(Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation's largest food aid program running.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, had planned to freeze payments starting Nov. 1...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, said in an interview with Bloomberg that US military “escalation” is the only way to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and confirmed that she is in contact with Trump administration officials.
When asked...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration has begun developing detailed plans to send US troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target cartels in operations that would include drone strikes, NBC News reported on Monday, citing current and former US officials.
The report said that US military personnel have already...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) FBI Director Kashyap Patel said on Friday that agents in Michigan foiled an ISIS-inspired plot to commit a mass shooting on Halloween. Newly unsealed court records show that the truth is more complicated than what Patel would have the public believe.
A criminal complaint filed Saturday...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) While the rate cut got most of the attention, the Federal Reserve made another move during its October meeting that is arguably more consequential. The central bank announced it will end balance sheet reduction (quantitative tightening, or QT) in December.
In practice, this means...
(Arthur Kane, The Center Square) Spending on U.S. House of Representatives office accounts increased by more than 85% over the past three decades but nearly half of that occurred since 2020, an investigation by The Center Square found.
The Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) provides each of the 435 U.S. representatives...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Saturday threatened military intervention in Nigeria, saying the US may go into the country “guns-a-blazing” over allegations that the government isn’t doing enough to protect Christians from Islamist militants.
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Tesla’s annual meeting is on Thursday, and a lot is on the line—including, potentially, billionaire Elon Musk’s position as company CEO.
Tesla shareholders are reportedly going to consider a plan that would give Musk nearly $1 trillion in stock, which would up his control of the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is seeking answers about why convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving preferential treatment in prison, and why her fellow inmates are being retaliated against for speaking about the matter.
To find those answers, Raskin wants to send...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday clarified that the US has no plans to conduct nuclear explosions, at least for the time being, comments that came amid confusion over President Trump’s order for the Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons.
“I think the tests we’re talking about...
(Headline USA) One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children.
Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) It’s been known for years that Jeffrey Epstein received what’s been widely described as a sweetheart plea deal for sex crimes against minors—receiving a 13-month sentence in 2008 and 2009, serving much of it on work release.
On Friday, Bloomberg revealed that Epstein also escaped potential...