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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps  —  In late-night guidance, the Agriculture Department also threatened financial penalties against states.  —  The Trump administration told states that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits …
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps  —  Where Things Stand  — Food stamps: The Trump administration told states on Saturday to “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.
Discussion: BBC, Al Jazeera, UPI and Reuters
USDA Food and Nutrition Service:
Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) November Benefit Issuance  —  This memorandum is a follow up to the guidance shared on October 10, October 24, November 4, November 5, and November 7, 2025, regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025.
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits
Axios:
Deal to end government shutdown in reach  —  Senate Democrats on Sunday indicated they are ready to advance a package of bills that could end the government shutdown, multiple sources told Axios. … - At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a procedural motion to advance …
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Axios:
Deal to end government shutdown in reach  —  A handful of Senate Democrats on Sunday indicated they are ready to advance a package of bills that could end the government shutdown, multiple sources told Axios. … - At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a procedural motion …
Politico:
Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday  —  Senators are aiming to break the shutdown stalemate Sunday.  Senators are cautiously optimistic that they have at least the eight Democrats needed to advance the House-passed funding stopgap Sunday, according to four people granted anonymity to disclose private discussions.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Trump's shutdown contradictions  —  President Trump blames Democrats, the shutdown and media bias for his party's shellacking last Tuesday. … - It's hard to argue Democrats are to blame for the shutdown when your party controls all of Congress.  — It's hard to argue prices are coming …
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:   Mamdani Isn't the Future of the Democrats. This Guy Is.
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Ranking the 2028 Republican presidential contenders
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and MSNBC
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown  —  GOP senators propose sending money directly to consumers' health accounts rather than to insurance companies  —  WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans have made what amounts to a counteroffer in a bid to end the government shutdown …
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Max Rego / The Hill:
House Republican: 'We're going to get killed' in midterms  —  Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) said his party will “get killed” in the 2026 midterms if it does not address rising health care costs.  —  “We need to deal with [health care] now because, number one, it's the right thing to do …
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Schiff says Republicans may ‘cheat’ on any shutdown compromise
Discussion: Grabien
Mark L. Wolf / The Atlantic:
Why I Am Resigning  —  A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.  —  In 1985, president ronald reagan appointed me as a federal judge.  I was 38 years old.  At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life.  However, I resigned Friday …
David Cohen / Politico:
Trump says tariffs to yield dividends ‘of at least $2,000 a person’ … “It's not about taking in the revenue.  It's about rebalancing,” Bessent said.  —  Host George Stephanopoulos asked Bessent about Trump's dividend vow, and Bessent hedged a little bit, suggesting the dividend …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:   Tariffs aren't meant for revenue and will shrink over time, Bessent says
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
As Millions Of Americans Lose SNAP Benefits, Trump Keeps The Party Going At Mar-A-Lago  —  Mar-a-Lago guests wearing tuxedos and gowns dined on filet, scallops and dessert.  Meanwhile, 1 in 8 Americans are without critical federal food benefits.  —  President Donald Trump hosted another lavish party …
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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Trump Throws Decadent Opera and Truffles Rager at Mar-a-Lago
Thomas Adamson / Associated Press:
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo  —  The image showing him in a fedora and three-piece suit sparked heated online speculation that he was a detective involved in the investigation into the audacious robbery of the priceless items.
Discussion: New York Post
BBC:
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit  —  Summary  — BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned over a documentary about Donald Trump  — The Telegraph had published details …
Aphyr:
I Want You to Understand Chicago  —  I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.  —  Every day my phone buzzes.  It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore.  A friend a mile away sends a Slack message …
CNN:
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media  —  Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president's opponents seizing on the footage …
Marli Collier / Airlines For America:
Latest Data Shows Huge Impact of the Government Shutdown on Airlines and Our Customers  —  The latest data on the impact of the government shutdown on airlines and our customers:  — Yesterday (Nov. 8), according to analysis of FAA data, staffing contributed to 71% of total NAS delay minutes.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Fox Business
Washington Post:
Trump's ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat to Nigeria shocked key players, aides  —  President Trump's threat to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria concerned U.S. military officials in Africa and surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.  —  DAKAR, Senegal — President Donald Trump's threat to go …
New York Times:
Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land  —  The Justice Department moved an inquiry that appeared initially focused on John O. Brennan to South Florida and is beginning to recruit line prosecutors.  —  Far-right influencers have been hinting in recent weeks …
Al Jazeera:
Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship.  Is it possible?  —  GOP seeks to revoke NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani's citizenship; experts say they must prove false claims in his application.  —  After Zohran Mamdani handily won the New York City mayoral election …
A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:
The Extraordinary Power of Standing For Something  —  So Zohran Mamdani won the election to be the next mayor of New York City.  This made a lot of people in New York City very happy, and it made a lot of people outside of New York City happy, too.  It also made a lot of people inside …
Caitlin Dickerson / The Atlantic:
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees  —  Amid the president's fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.  —  One morning in march, as ICE was building momentum in carrying out President Donald Trump's mass-deportation campaign …
Sohrab Ahmari / UnHerd:
Why Nikki Haley's son went radical His generation inherited insecurity  —  It's a delicate moment for Indian-Americans.  They're more visible than ever in US politics, including in the second Trump administration, which features such bold-face names as Usha Vance, Jay Bhattacharya …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Where Democrats Will Duel Next for the Party's Future … The victories this past week of a democratic socialist in the New York mayor's race and two moderate Democrats in the governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey represented only the beginning of the battle over the future of the Democratic Party.
 
 
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Anna Young / New York Post:
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CBS News:
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Bessent says no formal White House health care proposal as shutdown drags on
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