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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by members of the pharmaceutical industry and administration officials, takes questions from reporters as he delivers remarks on lowering drug prices in the Oval Office at the White House on November 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced that his administration has reached agreements with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk that would lower the price of some GLP-1 weight loss medications. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump: Obamacare money should ‘BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE’

As the government shutdown drags on, President Donald Trump has suggested that Republicans redirect Affordable Care Act funds directly to individuals.

(L) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters during a news conference on November 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The record for longest shutdown in the U.S. Government was broken Wednesday as it entered its 36th day. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images) / (Background) US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican of South Dakota, speaks to reporters on day 37 of the government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 6, 2025. US officials said the scheduled capacity for flights would be cut by 10 percent in 40 busy air traffic areas nationwide starting on November 7 as the longest government shutdown drags on. Federal agencies have been grinding to a halt since Congress failed to approve funding past September 30, with some 1.4 million federal workers, from air traffic controllers to park wardens, still on enforced leave or working without pay. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Thune rejects Democrats’ ‘tone-deaf’ Obamacare proposal for ending govt. shutdown as ‘Non-Starter’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected a Democrat proposal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, dismissing a one-year extension of Obamacare premium tax credits in exchange for reopening the government as a “non-starter” that “doesn’t even get close.”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on October 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and other assistance are set to stop on November 1st amid a federal government shutdown that has been going on for 29 days and is the second-longest shutdown in the nation's history. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for extra emergency funds and personnel to be deployed, as SNAP payments will be suspended. About 42 million Americans are expected to lose access to their benefits. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump admin. appeals court directive to provide full SNAP benefits during shutdown

The Trump administration has turned to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to request an emergency stay in response to a judge ordering the federal government to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by today.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: Ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from fired CDC employees and the implications on children’s health. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Bernie Sanders crashes Schumer’s press conference, calls on Dems to prolong govt. shutdown

Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders crashed a press conference scheduled for Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, calling on Senate Democrats to prolong the government shutdown if Republicans do not concede to their Obamacare demands.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 31: U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks alongside U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. The House Speaker's office held the news conference on the 31st day of the government shutdown to discuss food stamp programs running out of funding. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Half of November SNAP benefits approved by Trump admin.

The Trump administration will issue partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits this month as the ongoing federal government shutdown stretches toward a historic length — while Senate Democrats still refuse to work with the GOP in coming to a deal to reopen the government.

FBI responds to Patel criticism over utilizing Bureau’s jet for personal use: ‘Mandated by Congress to travel on govt. plane’

FBI Director Kash Patel responded to criticism over his use of a government jet to attend his girlfriend’s country music performance in Pennsylvania.