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Obama shreds Trump over ballroom bizarre Truth Social videos and familys crypto fortune:It's like every day is Halloween

Saturday 01 November 2025 18:00 EDT Former President Barack Obama tore into Donald Trump and said it feels like “every day is Halloween — except it’s all tricks and no treats” under his administration. Obama shredded Trump during a speech Saturday in support of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, where he said, “It’s worse than even I expected.” “It's not as if we didn't see some of this coming,” Obama told the crowd at the rally in Norfolk. “I will admit it's wo ...

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Michigan Lawyer Says The Halloween Terror Plot That FBI Director Kash Patel Described Never Existed

Nov 1, 2025, 04:52 PM EDT A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI allegations that his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning to carry out a terror attack on Halloween weekend. Authorities with the FBI and in Michigan have offered few details about the case, however as he announced the arrests on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel said more information would be released. Spokespersons for the state and national FBI and the U.S. Attorney in Detroit did not immediately r ...

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Republican Jewish leaders planned a ceasefire celebration, pivoted to take on antisemitism within

Updated 1:36 AM EST, November 2, 2025 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Concerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend, turning a conference of the nation’s leading Jewish Republicans from jubilation over a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East into a clarion call to stem the spread of anti-Jewish voices within the party. The emerging schism was laid bare by a prominent conservative think tank president’s defense of talk show host Tucker Carlson’s controversial de ...

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Canadians take to social media to debate their prime minister's apology to Trump over anti-tariffs ad

Nov 1, 2025, 5:59 PM ET Ontario's premier didn't apologize for airing an anti-tariffs ad that angered President Donald Trump — but Canada's prime minister did. Now, Canadians are using social media to process the awkward situation. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Saturday that he had privately apologized to Trump on Wednesday over an Ontario-produced ad featuring remarks from the late President Ronald Reagan, who discussed tariffs in a 1987 speech. The ad, which was post ...

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Obama stumps for Sherrill in N.J., calls Ciattarelli a 'suck-up' to Trump amid tight governor race

Updated: Nov. 02, 2025, 12:58 a.m.|Published: Nov. 01, 2025, 8:21 p.m. Former President Barack Obama visited Newark on Saturday to stump for Mikie Sherrill, declaring the Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor is the level-headed leader the state needs and that Republican rival Jack Ciattarelli is a “suck-up” to President Donald Trump and GOP leaders. “You have a candidate worth being excited about,” Obama said before a crowd at Essex County College Gymnasium, where he and Sherrill, a con ...

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Trump tells Department of Defense to 'prepare for possible action' in Nigeria

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has instructed the Defense Department to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria over the country’s alleged killing of Christians. “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” Trump wrote on so ...

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Obama Calls Mamdani to Praise His Campaign, Offers to Be Sounding Board

Nov. 1, 2025, 3:05 p.m. ET Former President Barack Obama called New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Saturday, praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future. The private, roughly 30-minute phone call, which has not previously been reported, was described by two people who participated or were briefed immediately on what had been said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private conversation. Mr. Obama said that he was i ...

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"A taste of their own medicine": Blue states go digital against Trump's shutdown

Published November 1, 2025 1:30PM (EDT) As the federal government shutdown continues, Democratic-leaning states are turning state-run websites and online resources into a platform to push back against the Trump administration, and the SNAP freeze is at the center of the effort. Massachusetts’ SNAP page informs residents at the top of their SNAP page that President Trump has frozen November benefits, affecting all who rely on the program. New York warns that November SNAP benefits and Home Ene ...

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Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn't apply to cartel strikes

The Office of Legal Counsel told lawmakers that the War Powers Resolution, which requires Congress’s approval for ongoing military conflict, does not apply here. A top Justice Department lawyer has told lawmakers that the Trump administration can continue its lethal strikes against alleged drug traffickers in Latin America — and is not bound by a decades-old law requiring Congress to give approval for ongoing hostilities. T. Elliot Gaiser, head of the Trump administration’s Office of Legal Cou ...

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Heritage Foundation shakes up staff in wake of Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes controversy

11/01/25 3:06 PM ET Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts announced staff reassignments on Friday in the wake of the conservative uproar over his statement defending Tucker Carlson for interviewing white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Roberts tapped the think tank’s executive vice president Derrick Morgan to serve as acting chief of staff until the end of the year. Ryan Neuhaus, who was serving in the role, was moved to be a senior adviser. He made the announcement in an email to staff late ...

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'They may be arrested': ICE makes startling admission on election monitoring operation

25 min ago - November 2, 2025 12:08PM ET With millions of voters expected to descend to the polls Tuesday in a series of off-year elections, including in California where voters will vote on a constitutional amendment to redraw the state’s congressional dist ... (Raw Story)

CNN's Tapper Presses Treasury Secretary About 'Optics' of Trump's Lavish Great Gatsby Bash

43 min ago - Nov 2nd, 2025, 12:59 pm Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent served up a healthy portion of “whataboutism” when CNN’s Jake Tapper asked him Sunday about the “optics” of President Donald Trump’s Great Gatsby party at his Flo ... (MEDIAite)

Trump's Disability Cuts Could Hit His Own Voters the Hardest: Report

1 hr ago - Published Nov 02, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST updated Nov 02, 2025 at 12:44 PM EST President Donald Trump's administration could be looking to make major changes to the eligibility of those receiving disability benefits, according to people familiar with th ... (Newsweek)

