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Trump Urges Senate Republicans To Give Health Care Money 'Directly To The People' As Shutdown Talks Drag On

Nov 8, 2025, 10:05 AM EST | Updated 5 hours ago WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to redirect federal money used to subsidize health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act toward direct payments to individuals, floating a potential compromise to an issue at the heart of the U.S. government shutdown. “I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Co ...

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Republicans scramble for ideas to reopen government after pressure tactics fail

11/08/25 6:00 AM ET Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and his Republican leadership team are scrambling for new ideas to end the 38-day government shutdown after it became clear Friday that tactics to pressure Democrats to vote for a House-passed funding bill have failed so far. Senate Republicans are batting around various ideas to break the stalemate, such as voting on a new Senate-drafted bill that would fund a large swath of the federal government through fiscal year 2026. This ...

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Legal workers got caught up in ICE's biggest raid. Korean Americans haven't forgotten.

Nov. 8, 2025, 6:01 a.m. ET POOLER, Georgia – Daniel Lee's fried chicken, with its spicey-sweet glaze, regularly drew hungry Korean workers from a nearby Hyundai plant into his restaurant, 92 Chicken. That was, until a massive immigration raid at the battery plant two months ago left Lee stunned and his business reeling. Federal agents handcuffed, chained and detained more than 300 Korean workers in an operation President Donald Trump later said he fully opposed. The workers were flown home ...

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Trump administration moves to dissolve ban on Abrego Garcia's removal to deport him to Liberia

November 8, 2025, 10:25 AM The Trump administration has moved to dissolve the ban on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's removal so that it can proceed with his deportation to Liberia. In a series of filings overnight, government attorneys said that the Salvadoran native's claim of fear of torture or persecution in the African nation was denied after he was interviewed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services last week. The attorneys for the Department of Justice argued that the preliminary injunctio ...

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'It's crazy!' Republicans turn on Mike Johnson over alleged bid to block Epstein files

November 8, 2025 10:45AM ET An Arizona Democrat who was elected to Congress in September but still hasn’t been sworn into office is gaining new support from Republican lawmakers as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces growing scrutiny over an alleged attempt to block the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. “We're all hoping that Speaker Johnson is going to read the tea leaves and get to work, swear me in so we don't have to go seek judicial support in him doing his job, but that's ...

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Trump melts down over G20 summit location

Story by Erik De La Garza • 6h • 2 min read President Donald Trump erupted Friday on Truth Social, declaring it a “total disgrace” that next year’s G20 summit will be held in South Africa – and vowing that no U.S. officials will attend the global gathering as long as “human rights abuses” continue there. “It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa,” Trump wrote Friday. “Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers, and also French and German immigrants) ar ...

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Trump gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions

Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas for one year, a White House official has confirmed to BBC News. Earlier, the US president said he would consider an opt-out for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close Trump ally who has maintained good relations with Russia throughout the Ukraine war. Speaking on Friday during Orban's visit to the White House, Trump said an exemption was under consideration because "it's very diffi ...

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Private prisons see record revenue growth under Trump administration's immigration surge

Posted 6:42 PM, Nov 07, 2025 Two of the nation's biggest operators of private immigrant detention centers are announcing major revenue growth. One of those companies is GEO Group, with 6,000 beds at their immigration detention centers around the country. This includes Delaney Hall in New Jersey, where a congresswoman's clash with ICE agents led to her arrest in the spring. GEO Group's third quarter update shows revenues increasing 13%, fueled by contracts with ICE, helping to give investors a ...

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Newsom brutally mocks Republicans suing California over redistricting map: 'Good luck, losers'

Friday 07 November 2025 18:01 EST Shortly after California voters approved the new U.S. House map, Republicans filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday. Backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Proposition 50 is designed to assist Democrats flip as many as five congressional House seats in the 2026 midterms. Newsom's office said on a social media post that the state hasn't reviewed the lawsuit but is confident the challenge will fail. “Good luck, losers,” the post reads. The lawsuit alleges the map-makers ...

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Josh Shapiro Calls Out JD Vance's Appalachia Roots In Slam Over SNAP Benefits Cut

Nov 7th, 2025, 5:39 pm Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) delivered a blistering rebuke of Vice President JD Vance at a Philadelphia press conference on Friday, fuming that he “turned his damn back” on the Appalachian communities he once claimed to represent and of overseeing policies that leave Americans “hungry.” Shapiro’s comments came after he was asked by a reporter about Vance’s public condemnation of a court-ordered directive to release SNAP funding as “absurd.” The governor clap ...

