US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

How Trump Demolished the White House East Wing  —  By putting the demolition of the East Wing before the necessary approvals for his ballroom, President Donald Trump borrowed a tactic known as “stake-driving” to force an outcome. … The world watched this week as the Trump administration razed …

Transcript: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Oct. 26, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of the interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 26, 2025.

Donald Trump Got Mad at the TV, So Now Stuff Costs More  —  “ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”  —  Last month, Donald Trump's administration assured the US Supreme Court that the president's massive tariffs were intended to address an “unusual and extraordinary threat” …

Trump's redistricting push hits roadblocks in Indiana and Kansas as Republican lawmakers resist  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  For most of President Donald Trump's second term, Republicans have bent to his will.

State Department Intelligence Agency Dissented Over Putin's Appetite for Peace  —  The CIA had a more positive assessment of the Russian leader's willingness to talk  —  The State Department's internal intelligence agency cast doubt earlier this year on the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Gavin Newsom says he will consider White House run after 2026 elections  —  Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has become one of President Trump's most high-profile adversaries, told “CBS News Sunday Morning” in an exclusive interview that he will consider whether to run for president after the 2026 midterm elections.

In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President's Policies Have Hit Hard … When President Trump announced a $20 billion bailout for Argentina this month, Larry Ory, 86, a farmer in Earlham, Iowa, could hardly believe it, especially after boatloads of Argentine soybeans began shipping to China, a once-critical customer for Mr. Ory's family.

'You'll go down as a wimp:' Pence's never-before-published notes key evidence in case against Trump, book says  —  ABC's Jonathan Karl has the exclusive details in his new book, “Retribution.”  —  Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress to certify …

‘King-like powers’: Chris Murphy says Trump prefers the government to remain closed … “He can open up the parts of the government that he wants.  He can pay the employees who are loyal to him. ...  This is part of what happens in totalitarian states.”  —  As the shutdown continues …

Why Fentanyl Smuggling isn't War and Cannot Justify Extrajudicial Killing  —  Donald Trump continues to order strikes on boats carrying supposed drug traffickers in the Carribean and the Pacific, killing an estimated 43 people so far.  I have previously written about why these attacks are both illegal and unjust.

The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later  —  “What a sick world.”  And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Tuesday will be 50 days since the U.S. Supreme Court's Republican appointees issued an order allowing the Trump administration, essentially, to target working-class Latinos in its massive immigration raids.

It Is Trump's Casino Economy Now.  You'll Probably Lose.  —  Step into the casino that now passes for the American economy.  —  Donald Trump campaigned on bringing back American manufacturing and rebuilding what America once was — factories, workers in hard hats — from the ground up.

Graham predicts Trump's war on “narco-terrorists” will expand to land strikes  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) thinks the administration's strikes in the waters off Venezuela will expand to land, he said in a Sunday interview, adding that President Trump will brief lawmakers on …