farmers that the soybean business may be on the way back. At the China International Import Expo last week, Illinois soybean farmer Scott Gaffner said he came to Shanghai to save his China business. “We want to make sure […]
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Trump backs Senate deal that would end government shutdown
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the swearing-in ceremony of U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday said he approves of a pending deal in the Senate that would bring […]
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What Democrats are — and aren’t — getting in the deal that could end the government shutdown
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats who voted to restore government funding, in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Senate Democrats are poised to help Republicans pass a bill that could lead to the end of the government shutdown. But the […]
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Government shutdown: House will vote on Senate deal ASAP, Speaker Johnson says
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, speaks during a news conference on day 41 of the federal government shutdown, at the US Capitol on November 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday called for House members to begin traveling to […]
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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
Former Donald Trump lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani arrives at U.S. Federal court in his case to surrender valuables to Georgia election workers he was found to have defamed, in New York City, U.S., November 26, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy […]
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SNAP benefits: Appeals court again rejects Trump admin bid to halt full payment order
U.S. Supreme Court Police stand behind security barriers in front of the Court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images A federal appeals court in Boston, for a second time, late Sunday flatly rejected […]
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