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President Trump's threat to go "guns-a-blazing" into Nigeria concerned U.S. military officials in Africa and surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.
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The fate of SNAP was once again in question on Saturday after the Supreme Court temporarily agreed to allow the Trump administration to withhold full aid under the program.
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President Trump raged after Democrats won multiple elections this week. And now he's calling on lawmakers to take action: To do more gerrymandering, to outlaw mail-in ballots and to make voter ID laws more strict. Why is Trump so afraid of American voters? He's afraid of losing his majority in the midterm elections, argues Times Opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury.
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More than 1.4 million federal employees missed their first full paychecks on Friday as the government shutdown enters its fifth week. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture warns that food aid to 42 million people could be cut off starting November 1, as the Trump administration refuses to use a $5 billion contingency fund to maintain SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly known as food stamps.
Gina Plata-Nino from the Food Research and Action Center says the loss of SNAP benefits will have cascading impacts as credit card debt soars, rent payments are delayed and food banks get overrun. "We are going to see a decrease in people's well-being," says Plata-Nino.
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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is continuing his push into national politics with a series of ads targeting Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on gun control.
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