As the shutdown nears a month, low-income families face cascading losses: WIC funds that cover infant formula and groceries may run out within days; SNAP cannot tap contingency dollars; and 140 Head Start centers could close, forcing parents to find child care. Nearly six million households risk winter utility shut-offs...
PayPal will let shoppers pay inside ChatGPT starting in 2026, adopting OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol and tapping the app’s Instant Checkout to confirm orders without leaving the chat. Customers can use PayPal wallets—with buyer and seller protections—or card payments via a separate API. Beginning next year, PayPal merchants’ products will...
UPS topped Wall Street expectations ahead of the holidays, sending shares up 10% premarket. The company posted adjusted EPS of $1.74 on $21.4 billion in revenue, and net income of $1.31 billion, down from $1.99 billion a year ago. UPS detailed a sweeping turnaround: 34,000 job cuts, reduced Amazon work,...
With the U.S. government shutdown unresolved, the USDA says SNAP benefits will not be issued November 1, halting about $8 billion in monthly aid for roughly 42 million people. Recipients like Maine single mother Kasey McBlais and Massachusetts mother Sharlene Sutton say they’re bracing for hard choices and turning to...
On an Asia tour, US President Donald Trump unveiled a spate of rare‑earth agreements with Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, seeking to diversify supplies away from China ahead of talks with Xi Jinping. The deals—some non‑binding and short on detail—follow an $8.5bn cooperation pact with Australia to expand processing...
Travis Kelce hauled in a 10-yard touchdown to put the Chiefs up 21-7 on the Commanders, his 83rd career score tying Priest Holmes for the most touchdowns in team history. The eight-play, 75-yard march ended with Kelce’s sixth catch; he has 99 yards. Patrick Mahomes is 18-of-26 for 207 yards...
Louisiana’s worst whooping cough outbreak in 35 years unfolded as state health officials delayed warnings to the public and doctors, even after two infants died by late January 2025. Internal emails show more hospitalizations followed while the state surgeon general halted general vaccine promotion in February and criticized prior recommendations....
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun called a Nov. 3 special session to consider new congressional maps, but GOP leaders say the Senate still lacks votes, despite meetings with Vice President JD Vance and Donald Trump. Republicans, who hold a supermajority and a 7–2 edge in the delegation, could target districts near...
The Washington Post faces scrutiny after three recent editorials touched Bezos-linked interests without initial disclosure. The latest defended President Trump’s plan to raze the White House East Wing for a ballroom, even as Amazon helped defray costs; a disclosure was added only after veteran editor Bill Grueskin flagged the omission,...
Supercharged to Category 5 with 175 mph winds, Hurricane Melissa is crawling at 2–3 mph toward Jamaica, where more than 800 shelters are open and evacuations ordered in parts of Kingston and Port Royal. Forecasters warn of 30–40 inches of rain, 9–13 feet of storm surge along southern coasts, and...
