U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime  —  The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald …

Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday …

For One Day at Least, Long Live the King  —  Donald Trump had an announcement for Senate Republicans last night: It's time to nuke the filibuster.  —  “BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD ‘CRAZY,’” Trump wrote on Truth Social last night, “THE CHOICE IS CLEAR …

The GOP's top think tank just defended an open Nazi  —  On Thursday night, the president of the Heritage Foundation — the MAGA right's leading think tank — welcomed an open Nazi into his political coalition.  —  You might think I am exaggerating.  I assure you I am not.

Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover  —  Nearly nine months into the president's oversight, sales for orchestra, theater and dance performances are the worst they've been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Frustration mounts inside FBI over thwarted ‘potential’ terror plot  —  Senior officials believe FBI Director Kash Patel acted hastily in attempt to grab credit.  —  Senior Justice Department and FBI officials expressed frustration Friday that FBI Director Kash Patel publicly disclosed …

In Trump's America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?  —  ARE WE LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY?  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.

JPMorgan Chase alerted Trump admin to over $1B in ‘suspicious’ transactions involving Epstein and prominent Wall Street figures: report  —  Over 4,700 transactions, including wire transfers to Russian banks raised red flags in 2019, new documents reveal  —  Your support helps us to tell the story

Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin Budapest summit axed following Moscow memo  —  Russian foreign ministry's maximalist demands for ending Ukraine war led US to scrap planned meeting  —  Max Seddon and Amy Mackinnon in Washington and Christopher Miller in Kyiv  —  The US cancelled President …

Trump's NASA chief hits back at Kim Kardashian: Yes, we've been to the moon  —  U.S. celebrity shared a conspiracy theory that the lunar landings were faked, triggering pushback from space boss Sean Duffy.  —  NASA on Thursday pushed back against comments from U.S. celebrity Kim Kardashian suggesting …

The fall of the CBS News climate team  —  🌎 HEATED's climate journalism is 100 percent reader-funded, which means it can never be cancelled by a right-wing billionaire.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of the climate crisis, please support us.  👇  —  Subscribe now

Graham Platner's finance director resigns in latest personnel shakeup … Holmes did not immediately respond to messages Friday morning.  His previous work included the campaigns of Michigan Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Chris Swanson and Rep. Josh Riley.

Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag  —  A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.

‘Happy Halloween!’:  DHS spokeswoman responds to report of immigration agents wearing horror masks in L.A.  —  The story by a local news site featured images posted to social media showing what the outlet says were agents in unmarked cars donning Chucky and Momo masks.

New poll: Voters want Democrats to win in NJ, VA and in 2026, as they push back on Trump  —  This article reports results from the October Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read our previous poll releases here.  Subscribers to Strength In Numbers can suggest a question for future polls …

Why Are the Feds Criminalizing a Clarinetist?  —  She's a mother, a musician, and a social worker.  The feds are claiming she's a violent criminal.  —  The story of how Oriana Korol, a protest-band clarinetist, got arrested, spent two nights in jail, and is now facing a felony charge …

A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme.  He spent a month in jail.  —  The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post.  Free-speech advocates say it's a symptom of a wider crackdown.  —  As a liberal in a deep-red Tennessee town …

What you say and do matters  —  Plus the future of asylum and the scope  —  I think Slow Boring readers will appreciate the “Deciding to Win” report that Simon Bazelon (who has written for us in the past) wrote with our friends at Welcome PAC.  It's not 100 percent what I would write …

Too Cruel Too Soon  —  How Republicans messed up on Project 2025  —  Federal funding for SNAP, the nutritional aid program still often referred to as food stamps, ends tonight.  This will have catastrophic impacts on 42 million Americans, the great majority of them children, elderly or disabled.