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SNAP update: Trump admin will pay 50% of food stamp benefits in November amid shutdown
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 told a Rhode Island federal judge on Monday that it would tap billions of dollars in contingency funds […]
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SNAP benefits must continue despite shutdown, judge tells Trump administration
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a meeting with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ceasing to pay SNAP benefits […]
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Judge extends ban on Trump firing federal workers during government shutdown
A traffic light shows red in front of the US Capitol, in Washington DC , October 14, 2025. Celal Gunes/ | Anadolu | Getty Images A federal judge on Tuesday extended a temporary order blocking the Trump administration’s plans to fire thousands of federal employees during the government shutdown. The order, called a preliminary injunction, […]
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States sue Trump administration to keep SNAP benefits during government shutdown
“SNAP/EBT Food Stamp Benefits Accepted” is displayed on a screen inside a Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A group of more than two dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, seeking to maintain funding of so-called SNAP benefits during the ongoing federal government shutdown. […]
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Reddit sues Perplexity for scraping of posts, expanding user data battle with AI industry
Thomas Fuller | Lightrocket | Getty Images Social media giant Reddit has launched a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Perplexity, alleging that it illegally scraped user posts to train its AI model, marking the latest data-rights clash between content owners and the AI industry. The complaint filed in New York federal court on Wednesday also […]
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Trump dined with Rupert Murdoch despite suing him for $10B over Epstein letter: Report
Rupert Murdoch looks on, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. Feb. 3, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Why let a $10 billion lawsuit get in the way of old friends having some chicken and gravy for dinner? President Donald Trump last week dined at the White House with Rupert Murdoch and that media baron’s […]
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Trump White House East Wing ballroom project got $22M boost from YouTube legal settlement
Demolition of a section of the East Wing of the White House, during construction on the new ballroom extension of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Aaron Schartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech giant Alphabet is contributing $22 million to help build the White House ballroom under a […]
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X lawsuit vs. Apple and Open AI stays in Fort Worth, Texas; judge suggests they move there
A judge ordered that X and xAI’s lawsuit accusing Apple and OpenAI of trying to maintain monopolies in artificial intelligence markets must remain in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, despite “at best minimal connections” to that geographic area by any of the companies. Judge Mark Pittman, in a sharply ironic four-page order on Thursday, […]
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fee
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the Trump administration imposing a $100,000 fee to the H-1B worker visas. Last month President Donald Trump announced plans that would see U.S. companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B visas — which allows companies to temporarily hire foreign workers in skilled occupations […]
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Nio shares plunge 9% after Singapore’s GIC accuses Chinese EV maker of inflating revenue
The Nio logo is seen at the Nio booth at the National Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China, on April 28, 2025, during the Shanghai Automobile Show 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Hong Kong-listed shares of Nio plunged nearly 9% after Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC sued the Chinese electric vehicle maker for allegedly […]
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