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Despite a judge's ruling ordering the administration to fund SNAP benefits, President Donald Trump said that November's payments were likely to be delayed.
By Alexandra Marquez

As the federal government shutdown passes the one-month mark, a new round of impacts will soon hit millions of Americans on Saturday.

A chief concern for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in recent weeks was the impending lapse in funding for SNAP benefits, colloquially known as food stamps, for which millions of people were set to lose benefits on Saturday.

Over 40 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits to purchase food, leading to concerns from elected officials that millions could go hungry. Governors and other state leaders from dozens of states across the country have said that they will free up emergency funds in their states to temporarily assist families that usually rely on their SNAP benefits to purchase food.

A coalition of municipalities, nonprofit groups and business and union organizations sued earlier this week, requesting that a federal judge in Rhode Island force the Trump administration to use contingency funds in the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pay out SNAP benefits.

On Friday, U.S District Judge John McConnell did just that, ordering the USDA to distribute money from a contingency fund “as soon as possible,” in time for Nov. 1 SNAP payments to be made.
By STEPHEN GROVES, ALI SWENSON and SUSAN HAIGH

WASHINGTON (AP) — The crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington were coming to a head Saturday as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans were set to see a dramatic rise in their health insurance bills.

The impacts on basic needs — food and medical care — underscored how the impasse is hitting homes across the United States. Plans by the Trump administration to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Saturday were halted by federal judges, but the delay in payouts will still likely leave millions of people short on their grocery bills.

It all added to the strain on the country, with a month of missed paychecks for federal workers and growing air travel delays. The shutdown is already the second longest in history and entered its second month on Saturday, yet there was little urgency in Washington to end it. Lawmakers are away from Capitol Hill and both parties are entrenched in their positions.

The House has not met for legislative business in more than six weeks, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., closed his chamber for the weekend after bipartisan talks failed to achieve significant progress.
CBS News

A federal judge in Tampa has ordered the arrest of a former Green Beret accused of plotting to invade Venezuela in 2020 after he failed to show up to court for a hearing on whether he should be taken back into custody for violating the conditions of his pre-trial release.

Jordan Goudreau, 49, was arrested last year on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt undertaken during the first Trump administration.

He was released after a few weeks in jail when filmmaker Jen Gatien pledged her $2 million Manhattan apartment where the combat veteran was living as collateral for a bond. In testimony this week, Gatien detailed how the three-time Bronze Star recipient turned abusive, alleging he threatened to harm her and others and sent text messages saying he wouldn't go back to jail.

"I believe he intends one day to leave this country," Gatien said, noting that Goudreau previously lived on a sailboat in Mexico.
Sasha RogelbergBy Sasha Rogelberg

Aviation industry leaders are urging Congress to end the shutdown out of concern for the wellbeing of air traffic controllers working without pay, as well as on air travel ahead of a busy holiday season.

“It’s putting stress on people. It’s not fair to those people. It’s also putting stress on the economy,” United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told reporters outside of the White House on Thursday. “Airlines are a pretty good real-time indicator of the economy, and we start to see, still minor, but steep booking impact. And you see that happening in the economy. We put the whole economy at risk.”

Kirby called for bipartisan agreement on a clean continuing resolution to reopen the government. He, as well as industry leaders like Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Chris Sununu, the former Republican governor of New Hampshire and current CEO of industry trade group Airlines for America, met with Vice President JD Vance on Thursday to discuss the impact on the government shutdown on aviation, Bloomberg reported.  
Story by Adam Nichols

In a landmark immunity case last year, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts argued that sweeping presidential immunity was necessary to prevent an executive branch that "cannibalizes" itself. Roberts claimed that without such protection, a president would be "free to prosecute his predecessors, yet unable to boldly and fearlessly carry out his duties for fear that he may be next."

But that sweeping protection might have just been thrown away by President Donald Trump, two experienced federal law experts warned Saturday.

The Supreme Court's decision has had unintended consequences, wrote ex-acting assistant attorney general for national security, Mary McCord, and Andrew Weissmann, a former general counsel for the F.B.I., in the New York Times. Both have worked under presidents from both parties, including Trump.

Rather than preventing the weaponization of prosecutions, the court has seemingly unleashed a new form of executive power manipulation, they wrote.
Opinion by Kristen Crowell

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned, "Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01," it sounded like the inevitable result of a government shutdown. But the line, plastered atop the department's website, hides a deeper truth: The well didn't dry up naturally. It was drained on purpose.

