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Supreme Court Ruling on SNAP Benefits Leaves Families in Limbo

In many states, it remained unclear how the Supreme Court’s Friday night order might immediately affect low-income residents. [...]

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich. [...]

How Families Are Coping with SNAP Cuts During the Shutdown

For the 42 million people who rely on the country’s largest anti-hunger program, it has been a chaotic, nerve-racking week. Here are some of their stories. [...]

A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS

As Ms. Pelosi announced her retirement, she was celebrated for her long tenure in Washington. But back home, she was remembered for showing up at a terrifying moment when others turned away. [...]

Live From New York: Zohran Mamdani’s Got Jokes

New York City’s next mayor showed during the campaign that he has a sharp sense of humor. Keeping things light at City Hall could be trickier. [...]

Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture. [...]

A New Generation of Gamblers Searches for Help

The sports betting boom has drawn in millions of young men. Are recovery efforts for problem gamblers lagging behind? [...]

Trump Was Never a Kingmaker. Are Republicans Finally Seeing It?

The round table convenes to discuss what comes after the Democrats’ big wins — and whether the “red hat” coalition can recover. [...]

Bruce Springsteen’s Father Complicates a Powerful American Narrative

He had a good factory job that helped him raise a family. But it didn’t save him from despair. [...]

Merck PCSK9 Pill Results Point to Extremely Low Cholesterol Future

The drug targets the PCSK9 protein, and could give millions of people a more affordable option to reduce their heart disease risk. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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UPS and FedEx ground some cargo planes after Kentucky air disaster

The delivery companies confirm MD-11 planes have been temporarily grounded as the death toll in Louisville rises to 14. [...]

Six dead as Russia hits energy and residential sites in Ukraine

Overnight, 25 locations including Kyiv were hit, leaving many areas without electricity and heating. [...]

What Hungary's Orban did - and didn't - get from Trump

On the surface, the Hungarian PM's trip was exactly what he wanted, but the full picture is more complex, writes the BBC's Nick Thorpe. [...]

Israel says body of Lior Rudaeff has been returned from Gaza

Lior Rudaeff died defending Nir Yitzhak kibbutz during the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military said. [...]

Kenyan activists missing in Uganda found safe after five weeks

The pair were reportedly bundled into a car by masked men after attending an event to support Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine. [...]

New typhoon bears down on Philippines days after deadly storm

Filipinos are bracing for the arrival of a new typhoon after one earlier this week left more than 200 people dead. [...]

US to boycott G20 in South Africa, Trump says

Trump says no US official will be sent to the summit over discredited claims that Afrikaners are being persecuted. [...]

DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex. [...]

Released Israeli hostage says he was sexually assaulted in Gaza captivity

In an interview with Israeli TV, Rom Braslavski described how he was stripped naked and tied up by members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. [...]

Fire at Turkey perfume warehouse kills six

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered his "deepest condolences to the families" and said the government was investigating. [...]

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The 2nd No Kings Protest – 10-18-2025

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It was quite energizing to be among thousands of my neighbors in this city who reflect how informed, creative, and principled they are. It was a real antidote to the ignorance, bigotry, and hateful cruelty that oozes every day from Trump and his MAGA cultists.

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