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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.
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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.
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Washington Examiner, NPR, KDFX-TV, New York Post, The Independent and Politico
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits
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Bloomberg, UPI, Fox News, Roll Call, WBUR, HuffPost, CBS News, NewsNation, Associated Press, Straight Arrow News and Breitbart
Rachel Shin / Politico:
Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits
Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits
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Business Insider, NOTUS, Straight Arrow News, Scripps News, CBS News, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump administration orders states “undo” full SNAP benefits
Trump administration orders states “undo” full SNAP benefits
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State of Michigan, Associated Press, WAGA-TV, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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 …
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Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Associated Press, Washington Times, The Hill and Newsweek
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democratic and Republican leaders dig in on health care fight as shutdown drags on
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Washington Times, The Guardian, Straight Arrow News, MSNBC, Axios, Bloomberg and Scripps News
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Americans See a Government That Can't Solve Their Problems
Americans See a Government That Can't Solve Their Problems
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NBC News, The Guardian, Election Law Blog, New York Magazine, Deseret News, israelhayom.com and The Hill
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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Townhall, The Post Millennial, Daily Mail, Mediaite and The Hill
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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:
Trump again promises $2,000 tariff dividend as SCOTUS decision looms
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Raw Story, The Independent, Washington Times and Mediaite
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 …
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Washington Examiner, ABC News and Fox Business
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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Trump Throws Decadent Opera and Truffles Rager at Mar-a-Lago — OH SNAP! — The president's ragers show no sign of slowing down even amid the government shutdown. — Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for a lavish party at Mar-a-Lago on Friday—swapping a government shutdown for opera and truffled gratin dauphinois.
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The Independent and Crooks and Liars
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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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The Independent
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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No More Mister Nice Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Guardian
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Josh Shapiro Knows What the Democrats Need
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 …
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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.
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New York Post
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.
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NewsMax.com and Fox Business
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 …
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Washington Times and Block Club Chicago
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 …
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Fox News, New York Post, NewsMax.com, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Post Millennial, Associated Press, Bloomberg, NewsNation, HotAir, RedState and CBS News
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 …
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 …
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Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Intercept, Military and Veteran … and New York Times
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 …
Washington Post:
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen — Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views. — Just now — BERLIN — A prominent far-right German activist has applied …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
How an Adam Schiff indictment could shake the Senate … As Schiff solicits dollars for a legal defense fund and builds an expansive political operation prepared to do damage control around any potential charges, Schiff's Democratic colleagues in Congress are increasingly anxious about their own vulnerability.
Dan Barry / New York Times:
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’ … Nearly a century ago, the United States paused its 1920s roar to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the country's birth. There were speeches, a Philadelphia flop of a World's Fair, more speeches and a commemorative coin mostly remembered now as a numismatic misfire.
David Marchese / New York Times:
Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn't So Sure. — Why can't conservatives break through on late-night TV? For years, that was an open cultural question. The left, of course, had “The Daily Show” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” among others.
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HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com and Mediaite
Axios:
DOJ's No. 2 frames legal fight as “war” on judges, state bars — U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche urged young lawyers to join the administration's “war” against “rogue activist judges.” … - He said the Justice Department's lawyers are “bouncing around this country fighting these activist judges …
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The Daily Caller

