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FBI Director's Broken Promise May Erode Trust With Spy Allies

NYT reports that director Kash Patel broke a pledge to MI5 chief

(Newser) - At a meeting outside London in May, MI5 chief Ken McCallum asked the FBI director, Kash Patel, to keep a key surveillance position open in Britain for an agent working in high-tech surveillance. And that's when the relationship between MI5 and the FBI, a key part of the Five...

Trump Pitches $2K Checks to Most Americans for Tariffs

Plan would need Congress, likely exceeds revenue, and faces skepticism

(Newser) - President Trump said Sunday that he is considering giving most Americans a $2,000 check funded by tariff revenues, in what appears to be an effort to build public support for his trade policies, the Guardian reports. "A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income...

Citing Persecution, German Far-Right Influencer Seeks Asylum in US

Naomi Seibt cites death threats, surveillance in Germany as motivation

(Newser) - A far-right German activist with ties to the Trump movement is seeking asylum in the United States, claiming political persecution at home, the Washington Post reports. Naomi Seibt, a 25-year-old social media influencer linked to Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, says she faces surveillance, state media criticism, and...

Administration Tells States to 'Undo' Full SNAP Payments

Late-night memo authorizes 65% of benefits due

(Newser) - The Trump administration has ordered states to halt the distribution of full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November, promising consequences if they don't. In a memo, the Agriculture Department authorizing state governments to make only partial disbursements to the more than 40 million people enrolled in the program—...

ICE Considers Putting Detainees in Warehouses Built for Amazon

Plan under consideration would retrofit unused, large sites near airports

(Newser) - The Trump administration is looking into dramatically expanding its immigrant detention capacity by retrofitting unused warehouses, originally built for companies like Amazon, into what officials are calling "mega detention centers." Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering purchasing large installations—some more than double the size of those ICE...

Judge Bars Trump's National Guard Plans in This State

Judge rules protests in Oregon weren't rebellion, blocks federalization

(Newser) - A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction preventing President Trump from deploying the National Guard in Oregon, marking a significant legal defeat for the administration's efforts to send troops into Portland during protests. The decision, issued by US District Judge Karin J. Immergut—herself a Trump appointee—found...

SCOTUS Order Gives Trump Temporary Win on SNAP

Ketanji Brown Jackson answers emergency appeal, blocks court order to fully fund food aid payments

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to...

Trump Loses SNAP Appeal, Takes Fight to Supreme Court

States already have begun to distribute full payments

(Newser) - A federal appeals court late Friday denied the Trump administration's appeal to block a judge's order to distribute November's SNAP benefits in full despite the government shutdown. The administration then announced it had filed an emergency application over the issue to the Supreme Court, the New York ...

Cornell Strikes a Deal With the White House

School will pay $60M toward getting its public funding restored

(Newser) - Another university has reached a deal with the Trump administration to have its public funding restored. This time, it's Cornell, which agreed to pay a total of $60 million to resolve the issue, reports CNN . The deal calls for Cornell to pay $30 million directly to the federal government...

Border Agent Who Shot Woman Bragged on His Marksmanship

Text messages to colleagues about shooting surface

(Newser) - A Customs and Border Protection agent who shot a Chicago woman during a collision of their vehicles last month is facing scrutiny after records revealed he boasted about his marksmanship in text messages to colleagues. Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times on Oct. 4, after the collision in the...

Judge Orders Administration to Make Full SNAP Payments

Government 'failed to consider the harms' partial benefits would inflict on recipients, court says

(Newser) - A federal judge in Rhode Island on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by US District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. was in response to a challenge from cities and nonprofits complaining that the government was only offering...

New Oval Office Sign Brings Out the Critics

Gold script is bad optics when times are tough for many, say Democrats

(Newser) - President Trump's revamping of the White House includes a new touch that Democrats say is in bad taste for more reasons than one: a sign in gold script on the outside of the building designating the Oval Office, reports the Guardian . A tweet from Democratic Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta sums...

Immigration Agents Arrest Dad, Drive Off With 1-Year-Old

Girl was reunited with family at Border Patrol office

(Newser) - Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a US citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man's toddler strapped into a car seat in the back, advocates and family said Wednesday, decrying the action....

Trump Admin Nears Price Cut Deal on Weight Loss Drugs

Medicare coverage could expand for Wegovy, Zepbound with monthly cost to fall as low as $149

(Newser) - The Trump administration is reportedly on the verge of announcing a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the prices of their weight loss drugs, Zepbound and Wegovy, to as low as $149 a month—down from current list prices above $1,000. "Instead of $1,...

Hegseth Announces 16th Deadly 'Drug Boat' Strike

Death toll is now at least 66 in controversial strikes

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower, the AP reports. The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard...

Government Shutdown Sets Record No One Wants

It's now the longest on record

(Newser) - The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever and disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, flight delays, and federal workers nationwide left without paychecks, the AP reports. President Trump has refused to negotiate with Democrats over their demands...

Trump's Threat to Pull SNAP Funding Causes Confusion

Leavitt says he was talking about future payments, not court-ordered current payments

(Newser) - The White House confirmed Tuesday millions of Americans will still receive partial food assistance this month despite a threat from President Trump on social media earlier in the day to withhold funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program until the government reopens.
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Sandwich Trial: 'It Smelled of Onions and Mustard'

Border Patrol officer describes getting hit with one by a protester in DC

(Newser) - The sandwich trial has begun. Attorneys have begun arguing whether a DC resident who threw a sandwich at a Border Patrol officer in a fit of anger deserves to be punished. Sean Dunn is not disputing what happened in the neighborhood of Georgetown on Aug. 31, notes CNN . "He...

Feds: OK, We'll Provide Partial SNAP Benefits

Trump administration says it will comply with judges' orders to tap contingency fund

(Newser) - The Trump administration has agreed to use a contingency fund to provide partial SNAP benefits as the government shutdown continues. According to USDA official Patrick Penn, the administration intends to exhaust the roughly $5.2 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contingency funds to deliver reduced benefits for November, CBS...

No Nuclear Explosions During Nuclear Tests: Official

Tests focus on weapons systems, not live detonations, official says

(Newser) - The Trump administration's new round of nuclear testing won't involve actual nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright clarified Sunday. Instead, the tests will focus on "the other parts of a nuclear weapon" to verify their reliability, Wright explained on Fox News, according to the New York Times...

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