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Judge gives Trump administration until Monday to have a plan for SNAP benefits 📅 November 01, 2025 at 12:40AM | Jennifer Ludden data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Judge Indira Talwani acknowledged this will leave millions of people without assistance starting Saturday. Two dozen Democratic-led states had sued over the administration's decision to suspend SNAP. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Trial set over NPR allegations that CPB yielded to White House pressure 📅 October 31, 2025 at 12:46AM | David Folkenflik data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> NPR alleges that CPB unlawfully yanked away a planned three-year contract worth $36 million in the face of intense pressure from the White House to sever ties with the radio network. (Image credit: Allison Shelley/Allison Shelley) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

What Wikipedia and Grokipedia are saying about each other 📅 October 30, 2025 at 01:37AM | Bill Chappell data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Elon Musk's new online encyclopedia aims to challenge Wikipedia, which he has accused of left-leaning bias. We used them to search for data about each other. 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

'The helpers need help'. Food banks brace for impact as SNAP cliff looms. 📅 October 30, 2025 at 01:02AM | Barbara Sprunt data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Food banks have already been contending with higher food prices and increased need. Administrators say demand will skyrocket if federal nutrition benefits stop in a few days because of the government shutdown. (Image credit: Barbara Sprunt) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

How will the dismantling of USAID affect U.S. relief efforts in Jamaica? 📅 October 30, 2025 at 01:00AM | Fatma Tanis data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> USAID was the lead American agency in disaster response. Now that it's been dismantled, questions are arising about how effective U.S. relief efforts will be in Jamaica after the hurricane. (Image credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

"Defend American culture": DHS pledge leaves some Latinos rattled 📅 October 30, 2025 at 12:50AM | Jasmine Garsd data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> DHS's social media campaign promises to defend American identity and culture from an invasion. For many Latinos, it's a message that does not sit well.  🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Hurricane Melissa's eye rolls ashore as Jamaicans shelter and wait 📅 October 28, 2025 at 11:48PM | The Associated Press data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The Caribbean storm — among the most powerful in history, with 185 mph winds — is expected to bring flash-flooding and landslides as it slowly moves across the island and heads north toward Cuba. (Image credit: Matias Delacroix) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

'Trapped and terrified': Genocide warnings after RSF's Darfur advance 📅 October 28, 2025 at 12:15AM | Kate Bartlett data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim they've seized the Sudanese army's last base in El Fasher, Darfur — trapping hundreds of thousands and stoking fears the country could split in two. (Image credit: Lynsey Addario) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Who is Doug Ford, the Canadian politician pushing Trump's buttons? 📅 October 28, 2025 at 12:11AM | Scott Neuman data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side. (Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

California euthanizes 4 gray wolves after 'unprecedented' surge in livestock kills 📅 October 27, 2025 at 04:37AM | Nathan Rott data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> California wildlife officials have been working to mitigate the impact of the state's rebounding wolf population on its ranchers. The Northern California wolves that were euthanized had become dependent on cattle for food. 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

First, came the Louvre heist. Then came the memes 📅 October 26, 2025 at 12:07AM | Rebecca Rosman data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> From brands and influencers to a viral "Inspector Clouseau," the world's most glamorous theft is also quickly becoming one of the year's most profitable memes. (Image credit: Thomas Padilla) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

U.S. imposes sanctions on Colombia's president and family over drug trade allegations 📅 October 25, 2025 at 01:33AM | The Associated Press data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The sanctions sharply escalate tensions with the leftist leader of a country that has traditionally been one of the closest U.S. allies in South America. (Image credit: Fernando Vergara) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says 📅 October 25, 2025 at 01:13AM | James Doubek data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields. (Image credit: Evaristo Sa) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

It's been a rollercoaster few years for Six Flags. Can Travis Kelce help? 📅 October 25, 2025 at 12:41AM | Rachel Treisman data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> Travis Kelce is teaming up with activist investors in hopes of transforming the embattled theme park operator Six Flags. No word yet on a Taylor Swift-themed rollercoaster. (Image credit: Reed Hoffmann) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

How presidents have changed the White House — and how Trump's ballroom is different 📅 October 24, 2025 at 12:16AM | Rachel Treisman data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> President Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he's continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades. (Image credit: File) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

The East Wing could fully be demolished soon, as preservationists urge caution 📅 October 23, 2025 at 11:55PM | Tamara Keith data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> President Trump is plowing ahead with plans to build a grand ballroom where the East Wing of the White House currently stands. The plans have not gone through the committee tasked with overseeing such projects. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp

Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms 📅 October 23, 2025 at 02:50AM | Joe Hernandez data-ad-slot="1234567890" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight. (Image credit: Robert Pickett) 🔗 Read Full Article → Share: Facebook | Twitter | WhatsApp