US debt ceiling, gov shutdown and Speaker of the House fight

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SNAP benefits: Trump admin tells states it will fully fund food stamps as appeal continues​

• The Trump administration told states it will begin paying full SNAP benefits.
• The memo came the same day as the administration asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order that it fully pay 42 million Americans those food stamp benefits for November.
• The administration asked the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to allow its plan to pay 65% of the food stamp benefits this month from a contingency fund.
• The request came a day after Judge Jack McConnell issued an order in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island rejecting the partial payment option.

The administration requested that the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals allow it to pay 65% of the food stamp benefits this month from a contingency fund, as it proposed to the judge earlier this week.

The move came a day after Judge Jack McConnell issued an order in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island rejecting the partial payment option.

More:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/snap-trump-appeals-food-stamps.html

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Supreme Court temporarily pauses ruling on November SNAP payments

Updated on Nov. 7 at 9:34 p.m. The Trump administration on Friday night asked the Supreme Court to pause a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island that requires […]

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Shutdown shortages: How chaotic will things get at US airports? | DW News​

Nov 7, 2025 #AitTraffic #USshutdown #aviation
The US is bracing for travel chaos starting Friday, as transport authorities are set to reduce air traffic. Flights at 40 airports are due to be cut as the Federal Aviation Administration prepares to reduce capacity by up to 10 precent. They say it's needed to maintain safety, as air traffic controllers affected by the government shutdown are feeling the strain. Around 1.4 million federal employees are working without pay or on forced leave because Congress has been unable to agree a funding package.


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PA dad starts food pantry in his front yard as many go without SNAP benefits​

Nov 7, 2025 #SNAPBenefits #GovernmentShutdown #Politics
Food banks and pantries are struggling to keep up with the demand as many Americans go yet another day without SNAP benefits. AJ Owen, a Pennsylvania dad who started a food pantry in his front yard, joins Chris Jansing to share more on the "hundreds and hundreds" of people who have come by his house and the “incredible” experience that has come with it.


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Federal shutdown threatens these Trump voters’ livelihoods but not their political loyalties​

Nov 8 - From federal paychecks to public benefits, the longest U.S. government shutdown in history is cutting lifelines for millions of Americans, many of whom voted for President Donald Trump.

But conversations with five Trump voters – part of a group of 20 whom Reuters has interviewed monthly since February – show that while the shutdown has disrupted their lives, it has not diminished their opinion of Trump’s performance as president.

Both Democrats and Republicans fear the political fallout from the shutdown. But Reuters' interviews with the panel of Trump voters show little change in pre-existing ideological divisions as a result of the shutdown.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/federal-shutdown-threatens-these-trump-voters-livelihoods-not-their-political-2025-11-08/

 

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First I've heard of this. Must say it sounds like it could spark some good discissions / dialog if the msm covers it.

Trump proposes multibillion-dollar handout to voters to end shutdown: ‘To the people!'​

President Donald Trump made a stunning announcement Saturday in recommending that Congress sign off on a multibillion dollar payout directly to Americans as an alternative to funding government health care subsidies that have divided lawmakers amid the ongoing government shutdown.

“I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

More here:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...wn-to-the-people/ar-AA1Q3sxu?ocid=socialshare

 

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Struggling parents in D.C. region rely on food aid during longest-ever government shutdown​

Nov 8, 2025
Many are relying on food assistance from local food banks as they contend with federal funding cuts, a struggling job market, and the longest-ever government shutdown. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren)

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