Trump rages in early hours at Indiana Republicans who defied redistricting plan he says he ‘wasn’t working very hard at’
Trump wrote that Republicans who voted against the measure ‘should be ashamed of themselves’
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SNAP is back in time for the holidays. But millions could be losing benefits under Trump — and food banks are bracing for them
‘We’re seeing people come in that are just at the end of their rope,’ said one food bank worker
‘Not a gift-giving year’: student loan debt upends US borrowers’ holiday spending
After Trump ended key repayment plan, 40% of borrowers say their student loans make it harder to cover essentialsA recent survey found that a whopping 40% of student loan borrowers say that their loans have negatively affected their ability to cover th…
‘They fought for American values’: Afghan immigrants and advocates push back against Trump crackdown
The US has been punishing ‘an entire group’ since the arrest of an Afghan in the shooting of two national guard troopsAfghan immigrants and advocates across the United States are pushing back firmly against the Trump administration’s most recent crackd…
Top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by Trump allies
Fossil fuel execs Robert Pender and Michael Sabel deny wrongdoing after report on potential conflict of interestTwo more senior Democrats have called for an investigation into a share-buying spree by two fossil fuel billionaires with close ties to the …
Trump attacks old foe Biden – but presidential parallels hard to avoid
US president finds himself shouldering same burdens of affordability crisis and the inexorable march of timeHe was supposed to be touting the economy but could not resist taking aim at an old foe. “Which is better: Sleepy Joe or Crooked Joe?” Donald Tr…
President of Peace? How Trump’s claim to have ended eight wars unravelled
The US president boldly claimed to have solved thorny disputes between adversaries including Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, and Israel and Lebanon. But experts tell Alex Croft that his peace agreements do not stand up to scrutiny
Trump says new Epstein photos are ‘no big deal’ but claims he hasn’t seen them: Live updates
The U.S. House Oversight Committee Democrats has received 95,000 photos from the Epstein estate, with two tranches posted online Friday
Trump scolds another female reporter for trying to ask questions: ‘She’s very aggressive’
The president has made a string of demeaning comments to female reporters in recent weeks, including calling a reporter a ‘piggy’
The TSA is providing airline passenger data to ICE to aid Trump’s deportation efforts, report says
The program comes as the Trump administration has sought to leverage data from across the government to speed up deportations