👋🏼 Say goodbye to the penny. The Mint stopped making one-cent coins yesterday. Fear not — prices probably are not going to go up, even though you may never again get exact change. One (1) cheesesteak was harmed in the making of this video. Learn more: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

🚨 SCOOP: Congressional Budget Office believed to be hacked for foreign actor

🚨 WaPo SCOOP: Inside the crisis at the Heritage Foundation The group behind Project 2025 is facing a rebellion — and has been for months. The Tucker Carlson/Nick Fuentes/antisemitism saga is just what caused it to break into the open. 🎁 Gift link:

Story tomorrow morning, folks.

Just finished listening to the Heritage Foundation’s all-staff meeting to address Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and anti-Semitism. There were some fireworks. Much more to come + months of inside reporting on internal crises at Heritage.

We’ve set the record for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: 3️⃣5️⃣ days. It’s cut off SNAP, caused major airport delays and furloughed 650,000 workers. We could finally be closing in on some sort of resolution to end it. 🎁 Learn more, gift link: wapo.st/47VeGJU

👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead. IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained. IRS Direct File: 2023-2025. (Story from when the pilot launched.)

👀 New reporting today on this:

When do we have to start talking about Dave Roberts as one of the best managers in big league history?

The greatest World Series of my life.

If this holds, Will Smith MUST be the MVP. He has caught every inning of the World Series and he just hit the go-ahead home run.

Catchers forever!!!!!

You gotta be kidding me.

Move over, Kirk Gibson!

Story here: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge in Rhode Island rules from the bench that the Trump admin **must** pay SNAP benefits. "The court is orally ordering that USDA must distribute the contingency money timely or as soon as possible for the November 1 payments to be made." Story to come.

This directly puts the ball in the Trump administration's court. There's no longer a question of "can they issue SNAP benefits." They now **must** issue the payments. So will they? And if so, how much? These are now policy (and political) questions solely for the Trump administration.

‼️ On SNAP, very significant here: A federal judge rules that the Trump admin is "required" to spend the $5.5 billion in contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits. But there will still be a gap in benefits; she gave the admin until Nov. 3 to share if/how they will issue payments.

This is the chart that is really striking to me. Independents blame Trump and Republicans for the shutdown by a 2-to-1 margin. More: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

👀 NEW: Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, per new @washingtonpost.com poll. Independents blame Trump and Republicans more than Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin, 46% to 23%. More: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

There is a contingency fund for SNAP. There's $5.5 billion. It's not enough to pay full November benefits ($9.2 billion), but it's a decent pot of money. 🎁 More (gift link): wapo.st/4qx2IgL

20,000 followers calls for a hard reset + timeline cleanse. I'm Jacob Bogage. I cover the Trump administration's economic policy. Taxes, spending, government shutdown, Social Security, tariffs, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP — that's all my bag. Follow for more econ, dog & college football content.

The Trump administration has billions of dollars to pay SNAP benefits, or food stamp, next month. It’s refusing to use them. Here’s why. 🎁 Learn more, gift link: wapo.st/4oK9DBH

It is 8:27 a.m. on a Tuesday. National Guard troops are out raking leaves by the National Cathedral. Washington, D.C., in 2025.

👀 There’s one agency left that can push back against Trump during the government shutdown. Trump is about to pick its new leader. Meet the Government Accountability Office, the only folks left who can take Trump to court over spending issues. 🎁 Learn more, gift link: wapo.st/48P18Rk

Don't take this quote out of context. The question was specifically about it Trump had additional priorities for redoing parts of the White House grounds. Think whatever you want about what Trump is doing or not doing. But understand the context of this quote, not just this selective snippet.

Hi friends -- we're doing a live chat tomorrow at 11 a.m. to answer your questions about the government shutdown. Drop us questions now! And I hope you'll join us!

For most of you following the government shutdown closely, you may already know Russell Vought. If you haven’t been, here’s the introduction you need to Donald Trump’s “grim reaper.”

Brian Kelly, call your office.

The US government isn’t funded — but the Trump administration just funded a bailout for 🇦🇷 Argentina. It’s a geopolitical power play. Let’s dig into it.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the bailout for Argentina, now doubled to $40 billion, is part of an effort to swing Latin America to the right @jacobbogage.bsky.social @davidjlynch.bsky.social David Feliba report www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The government shutdown shows no signs of letting up. Broke out the handy signs to run through who's getting paid right now, and why/why not. Questions? Reply in the thread and I’ll work through them today.

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED. Here is my updated story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

We're doing what now?

Are we getting a TACO moment on the mass layoffs Trump promised during a shutdown?

⚡ The Trump admin's budget office is arguing that furloughed workers are not entitled to backpay after the shutdown ends. We got the memo laying out their case. Here it is. Read more (gift link): wapo.st/47dbJEe

Republicans were so concerned that their own "One Big Beautiful Bill" cut Medicare too much that they created a $50 billion bailout fund for rural hospitals they felt could collapse.

Lightning round of what’s closed and what’s open during this government shutdown. Got questions? Drop them in the replies and I’ll work to answer them through the day.

👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

We're hours away from a government shutdown -- it'll be the first since 2018 and the third of Trump's two terms. Here's our video FAQ + more info in the link. Got other questions? I'll work through them in the replies the rest of the day. wapo.st/4o2usrT

A government shutdown is days away. And @rbeggin.bsky.social and I obsessing over it. What do you want do want to know? Will do my best to respond throughout the day.

The economy is slowing down, but the wealthiest consumers are still on buying sprees — keeping prices higher than usual. It’s a weird place for the economy to be, and the Fed is trying to cut rates to address it. We may need to start talking about (!) stagflation.

Is this a lyric from "We Didn't Start the Fire"?

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist. Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ

Still thinking about this mind-boggling exchange regarding the former CDC director today RFK JR: I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, “are you a trustworthy person?” and she said “no.” WARREN: What?

Let’s dive a little deeper. What exactly is behind this “Manhattan Project” for more babies?

👀 NEW: The group behind Project 2025 wants a "Manhattan Project" for more babies. We have the Heritage Foundation's closely-held draft paper taking a hard turn into "pronatalism." It pitches ripping up economic policy to induce straight, married couples to have more children. Gift link ⤵️

The Trump admin is using a loophole to wrestle spending authority away from Congress. And if we follow this end to its logical extreme, well, we’re a different kind of democracy than we thought.

Scoop - SUSAN MONAREZ, nation’s newly installed CDC director, is being ousted, people familiar tell @lenasun.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social + me

I legitimately want to know where Trump administration officials are going in Washington, D.C., where they feel so frightened all the time. This is a safe, clean city, by and large. I really want to know where they're visiting, because they're not the same places I'm going or my friends/family go.