US Supreme Court temporarily blocks November SNAP payments, reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

We have updated this once more after Trump appealed to the Supreme Court to block the order that led to the memo that November SNAP would be fully funded.

Air travel snarls as cutbacks due to government shutdown begin, reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/air-...

Struggle in US Senate over government shutdown likely to drag through the weekend www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stru...

Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown, reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...

Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges

US Senate fails to pass war powers resolution blocking Trump attacks on Venezuela. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

Supreme Court OKs for now Trump passport policy that targets trans people. Story by Shauneen Miranda www.newsfromthestates.com/article/supr...

Trump administration ordered to pay full $9B in November SNAP benefits amid shutdown, reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

US Senate talks continue on end to 37-day shutdown, but final deal elusive. W/ @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

Federal judge in Rhode Island is ordering the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November, saying the USDA lost the discretion to pay partial benefits when it failed to get those funds to recipients fast enough. "USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK

Here are airports hit by the FAA pullback on air traffic; 3,300 flights daily to be canceled, reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/here...

All 50 states will vie for funds from $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. Story by Shauneen Miranda www.newsfromthestates.com/article/all-...

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

USDA revises SNAP benefit amounts during shutdown after admitting miscalculation, reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/usda...

Yo!! Giordano’s “The 1” for Chicago Style Pizza’ coming to Penn Quarter!! www.popville.com/2025/11/gior...

Via Ariana Figueroa: U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who made history as the first woman to hold the speaker’s gavel, announced Thursday she will retire, ending a 40-year legislative career as one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress.

Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress www.newsfromthestates.com/article/form...

Trump administration limits some flights during shutdown as controllers show strain. Story by @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump tariffs undergo intense scrutiny from US Supreme Court justices. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.

JUST IN from @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social: Following major Democratic wins in local and state elections across the country on Election Day, top Democratic congressional leaders pushed for a meeting with the president to end the federal government shutdown. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...

"Several teachers fled with a student and hid in a back of a pickup truck, 'terrified of being found,' Meadow said. 'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."

Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection. The arrest reportedly took place in front of children. 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...

NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011. It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat. “Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.

Oh — the situation has escalated. Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in. "Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...

Flights resume at Reagan National Airport after ‘security threat’ causes ground stoppage

A defiant Trump vows no SNAP payments until Democrats cave on shutdown, reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/defi...

BREAKING: All flights have been halted at D.C.'s Reagan National Airport over security concerns

Congress remains deadlocked, with government shutdown now on day 35. W/ Shauneen Miranda www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cong...

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before the Supreme Court. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

Trump administration defends order barring asylum at southern border www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump administration to pay partial November SNAP benefits by Wednesday. Story by @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Congrats to jennifershutt.bsky.social of statesnewsroom.com for winning NPF's 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress https://nationalpress.org/award-story/jennifer-shutt-of-states-newsroom-wins-2025-dirksen-award/

So proud of @jennifershutt.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress! Here's her coverage of the impacts of Medicaid cuts on rural hospitals, shifts in FEMA duties and funding tribal radio stations. nationalpress.org/award-story/...

UPDATED @statesnewsroom.com story on today's judicial orders on SNAP w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social and Shauneen Miranda. @usdagov.bsky.social has not said if/how they'll comply.

Effects of government shutdown spread on day 31, from health costs to food to flights. W/ Shauneen Miranda www.newsfromthestates.com/article/effe...

BREAKING: Trump administration blocked from cutting off SNAP benefits as two judges issue orders. @statesnewsroom.com story w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump administration blocked from cutting off SNAP benefits as two judges issue orders. W/ @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be transferred to Tennessee for hearings on criminal charges www.newsfromthestates.com/article/kilm...

Native communities scramble to provide food with SNAP, WIC cutoffs looming. Story by Shauneen Miranda www.newsfromthestates.com/article/nati...

Alejandro Juarez was supposed to be transferred to an ICE facility in Arizona. He has a court hearing in October. Instead, DHS put him on the wrong plane -- and deported him to Mexico. One of the craziest stories I've reported w/ @luisferre7.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...

Food assistance funding cliff approaching as shutdown persists. W/ @jennifershutt.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/food...

According to Madhvi Bahl from @dcmigrantmutualaid.org, since the federal takeover kicked off on August 11 the group's hotline has received 4,852 incoming calls on immigration enforcement and other federal activity in the city. In the 79 days prior to the takeover, it was 743 calls.

Shutdown double whammy: SNAP food benefits ending and federal workers go unpaid. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...

ICYMI: US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court, reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...