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November 9, 2025
Democrats seize on Trump administration's efforts to fight food stamp payments
Updated 4:18 PM EST, November 8, 2025 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration’s legal efforts to fight having to fully fund food stamps for millions of vulnerable Americans is creating an opening for Democrats eager to use the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to paint the president as callous and out of touch. “Donald Trump and his administration have made the decision to weaponize hunger, to withhold SNAP benefits from millions of people, notwithstanding the fact tha ...
Go to discussionVandalized monuments, illegal base jumping and 'bear jams': The shutdown is causing havoc at national parks
Saturday 08 November 2025 20:12 EST Destruction at historic landmark sites, illegal base-jumping and unchecked “bear jams” are among the escalating incidents at America’s national parks, which are suffering due to lack of staff and services because of the ongoing government shutdown. Despite the warnings of advocacy groups, the Trump administration has allowed many national parks to be at least partially open with few staff and services during what has become the longest shutdown in history. ...
Go to discussionSenate Republicans embrace Trump's call - from his Florida golf course - to replace Obamacare
Sat 8 Nov 2025 16.31 EST Last modified on Sat 8 Nov 2025 18.05 EST US senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago, but hopes for a bipartisan agreement on how to end the standoff, and keep healthcare affordable for millions of Americans, appeared to recede as Republican senators floated a proposal toxic to Democrats: scrapping the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare. The impact on Americans from the longest sh ...
Go to discussionIsraeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism
By MELANIE LIDMAN Updated 11:10 PM CST, November 8, 2025 JERUSALEM (AP) — Walter Bingham was 14 years old when Nazis plundered Jewish businesses and places of worship across Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass.” Bingham is among a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors marking the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht Sunday, at a time when antisemitism is on the rise, especially in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The Nov. 9, 1938, attack wa ...
Go to discussionGOP Lawmaker Claims He Has 'Repeatedly' Asked Mike Johnson To Bring Back The House To 'Get Us Out Of This Mess'
12h Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) claimed on Fox News on Saturday that he has "repeatedly" asked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the House back into session so lawmakers can work the country out of the government shutdown "mess." "No one is winning here when you're looking at people who are losing their SNAP benefits. When you look at a million-plus federal employees being furloughed or missing paychecks. No one is winning here at all," Kiley said. "Wha ...
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