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November 1, 2025
Mike Johnson Scrambles To Clean Up Comments From Trump Official Who Told Public, 'We Have Failed You'
Oct 31st, 2025, 6:01 pm House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) found himself in an awkward moment on Friday in front of reporters, as he scrambled to clarify comments made by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, who told the public that we have failed you” amid the ongoing government shutdown. Responding to a question about the “millions of people who stand to lose their food stamp benefits,” Rollins said, “Poverty is not red or blue, it is not a Republican or Democrat issue. It doesn’t matte ...
Go to discussionDemocratic representative urges former prince Andrew to testify over Epstein
Fri 31 Oct 2025 16.52 EDT Last modified on Fri 31 Oct 2025 17.53 EDT A Democratic congressman on Friday called for the former prince Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to testify before the US House of Representatives committee that is conducting an inquiry into the government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The statement from Ro Khanna, a California Democratic representative, who serves on the investigative House oversight committee, comes after the UK trade minister, Chris Bryant, suggested ...
Go to discussionStephen Miller holds secret calls with diplomats every day to push Trump's immigration agenda across the globe: report
Friday 31 October 2025 19:26 EDT Stephen Miller holds secret calls with diplomats every day in order to push the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration agenda across the globe, according to a new report. In the meetings, which reportedly occur around 10 a.m., the White House homeland security adviser grills officials on visa and immigration issues, as well as pushing for negotiations with third countries to accept deportees from the U.S. who cannot be returned to their country of origi ...
Go to discussionTrump signals he'll fund SNAP after federal judges ruled the administration must keep sending out benefits
Oct 31, 2025, 7:35 PM ET Federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled Friday afternoon that President Donald Trump must fund food stamps during the government shutdown. In a Friday night Truth Social post, Trump signaled he would comply with the judges' orders. "Our Government lawyers do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP with certain monies we have available, and now two Courts have issued conflicting opinions on what we can and cannot do," the president ...
Go to discussion'Embarrassment': Mike Johnson skewered by colleague as 'worst House speaker in US history'
October 31, 2025 9:58PM ET Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) tore into House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday's edition of MSNBC's "All In" for continuing to keep the House shuttered for business, accusing him of "surrendering" the authority of Congress to President Donald Trump. Johnson continues to hold the House closed because he wants the Senate to vote on a clean resolution to open the government the Republican majority has already passed. However, some observers have als ...
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