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Border Agent Who Shot Woman Bragged on His Marksmanship

Text messages to colleagues about shooting surface

(Newser) - A Customs and Border Protection agent who shot a Chicago woman during a collision of their vehicles last month is facing scrutiny after records revealed he boasted about his marksmanship in text messages to colleagues. Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times on Oct. 4, after the collision in the...

Judge Orders Administration to Make Full SNAP Payments

Government 'failed to consider the harms' partial benefits would inflict on recipients, court says

(Newser) - A federal judge in Rhode Island on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by US District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. was in response to a challenge from cities and nonprofits complaining that the government was only offering...

New Oval Office Sign Brings Out the Critics

Gold script is bad optics when times are tough for many, say Democrats

(Newser) - President Trump's revamping of the White House includes a new touch that Democrats say is in bad taste for more reasons than one: a sign in gold script on the outside of the building designating the Oval Office, reports the Guardian . A tweet from Democratic Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta sums...

Immigration Agents Arrest Dad, Drive Off With 1-Year-Old

Girl was reunited with family at Border Patrol office

(Newser) - Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a US citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man's toddler strapped into a car seat in the back, advocates and family said Wednesday, decrying the action....

Trump Admin Nears Price Cut Deal on Weight Loss Drugs

Medicare coverage could expand for Wegovy, Zepbound with monthly cost to fall as low as $149

(Newser) - The Trump administration is reportedly on the verge of announcing a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the prices of their weight loss drugs, Zepbound and Wegovy, to as low as $149 a month—down from current list prices above $1,000. "Instead of $1,...

Hegseth Announces 16th Deadly 'Drug Boat' Strike

Death toll is now at least 66 in controversial strikes

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower, the AP reports. The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard...

Government Shutdown Sets Record No One Wants

It's now the longest on record

(Newser) - The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever and disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, flight delays, and federal workers nationwide left without paychecks, the AP reports. President Trump has refused to negotiate with Democrats over their demands...

Trump's Threat to Pull SNAP Funding Causes Confusion

Leavitt says he was talking about future payments, not court-ordered current payments

(Newser) - The White House confirmed Tuesday millions of Americans will still receive partial food assistance this month despite a threat from President Trump on social media earlier in the day to withhold funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program until the government reopens.
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Sandwich Trial: 'It Smelled of Onions and Mustard'

Border Patrol officer describes getting hit with one by a protester in DC

(Newser) - The sandwich trial has begun. Attorneys have begun arguing whether a DC resident who threw a sandwich at a Border Patrol officer in a fit of anger deserves to be punished. Sean Dunn is not disputing what happened in the neighborhood of Georgetown on Aug. 31, notes CNN . "He...

Feds: OK, We'll Provide Partial SNAP Benefits

Trump administration says it will comply with judges' orders to tap contingency fund

(Newser) - The Trump administration has agreed to use a contingency fund to provide partial SNAP benefits as the government shutdown continues. According to USDA official Patrick Penn, the administration intends to exhaust the roughly $5.2 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contingency funds to deliver reduced benefits for November, CBS...

No Nuclear Explosions During Nuclear Tests: Official

Tests focus on weapons systems, not live detonations, official says

(Newser) - The Trump administration's new round of nuclear testing won't involve actual nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright clarified Sunday. Instead, the tests will focus on "the other parts of a nuclear weapon" to verify their reliability, Wright explained on Fox News, according to the New York Times...

Trump Again Blocked From Deploying Troops in Portland

Judge Karin Immergut says she will issue a final order Friday

(Newser) - A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday barred President Trump's administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, until at least Friday, saying she "found no credible evidence" that protests in the city grew out of control before the president federalized the troops earlier this fall, the...

Bessent: Administration Won't Appeal SNAP Orders

Benefits could resume this week, Treasury secretary says

(Newser) - The Trump administration will not appeal court orders to use emergency funds to make SNAP payments, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, confirming that food benefits could be restored this week. "There's a process that has to be followed," he said on CNN's State of the Union,...

Republicans Struggle to Find Love in Deep-Blue DC

Conservatives find dating tough in a city dominated by Democrats

(Newser) - Dating in DC has always been tricky for political insiders, but for Trump supporters in the nation's capital, the search for romance is now a battlefield of ideology, expectations, and background checks, the Washington Post reports. MAGA singles who move to Washington hoping to find like-minded partners say the...

The US Got Them Out of Afghanistan. Now They're Nowhere

Evacuated Afghans face uncertainty on a former US military base in Qatar

(Newser) - Hundreds of Afghan families who aided the US military and fled the Taliban now find themselves stranded in a former US military base in Qatar, caught in bureaucratic limbo with no clear path forward. The Wall Street Journal tells their story through the lens of Mohammed Ibrahim, who spent more...

Trump Says Pentagon Will Plan for Possible Attack on Nigeria

President first opened the door to sanctions, claiming the country isn't stopping persecution of Christians

(Newser) - A day after suggesting Nigeria could face sanctions for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country, President Trump returned to social media to up his threat. He posted Saturday that the US "may very well go into that now disgraced country, '...

Vance Defends Comments on His Wife's Faith

Comments about second lady's faith draw criticism from South Asian groups

(Newser) - Second lady Usha Vance, who is Hindu, has said publicly that she doesn't plan to convert to Christianity. But her husband told a Turning Point USA event in Mississippi this week that he has hope that she'll decide to share his Catholic faith. "I honestly do wish...

Harrison Ford: Trump Among 'Worst Criminals in History'

'Scares the s--- out of me,' actor adds of president's climate record

(Newser) - Harrison Ford isn't holding back when it comes to President Trump's climate policies. The Star Wars and Indiana Jones actor, who recently had to evacuate his Los Angeles-area home due to wildfires, told the Guardian that Trump's action on climate "scares the s--- out of me"...

US to Sit Out UN Climate Talks
Climate Talks Won't Include US
Oct 31, 2025 4:39 PM CDT

Climate Talks Won't Include US

Trump breaks with past presidents in not sending a delegation to UN summit, reflecting his positions

(Newser) - No senior US officials will attend the United Nations climate talks in Brazil next month, marking an unprecedented step back from the international climate stage by the Trump administration. The decision breaks a decades-long tradition of American participation in such summits, maintained even during previous Republican administrations, the Guardian reports....

Hegseth, Noem Among Cabinet Members Living in Military Digs

Senior US officials take over DC residences meant for top generals, admirals, drawing some criticism

(Newser) - Several senior Trump administration officials have moved into military housing traditionally reserved for top-ranking officers in the Washington, DC, area, reports the New York Times . Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth now resides in Quarters 8 at Fort McNair—the historic home typically assigned to the Army's vice chief of staff...

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