President Donald Trump has agreed to comply with court orders to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The food benefit, commonly called SNAP, goes back nearly a century in the U.S. Overall, the number of Americans enrolled in the program has consistently gone up each decade, with some fluctuations at times. The beginning of […]
Fox News is experiencing backlash after publishing a story featuring what appeared to be real SNAP beneficiaries, but the videos were generated by artificial intelligence. The article, posted Friday, was originally titled “SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown.” It included videos of women discussing food assistance benefits, but viewers quickly noticed signs […]
Millions of voters have already cast their ballots and millions more head to the polls Tuesday in off-year elections that will decide critical ballot questions, the governors of two states and the mayor of the nation’s largest city. The elections impact the lives of nearly 41.2 million Americans, and possibly others, as candidates based their […]
If U.S. air travel became unsafe due to the government shutdown, then the Trump administration would close the U.S. aviation system, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Monday. He said flights could be stopped nationwide to protect public safety. Duffy’s comments come at a time when the busiest travel day of the year is […]
Ahead of elections across the country on Tuesday, some are voicing concerns over federal election observers being deployed from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Concern over workers from one political party or the other is nothing new. What’s an election monitor? “Usually, election monitors are independent individuals or from independent organizations who spend time in […]
A group of four moderate, bipartisan lawmakers unveiled a plan to temporarily keep subsidies of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which help people pay for health insurance on the government marketplace. Reps. Don Bacon, R-Neb., Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., released a “statement of principles,” which is […]
Two Michigan men are accused of supplying weapons for and planning an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack targeting suburban Detroit nightlife around Halloween, something the Department of Justice says they referred to as “pumpkin day.” The group was allegedly planning an attack similar to a 2015 mass shooting in Paris that killed 130 people. An unsealed 72-page […]
In this Media Miss Minute, despite taking over the 2024 campaign, former Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Joe Biden was “fully competent” to serve a second term. And Canada’s prime minister has apologized to President Trump for a controversial ad featuring Ronald Reagan, commissioned by Ontario’s premier. Media Miss by the left: Kamala […]
More than 735,000 early voters cast their ballots ahead of Tuesday’s mayoral election in New York City — reportedly the largest early in-person turnout ever for a nonpresidential race in New York. On Sunday alone, about 151,000 cast ballots, the most of any day since voting opened. Sunday also saw the highest number of voters […]
Part of President Donald Trump’s testy response to questions about his pardon of a cryptocurrency billionaire during a “60 Minutes” interview was cut from the program’s final edit. After the television interview aired, CBS released a 73-minute extended version of the interview online. The Trump-aligned White House Rapid Response 47 account on X claimed this […]
