After 13 failed attempts to advance a short-term funding bill, Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the Nov. 21 deadline in the House measure is obsolete, since weeks have ticked by during the shutdown. He wants a new date—potentially stretching into early 2026—and says the Senate could amend the House...
Amid an ongoing government shutdown, Democratic leaders blasted the Trump administration over a lapse in SNAP funding and health costs. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused the White House of using vulnerable Americans as political pawns and said partial benefits violate the law. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged tapping...
New York Attorney General Letitia James and more than a dozen counterparts filed a Boston federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new rule narrowing who qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which forgives debt after a decade for nonprofit and government workers. The Education Department says the rule bars organizations...
Elon Musk publicly endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor, urging voters to back his independent bid over Democrat Zohran Mamdani and warning that a vote for Republican Curtis Sliwa effectively helps Mamdani. The move follows Musk’s criticism of Mamdani, who attacked Cuomo for approving $959 million...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan took the oath at an elaborate ceremony without the public present, after the electoral commission said she won 98 percent. The banned opposition party Chadema calls the vote a sham; its leader Tundu Lissu is on trial for treason and, his lawyer says, faces the death...
Television outlets fixated on a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween bash at Mar-a-Lago as SNAP benefits ran out during the government shutdown, highlighting photos of the President’s table. Seated beside Donald Trump was Marvel mogul Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio also pictured. The once-reclusive executive, ousted from Disney...
Mark Grebner, a 72-year-old Michigan data specialist, has spent decades building political scores that predict party leanings, tools now used by dozens of local candidates to target voters before Tuesday’s election. His databases can rate nearly any adult in Michigan—Eminem, Gretchen Whitmer and William Clay Ford Jr. among them—and are...
In a 60 Minutes interview, President Trump weighed in on the New York City mayoral race, saying he could withhold federal funds if Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins, labeling the 34-year-old Queens assemblyman a "communist." He joked about his appearance, bristled at Andrew Cuomo's claim he'd "send tanks down Fifth Avenue,"...
California voters will decide Tuesday whether to adopt a Democratic-backed congressional map that could shift up to five U.S. House seats and potentially give the party control of as many as 48 of the state’s 52 districts. Proposition 50 would lock in the Legislature’s August map for three election cycles...
Under court pressure during the shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will drain its SNAP contingency fund so states can issue partial November benefits. Officials said about $4.6 billion—roughly half of what’s needed—will cover 50% of eligible households’ allotments. Justice Department lawyers told the court states will get guidance Monday...