Gov. Maura Healey calls on Trump to release funds for SNAP recipients

1 hr ago - Updated on: November 2, 2025 / 3:08 PM EST Governor Maura Healey called on President Donald Trump to use the contingency funds for SNAP users during an interview on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. Healey said that the impact of SNAP cuts has been "devas ... (CBS News)

East Wing ballroom donations by corporate owners create awkward moments for news outlets

2 hrs ago - Sunday 02 November 2025 07:49 EST President Donald Trump's razing of the White House's East Wing to build a ballroom has put some news organizations following the story in an awkward position, with corporate owners among the contributors to the proje ... (The Independent)

Trump Officials Can't Decide Whether To Comply With Court Order To Fund SNAP

3 hrs ago - Nov 2, 2025, 03:08 PM EST Some Trump administration officials gave conflicting responses on Sunday about whether the White House plans to comply with a court order requiring them to fund the country’s biggest food aid program, as the government ... (Huff Post)

Trump's MRI scan raises specter of secrecy in presidential health

3 hrs ago - 11/02/25 6:00 AM ET President Trump’s off-the-cuff disclosure that he underwent an MRI scan is raising fresh questions about the secrecy surrounding Trump’s health and the need for presidents to be more transparent. Trump is the oldest per ... (The Hill)

'I don't look at this as politics': Kaine pressed on what Democrats have gained from shutdown

5 hrs ago - November 2, 2025, 11:14 AM As the negative impacts of the 33-day government shutdown compound, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday he doesn't see the present funding impasse in terms of politics, insisting what Democrats are "focused on is the Amer ... (ABC News)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says 'the rules of the game have changed,' predicts redistricting ballot measure will win

6 hrs ago - Nov. 2, 2025, 9:00 AM EST California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday said he’s “deeply confident” that California voters this week will approve the state’s Prop 50 ballot measure, which would allow the state to redraw congressional ... (NBC News)

Trump escalates demands for 2020 election investigations and prosecutions

7 hrs ago - November 2, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EST President Donald Trump is dialing up pressure on the Justice Department to freshly scrutinize ballots from the 2020 election, raising tensions with administration officials who think their time is better spent examin ... (Washington Post)

OPEC+ set to agree another modest oil output increase, sources say

8 hrs ago - November 2, 2025 7:26 AM EST Updated 3 hours ago LONDON/MOSCOW, Nov 2 (Reuters) - OPEC+ is set to agree on Sunday on another modest increase in oil output targets, three sources familiar with the talks said, as the producers' group moderates plans to ... (Reuters)

Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families

8 hrs ago - By SUSAN HAIGH and MARC LEVY Updated 6:31 AM CST, November 2, 2025 Leer en español HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She was navigating the lo ... (AP)

Hegseth Says US, China to Set Up Direct Military Communication

10 hrs ago - 10h (Bloomberg) -- The US and China have agreed to establish direct communication between their militaries to help avoid conflict, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The purpose of the communication channels will be to “deconflict ... (msn/Bloomberg)

Keystone Kash Fires FBI Veteran Over $60M Jet Date Debacle

11 hrs ago - Updated Nov. 2 2025 3:16AM EST Published Nov. 2 2025 1:56AM EDT The FBI has reportedly fired an official who had been at the bureau for 27 years, after stories of Kash Patel using an FBI jet to go on a date broke on Wednesday. Steven Palmer, who jo ... (Daily Beast)

Furloughed federal workers face delays getting unemployment pay during shutdown

12 hrs ago - Updated 7:24 PM EST, November 1, 2025 For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage payments fo ... (AP)

Fire and explosion at store in northwestern Mexico leave at least 23 dead and a dozen injured

12 hrs ago - Updated 12:12 AM CST, November 2, 2025 MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fire and explosion at a convenience store in northwestern Mexico on Saturday killed at least 23 people, including children, and injured 12 others, state authorities said. The fire occur ... (AP)

Obama stumps for Sherrill in N.J., calls Ciattarelli a 'suck-up' to Trump amid tight governor race

13 hrs ago - Updated: Nov. 02, 2025, 12:58 a.m.|Published: Nov. 01, 2025, 8:21 p.m. Former President Barack Obama visited Newark on Saturday to stump for Mikie Sherrill, declaring the Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor is the level-headed leader the state ... (NJ.com)

Canadians take to social media to debate their prime minister's apology to Trump over anti-tariffs ad

13 hrs ago - Nov 1, 2025, 5:59 PM ET Ontario's premier didn't apologize for airing an anti-tariffs ad that angered President Donald Trump — but Canada's prime minister did. Now, Canadians are using social media to process the awkward situation. Canadian Pri ... (Business Insider)

Obama shreds Trump over ballroom bizarre Truth Social videos and familys crypto fortune:It's like every day is Halloween

14 hrs ago - Saturday 01 November 2025 18:00 EDT Former President Barack Obama tore into Donald Trump and said it feels like “every day is Halloween — except it’s all tricks and no treats” under his administration. Obama shredded Trump during ... (The Independent)

Michigan Lawyer Says The Halloween Terror Plot That FBI Director Kash Patel Described Never Existed

15 hrs ago - Nov 1, 2025, 04:52 PM EDT A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI allegations that his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning to carry out a terror attack on Halloween weekend. Authorities with the FBI and in Michigan have ... (Huff Post/AP)

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