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Georgia Democrats see momentum after special elections wins

18 min ago - 11/08/25 5:00 PM ET Democrats are feeling bullish about their chances of clinching both the Senate and governor’s races in Georgia next year after the party won a pair of special elections this week that were seen as potential bellwether races a ... (The Hill)

GOP Lawmaker Claims He Has 'Repeatedly' Asked Mike Johnson To Bring Back The House To 'Get Us Out Of This Mess'

43 min ago - 12h Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) claimed on Fox News on Saturday that he has "repeatedly" asked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the House back into session so lawmakers can work the country out of the government shutdown "mess." "No one is winn ... (msn/MEDIAite)

Democrats seize on Trump administration's efforts to fight food stamp payments

1 hr ago - Updated 4:18 PM EST, November 8, 2025 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration’s legal efforts to fight having to fully fund food stamps for millions of vulnerable Americans is creating an opening for Democrats eager to use the ... (AP)

Senate's Rare Weekend Push Stalls as Trump Rejects Compromise

2 hrs ago - Nov 08, 2025 at 03:18 PM EST For the first time since the government shutdown began over a month ago, senators convened on Saturday to negotiate a bipartisan resolution to end the 39-day impasse. The rare weekend session underscores the mounting cris ... (Newsweek)

Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism

3 hrs ago - By MELANIE LIDMAN Updated 11:10 PM CST, November 8, 2025 JERUSALEM (AP) — Walter Bingham was 14 years old when Nazis plundered Jewish businesses and places of worship across Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht, or the “ ... (AP)

FAA bars MD-11 flights for now after fiery UPS jet crash

9 hrs ago - November 8, 2025 6:37 PM EST Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday issued an order prohibiting MD-11 planes from flying for now, pending inspection, after a fiery crash this week of a UP ... (Reuters)

James Comey case 'coming apart at the seams' as crucial evidence collapses: report

10 hrs ago - November 8, 2025 8:42AM ET The Department of Justice's case against former FBI Director James Comey appears to be unraveling, with new evidence casting significant doubt on the prosecution's central allegations, The New Republic wrote. Prosecutors cl ... (Raw Story)

Marjorie Taylor Greene said she took Amtrak train instead as shutdown cancels flights

10 hrs ago - Nov. 8, 2025, 11:50 a.m. ET GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she took the train instead of a flight from Washington to her home state of Georgia because of "flight delays and cancellations" as the government shutdown disrupts hundreds of flights ... (USA Today)

"You woke us up": California Gov. Gavin Newsom, energized by Prop 50 redistricting win, thanks Texas

11 hrs ago - The Democrat took a victory lap on rival Gov. Greg Abbott’s home turf Saturday and called on other blue states to push back on a GOP effort to retain control of the U.S. House. by Colleen DeGuzman Nov. 8, 2025, 4:28 p.m. Central HOUSTON — ... (texastribune.org)

Rare Saturday Senate session ends with few signs of shutdown progress

11 hrs ago - 11/08/25 4:41 PM ET Senators ended a rare Saturday session at the Capitol with no votes, no text of a three-bill “minibus” and few signs of progress toward a possible shutdown offramp. Lawmakers are now eyeing a possible vote on Sunday, whe ... (The Hill)

UK looking at Denmark model to cut illegal migration

11 hrs ago - UK looking at Denmark model to cut illegal migration Last month, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood dispatched officials to the Nordic nation to study its border control and asylum policies, which are considered some of the toughest in Europe. https://ne ... (sky.com)

Voters' anger at high electricity bills and data centers looms over 2026 midterms

11 hrs ago - Updated 8:33 AM EST, November 8, 2025 Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who ... (AP)

Trump Urges Senate Republicans To Give Health Care Money 'Directly To The People' As Shutdown Talks Drag On

11 hrs ago - Nov 8, 2025, 10:05 AM EST | Updated 5 hours ago WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to redirect federal money used to subsidize health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act toward direct ... (Huff Post/Reuters)

'It's crazy!' Republicans turn on Mike Johnson over alleged bid to block Epstein files

12 hrs ago - November 8, 2025 10:45AM ET An Arizona Democrat who was elected to Congress in September but still hasn’t been sworn into office is gaining new support from Republican lawmakers as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces growing scrutiny over an ... (Raw Story)

In L.A., federal prosecutors are charging more protesters. A surprising number of cases are falling apart.

12 hrs ago - Nov. 8, 2025, 7:00 AM EST LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have taken a hard line against alleged violence at protests, charging nearly 100 protesters since June in cases that could result in long prison sentences. But a fifth of ... (NBC News)

Legal workers got caught up in ICE's biggest raid. Korean Americans haven't forgotten.

13 hrs ago - Nov. 8, 2025, 6:01 a.m. ET POOLER, Georgia – Daniel Lee's fried chicken, with its spicey-sweet glaze, regularly drew hungry Korean workers from a nearby Hyundai plant into his restaurant, 92 Chicken. That was, until a massive immigration raid a ... (USA Today)

Trump Lashes Out At Democrats From Golf Course-Bound Motorcade Amid Shutdown Chaos

14 hrs ago - Nov 8th, 2025, 9:28 am President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats in a social media post sent as his motorcade carried him to his golf course, and as the government shutdown caused chaos across the country. Trump has spent several days trying to ... (MEDIAite)

Trump administration moves to dissolve ban on Abrego Garcia's removal to deport him to Liberia

14 hrs ago - November 8, 2025, 10:25 AM The Trump administration has moved to dissolve the ban on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's removal so that it can proceed with his deportation to Liberia. In a series of filings overnight, government attorneys said that the Salvadora ... (ABC News)

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists at West Bank olive harvest, witnesses say

14 hrs ago - JERUSALEM, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists on Saturday who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses sa ... (Reuters)

Republicans scramble for ideas to reopen government after pressure tactics fail

14 hrs ago - 11/08/25 6:00 AM ET Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and his Republican leadership team are scrambling for new ideas to end the 38-day government shutdown after it became clear Friday that tactics to pressure Democrats to vote for a House-p ... (The Hill)