On November 1, millions of families who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) were set to lose their food benefits, leaving parents who plan meals down to the dollar to stare at empty grocery carts.. A federal judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from suspending food aid, noting the "terror" it has caused families, who will continue to live in fear of losing their benefits under President Donald Trump's administration.

The cruelty feels sudden, but it's anything but accidental.

This moment was built, brick by brick, into Republican policy. The so-called Big Beautiful Bill, passed earlier this year, was hailed by Republicans as a model of fiscal responsibility. In reality, it was a Trojan horse packed with provisions designed to quietly sabotage SNAP, one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in the nation.

For decades, the USDA has adjusted the Thrifty Food Plan - the formula that determines SNAP benefit levels - to reflect what it actually costs to eat. In 2021, after years of stagnation, the USDA finally modernized the plan, raising benefits by $1.40 per person per day. That small increase helped families keep up with rising grocery costs and better align benefits with real nutrition needs.

Trump and the GOP's new law stopped that progress cold. It restricts USDA updates to once every five years and demands that any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket. As inflation drives grocery bills higher, SNAP recipients will see their purchasing power erode year after year. The result is institutionalized hunger.

The law's cruelty doesn't end with benefit cuts. Beginning in 2027, the federal government will slash its share of SNAP's administrative costs from 50 percent to 25 percent, forcing states to cover the rest. Ten states, including California, New York, and North Carolina, rely on county governments to manage SNAP. Those counties serve 14.6 million people, or roughly one-third of all participants. In Alabama, nearly one in seven residents rely on the SNAP program to help them meet their basic needs.
Story by Tommy Christopher

President Donald Trump attacked Democrats in a rant about being forced to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown — even as he threw a glitzy Great Gatsby-themed party at Mar-a-lago.

Two federal judges — Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts and Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island — ruled Friday that the White House must continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is commonly referred to as Food Stamps.

Shortly after the ruling, Trump posted a lengthy rant on the rulings even as he was preparing to welcome guests to a party modeled on the epitome of obscene wealth. Trump wrote that he would delay paying the benefits until his lawyers could “ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible” and would do so only “If we are given the appropriate legal direction by the Court”:
Story by CK Smith

Just before the election last year, the New York Times Opinion section published a stark, all-caps warning, both online and in print: “DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES, ORDER MASS DEPORTATIONS, USE SOLDIERS AGAINST CITIZENS, PLAY POLITICS WITH DISASTERS, ABANDON ALLIES. BELIEVE HIM.”

At the time, many dismissed it as hyperbole. Less than a year into Trump’s second term, elements of that warning are already playing out in real policy, from aggressive political prosecutions to deportation plans and disaster response controversies. The prediction wasn’t just provocative — it was prescient.

The warning resurfaced on social media this week, going viral as users grappled with the unnerving reality of the Times’ editorial foresight. Reactions ranged from disbelief to dark humor, with memes, threads, and commentary documenting current events as they unfold. For many, the post is no longer satire; it’s a reflection of policy and political behavior that directly impacts Americans’ lives.

U.S. has admitted to killing unidentified civilians in a series of illegal extrajudicial boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean under orders from the Trump administration. Officials conceded they did not know the identities of the victims and lacked evidence to prosecute any survivors, acknowledging that at least 62 civilians were killed. While Washington has defended the strikes as part of a “non-international armed conflict,” both Democratic and Republican lawmakers — including Sara Jacobs and Rand Paul — condemned them as unlawful extrajudicial killings. UN experts have also denounced the attacks as violations of international law.
Story by Jordan Green, Investigative Reporter

Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf’s appearance before a Senate hearing on political violence this week resurfaced inconvenient remarks for a witness called by Republicans intent on painting rising political violence as a left-wing problem.

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) read back Wolf’s Senate testimony from five years ago.

“White supremacist extremists, from a lethality standpoint over the last two years … are certainly the most persistent and lethal threat, when we talk about domestic violent extremists,” Wolf said at the time.

On Tuesday, before the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, chaired by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Wolff offered a strikingly different assessment.

“The increase in politically motivated violence over the last several years has been driven largely by radical, left-wing extremist groups and individuals that believe violence is a legitimate means to achieve political goals,” Wolf testified.

Wolf is now executive vice president of the America First Policy Institute. Founded in 2021 and closely aligned with Trump, former leaders include Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, Secretary of Agriculture Brook Rollins and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

A federal court ordered the Trump administration to use contingency funds to prop up the SNAP food program as millions of Americans who rely on government assistance wonder if they’ll lose access to food this weekend. Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) joins Christina Ruffini to discuss the alarming situation and more.

