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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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Senate on track to pass funding deal that could end government shutdown
The U.S. Capitol is shown up North Capitol Street on Nov. 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Eric Lee | Getty Images The Senate was on track Sunday night to pass a deal that could end the federal government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1. A person familiar with the deal told CNBC that enough Democratic […]
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Senate majority leader says a potential shutdown deal is coming together but there’s no guarantee of success
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters during the Weekly Senate Policy Luncheon news conference on November 4, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tom Brenner | Getty Images As the Senate held a rare Sunday session, the Republican leader said a potential deal was “coming together” on the government shutdown but […]
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Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments
A volunteer displays information on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Agriculture issued a memo to states late Saturday evening, threatening to enact financial penalties if states that issued full monthly SNAP […]
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Talks to end government shutdown take a promising turn, Senate majority leader says
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters outside his office on the fourteenth day of the U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 14, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Bipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the government shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader […]
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Trump tells Senate Republicans to send federal health insurance money ‘directly to the people’
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during an event to announce a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump proposed a compromise on […]
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SNAP benefits: Trump admin seeks emergency block on order to pay food stamps in full
An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on Oct. 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to issue an emergency block on a judge’s order that it pay 42 […]
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DC sandwich thrower Sean Dunn found not guilty of assaulting federal agent
FBI and Border Patrol officers speak with Sean Charles Dunn, after he allegedly assaulted law enforcement with a sandwich, along the U Street corridor during a federal law enforcement deployment to the nation’s capital on Aug. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Leyden | Getty Images A federal jury in Washington, D.C., on Thursday found […]
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Judge dismisses Boeing criminal case over 737 Max crashes at DOJ request despite skepticism
Nadia Milleron, whose daughter Samya Stumo was killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, holds a sign with photos of the crash victims during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on aviation safety and the future of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the Hart Building in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, […]
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Supreme Court hears Trump tariff case on Wednesday with broad trade policy at stake
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 The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning will hear oral arguments to decide the fate […]
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