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The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 11, 2025) extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume. The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., makes a statement to reporters following a vote in the Senate to move forward with a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Senate passed legislation Monday (November 10, 2025)…
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The U.S. Senate took a major step toward ending the longest government shutdown in American history when it cleared the way for a formal debate on a motion to resume funding to federal agencies. The development represents significant progress toward ending a government shutdown that has dragged on for over 40 days, halted funding to…
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Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with food aid potentially delayed or suspended for millions of Americans and President Donald Trump pushing GOP leaders to change Senate rules to end it. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Sunday…
A ‘We Accept Food Stamps’ sign hangs in the window of a grocery store on October 31, 2025 in Miami, Florida. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday (October 31, 2025) blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from suspending all food aid for millions of Americans amid the…
The Pentagon confirmed it had accepted the donation on Thursday “under its general gift acceptance authority.” | Photo Credit: Reuters The Pentagon confirmed on Friday (October 24, 2025) that it has accepted an anonymous $130 million gift to help pay members of the military during the government shutdown, raising ethical questions after President Donald Trump…
As Democrats dig in for a lengthening government shutdown, former Vice-President Kamala Harris is cheering them on as she travels the country touting her presidential campaign memoir amid speculation about another White House run. The Democratic 2024 nominee told The Associated Press in an interview on Friday (October 17, 2025) that she remains in contact…
Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s (October 1, 2025) deadline. Roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed, some potentially fired by the Trump administration. Many…
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Washington is just hours away from yet another federal government shutdown, with prospects looking rather bleak for a last-minute compromise in Congress to avoid federal closures beginning at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday (October 1, 2025). Republicans have crafted a short-term measure to fund the government through November 21, but Democrats have insisted that the measure address…
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Biden has signed the US government funding bill. (FILE) Washington: US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the bill passed by Congress to fund the government through mid-March, the White House said, averting a government shutdown days before Christmas. After last-minute legislative wrangling amid pressure from incoming president Donald Trump, lawmakers finally passed…
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