During his remarks in a press gaggle in August, President Trump pouted about receiving criticism. Trump complained, "I've been treated very unfairly."

Donald Trump promised his supporters he would be their "retribution" if re-elected. Now, he's making good on that promise with his DOJ putting two prosecutors on leave for they signed court documents describing the "mob of rioters" on January 6th. ABC News' Jonathan Karl joins The Weekend: Primetime to discuss this as well as Trump's focus on revenge in his new book, "Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America."
Story by David McAfee

Donald Trump on Saturday declared a late-night TV host was "probably" breaking the law by criticizing him, leading a senator to sound the alarm.

Trump over the weekend targeted host Seth Meyers, saying, "Seth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to 'perform' live in the history of television."

"I watched his show the other night for the first time in years. In it he talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers which I complain about as not being as good as much less expensive steam catapults. On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic," Trump claimed, adding, "NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!"
Story by Y. Kyles

On Oct. 30, the president took to his Truth Social platform to focus on the Nobel Prize in Physics by claiming victory in the category that three physicists won.

President Donald Trump is taking credit for winning a Nobel Prize presented to three other people.

Trump, 79, has been consumed with the idea that the Nobel Foundation should award him the prestigious honor. He has particularly been obsessed with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump appeared to cite Chris Wright, the 60-year-old former Liberty Energy CEO who currently serves as the U. S. Secretary of Energy, in the social media post.

“Chris Wright: ‘A former Lawrence Berkeley National Lab scientist won the Nobel Prize in physics for work in Quantum physics,’” Trump wrote on Wednesday afternoon.

The billionaire businessman resumed, “‘Quantum computing, along with AI and Fusion, are the three signature Trump science efforts. Trump 47 racks up his first Nobel Prize!’”

Obviously, Trump was not named a 2025 Nobel laureate. British scientist John Clarke was actually among the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics this year.

Election Day is just 2 days away and the Governor races in New Jersey and Virginia mark the first major electoral tests of President Trump’s agenda. President and CEO of Voto Latino Maria Teresa Kumar and former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh join The Weekend to discuss the busy week ahead.
Story by Frank Yemi

President Donald Trump issued a fiery warning to Republicans on Saturday, telling his party not to be “weak and stupid” and urging them to fight to make sure Democrats “never again have the chance” to govern the United States. In a string of Truth Social posts, the president railed against Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown and accused them of trying to destroy the country, while pressing Republicans to hold the line.

“Remember, Republicans, regardless of the Schumer Shutdown, the Democrats will terminate the Filibuster the first chance they get,” Trump wrote. “They will Pack the Supreme Court, pick up two States, and add at least 8 Electoral Votes.” He continued, “Their two objectors are gone!!! Don’t be WEAK AND STUPID. FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! WIN, WIN, WIN!”

The remarks landed as the shutdown dragged into another week, with talks frozen over a continuing resolution to fund federal operations. Democrats are pushing to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, Republicans have balked, and the White House has framed the dispute as a historic test of political resolve. Trump argued that Republicans are “very unified” and “want to do what’s right for the country,” while accusing Democrats of reckless spending and lax border policies.

In another post, Trump broadened the message beyond the immediate crisis. “We will immediately END the Extortionist Shutdown, get ALL of our agenda passed, and make life so good for Americans that these DERANGED DEMOCRAT politicians will never again have the chance to DESTROY AMERICA!” he declared. He added, “This is much bigger than the Shutdown, this is the survival of our Country!”
Story by Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Nov. 1 to announce that he has instructed "our Department of War to prepare for possible action" against the Nigerian government over "the killing of Christians."

In addition to immediately stopping all aid and assistance to Nigeria, per Trump's post, he said the U.S. military may go into Nigeria with "guns-a-blazing" to "completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities."

"If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!" Trump concluded his post.

Trump's warning comes after he on Oct. 31 accused Nigeria of religious freedom violations, saying that “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria," subsequently designating the nation as a “Country of Particular Concern” under the International Religious Freedom Act, CNN and The Associated Press reported.
During a press briefing several months ago in May, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. revealed that President Trump received $100 million from pharmaceuticals. Trump nodded his head in agreement, confirming RFK Jr.'s statement.
During a press event in the Oval Office with FBI Director Kash Patel several days ago, Donald Trump bragged about terminating the Hudson Tunnel project in New York and personally called out Chuck Schumer. "Tell him it's terminated, Jennifer," he told a reporter.
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