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The Trump administration said it will only pay SNAP recipients half of their benefits for November amid the government shutdown.

The lapse in federal funding has left countless low-income families struggling to figure out how to take care of their children and heat their homes. 

Jury selection has begun for the trial of Sean C. Dunn, aka "Sandwich Guy," who was arrested for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent.

The federal government is shut down due to Republicans letting COVID-era subsidies for ACA insurance expire and refusing to negotiate the issue.

Newsmax anchor Rob Schmitt said on air that SNAP recipients use their benefits to "get their nails done" and "to get their weaves."

Ten months into 2025, Mayor Dickens and the Atlanta City Council continue to avoid decisive action on the sweeping right-wing agenda overtaking democracy.

They’re building the machinery of the next stolen election through fatigue, fear, distraction, and economic desperation.

Without federal action, monthly health insurance premiums through the Affordable Care Act marketplace could double. 

20 people, including 14 current or former Mississippi Delta law enforcement officers, who stand accused of taking bribes to provide safe passage to people they believed were drug traffickers.

The Trump administration cut the number of refugees it will admit to the U.S. and is prioritizing white Afrikaner South Africans.

In nearly simultaneous rulings on Friday, federal judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts said the Trump administration must use contingency funds to pay out SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

The government shutdown began earlier this month when Republicans couldn’t clear the 60-vote filibuster needed to pass a spending bill.