Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  President Donald Trump's administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge's order …

Senate Democrats propose 1-year Obamacare subsidies punt in new shutdown offer  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer laid out a new Democratic counterproposal for ending the government shutdown: attaching a one-year extension of soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies to a spending stopgap that would reopen agencies.

‘Mega detention centers’: ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants  —  The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration's capacity for detaining immigrants.

Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds  —  The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year.  The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.  —  Cornell University reached an agreement …

Trump Wine Hits Government Shelves  —  Topline  —  The Trump Organization's second-term push to monetize Donald Trump's presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores, which provide service members and their families with access to tax-free consumer goods, have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider.

FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears  —  Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago. … An FBI informant convicted of lying to the Bureau about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released …

The 2024 Trump “realignment” is over already  —  It is a matter of fact that Donald Trump won the 2024 election in large part by shrinking the vote margins for Kamala Harris among non-white, working-class, and young voters, relative to past Democratic nominees.  —  But the interpretation of Trump's 2024 win is a matter of opinion.

Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists.  The truth, AP found, is more nuanced  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month.  Another was a career criminal.

Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation … Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over the past nine months in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come.

Flight Cancellations Could Rise to 20% if Government Shutdown Continues  —  Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says that as air-traffic controllers miss paychecks, more might start to miss their shifts  —  Flight cancellations across the U.S. could rise to 15%—or even 20% …

Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America  —  Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the company's stock market valuation.

The Ruling About Passports Isn't About ID.  It's About Social Control.  —  At Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv a few weeks ago, about to fly back to New York, I handed my passport to two young border officers.  One of them examined it and handed it to the other with a puzzled expression.

The softest Nazis you ever did see  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✊ Subscribe to PN ✊  —  The Trump administration only wants the most formidable warriors, real stone-cold-killer types, to join his war on immigrants.

Administration Live Updates: Trump Appeals Ruling That Orders Fast and Full SNAP Payments  —  Where Things Stand  — Food stamps: The administration asked an appeals court on Friday to immediately halt a judge's ruling that would require the government to fully fund food stamps.

Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker and his aide, who were convicted on federal corruption charges  —  Glen Casada, a Republican, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after being convicted on 17 charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Serbian Lawmakers Approve Luxury Trump Hotel on Historic Bombing Site  —  Despite a fraud investigation into officials who endorsed the project, Parliament used an extraordinary provision in the Constitution to push the plans through.  —  The Serbian Parliament approved a new law Friday …

Fourteen suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility  —  The mothers sat in a circle on Beach Street on Friday to “demand an end” to the immigration raids that have swept through the Chicago area since the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Blitz.”

The Founders Would Abhor Trump's Domestic Deployments  —  STARTING IN THE SPRING and then escalating over the summer, President Donald Trump sent federal troops or “called up” National Guard units to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Portland, and Chicago.

Washington National Opera may move out of Kennedy Center due to Trump ‘takeover’  —  Ticket sales at about 40% unsold compared with before president made himself chair of US performing arts center  —  The Washington National Opera (WNO) is considering moving out of the Kennedy Center …

Judge orders Education Department to halt ‘partisan’ employee email messages … “Political officials are free to blame whomever they wish for the shutdown, but they cannot use rank-and-file civil servants as their unwilling spokespeople.  The First Amendment stands in their way.

Trump directs DOJ to investigate meatpackers amid beef price pressure … “While Cattle Prices have dropped substantially, the price of Boxed Beef has gone up — Therefore, you know that something is ‘fishy,’” Trump continued.  —  The fight over whether to crack down on the country's largest …

Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce  —  The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying the agency is not realistically portraying the diversity of the country and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.  —  just now

Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump's attacks  —  Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump's assault on academic freedom  —  Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied …

More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?  —  Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors … When a Virginia grand jury returned a two-count indictment against former FBI Director James Comey in September …

Vance is the frontrunner for 2028, Rubio privately confides … “He will do anything he can just to support the vice president in that effort,” said the person close to Rubio, who was granted anonymity to share the secretary of state's private conversations.