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President Trump's off-the-cuff disclosure that he underwent an MRI scan is raising fresh questions about the secrecy surrounding Trump's health and the need for presidents to be more transparent.
Trump is the oldest person to be elected president, and his aides and allies have long projected him as the picture of strength and vitality.
Outside physicians initially raised questions after Trump visited Walter Reed Military Medical Center earlier this month for what the White House described as a routine follow-up visit, though it was his second visit in six months.
A note from his physician pronounced Trump in "excellent overall health." |
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Some lawmakers and advocates are increasingly uncertain whether critical HIV and AIDS services will survive the federal government's funding fight.
The GOP's House-passed budget bill seeks to cut over $1.5 billion in services for people living with and vulnerable to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the U.S. — far greater than the cuts proposed by President Trump and the Senate.
It's unclear whether the Senate or White House will support the bill once it's considered after the government shutdown ends. But some warn passing the House's proposed cuts would result in increased infections and deaths. |
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Schools are bracing for the impact on their students as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) teeters on the brink of running out of money amid the government shutdown.
SNAP funds had originally be set to run out Saturday, but a federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to keep the program going so long as there are emergency funds available.
The roughly $5.25 billion emergency fund, however, is not enough to fully cover food stamps for November, which will cost the government upwards of $9 billion. |
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New Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules are going into effect on Saturday, even as benefits will already not be issued through November without federal funding due to the government shutdown.
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) website, where millions of Americans can review their options and apply, details how "the well has run dry" to issue program benefits. Atop the page, the USDA blames Senate Democrats for benefits not being issued starting Saturday. |
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BY RYAN MANCINI AND ELLIOTT DAVIS |
Former President Obama hit the campaign trail on Saturday, rallying supporters for Democratic gubernatorial candidates Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill at separate events in Virginia and New Jersey — while throwing some jabs at President Trump in the process.
"Every day, this White House offers up a fresh batch of lawlessness and recklessness and mean-spiritedness and just plain craziness," Obama said at both rallies. The former president appeared alongside Spanberger, a former House Democrat, at an early afternoon rally in Norfolk, Va., before traveling to Newark, N.J., to join Sherrill, a representative serving the 11th Congressional District. He sought to contrast the president's actions with the records of the two candidates, adding that constituents in their states deserve "leaders who will tackle hard problems and bring people together instead of dividing them." |
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President Trump on Saturday told the Department of Defense (DOD) to "prepare for possible action" in Nigeria over alleged attacks on Christians in the African country.
"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, 'guns-a-blazing,' to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. "I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action," the post continued. "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!" |
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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday confirmed his apology to President Trump earlier this week after an ad aired in Ontario that was critical of Trump's tariffs and used comments from former President Reagan to argue against the trade policy.
"I did apologize to the president," Carney, who added that he tried to steer Ontario Premier Doug Ford against airing the ad, told reporters after Asia-Pacific (APEC) summit in South Korea, Reuters reported. "The president was offended by the act, or by the ad, rather … It's not something I would have done — which is to put in place that advertisement — and so I apologized to him," he said later, according to the New York Times. |
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Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts announced staff reassignments on Friday in the wake of the conservative uproar over his statement defending Tucker Carlson for interviewing white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
Roberts tapped the think tank's executive vice president Derrick Morgan to serve as acting chief of staff until the end of the year. Ryan Neuhaus, who was serving in the role, was moved to be a senior adviser. He made the announcement in an email to staff late Friday with the subject line: "Heritage's Stand Against Antisemitism and for Civilizational Truth." |
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Saturday called the effects of the government shutdown, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits not being issued for at least November, "wrong."
Speaking with Lara Trump on Fox News's "My View," Fetterman said he did not care "who's behind" the shutdown, "it's always wrong, and here we are." "I really led the charge back in March, and we came up with enough votes to keep our government open," Fetterman said. "And I did that. I did receive blowback, but I say, 'Hey, that's the right thing,' and I stand on that. I returned here in October and I'm saying the same thing. It's always wrong." |
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OPINION | It shouldn't take tragedy to make technology companies act responsibly. Yet that's what it took for Character.AI, a fast-growing and popular artificial intelligence chatbot company to finally ban users under 18 from having open-ended conversations with its chatbots.
The company's decision comes after mounting lawsuits and public outrage over several teens who died by suicide following prolonged conversations with AI chatbots on its platform. Although the decision is long overdue, it's worth noting the company didn't wait for regulators to force its hand. It eventually did the right thing. And it's a decision that could save lives. |
OPINION | There is a hatred in America that still dares to speak its name — loudly, publicly, and without fear of consequence. It doesn't hide behind euphemisms or coded language. It mocks, it smears and it flourishes in the open. That hatred is Islamophobia. Today, it remains one of the last socially and publicly acceptable forms of bigotry.
Muslims are a community that leading political figures can still slander on air, that journalists can frame as suspect by default, and that candidates can use as props in their culture-war campaigns without major consequences or jeopardizing their careers. |
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BY SHAWN HUBLER, JAZMINE ULLOA, NICK CORASANTI, TRACEY TULLY, JESUS JIMÉNEZ & MIMI DWYER |
For months, immigration crackdowns in Southern California have transformed life in Bell Gardens, the majority-Latino suburb where Alo Hurtado lives. Neighbors have been hauled off by masked federal agents. Families have curtailed trips to supermarkets and churches. Many people have stopped going out without their passports, including Mr. Hurtado's mother, a naturalized citizen.
So when it came time to vote in California's special election, Mr. Hurtado, 42, decided not to vote by mail, as many in the state do. Instead, he went to a polling place in a landmark park with his Mexican-born parents this week to vote early and in person.
Given all his community had gone through, he was worried about mail tampering — and he was angry. |
BY JOSHUA CHAFFIN & ANVEE BHUTANI |
Four years ago, Republican Jack Ciattarelli shocked New Jerseyans when he came within 3 percentage points of knocking off incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy.
If Ciattarelli prevails on Tuesday in his third run for governor, few would be surprised. A once-commanding lead for his opponent, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, has shriveled to single digits, according to a sampling of opinion polls. Some put the two candidates within the margin of error in a hotly contested race to Drumthwacket, the governor's mansion. |
The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged the cabin and back deck.
His father's boat was nowhere to be found. The roof of the house Davis and his parents shared in the small Jamaican fishing community of White House in Westmoreland parish was also destroyed.
Davis was in Nicaragua, where he'd flown shortly before the storm to find new customers for his fish business. But now his livelihood, and the livelihoods of many in his community, were in peril. |
BY SCOTT CLEMENT, DAN BALZ & ANDREW BA TRAN |
Americans broadly disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling his job, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising the powers of his office, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll. But a year out from the 2026 midterm elections, there is little evidence that negative impressions of Trump's performance have accrued to the benefit of the Democratic Party, with voters split almost evenly in their support for Democrats and Republicans.
Overall, 41 percent of Americans say they approve of the job Trump is doing, while 59 percent disapprove. That level of disapproval is the highest in a Post-ABC poll since January 2021, a week after the attack on the Capitol. Trump's support among self-identified Republicans remains strong at 86 percent, while 95 percent of Democrats disapprove. Among independents, Trump's approval rating is 30 percent, while his disapproval mark is 69 percent. |
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