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Ted Docks, Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Division, speaks to reporters during an announcement of the arrest of two people in the November 1, 2025 explosions at Harvard University’s Medical School campus, along with Denis Downing, Interim Chief of the Harvard University Police Department, and Leah Foley, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

FBI arrests 2 in Harvard medical school explosion case

Authorities in Massachusetts say two young men have been taken into federal custody in connection with an overnight explosion inside a locker at a Harvard Medical School research building.

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)

Bessent suggests SNAP food benefits may resume by Wednesday

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could resume as early as Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 9: An exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. Members of the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives return to the Nation's capitol, following their August recess. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Judges order Trump admin. to pay for SNAP benefits using contingency funds during government shutdown

Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to utilize contingency funds to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the government shutdown.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are gathering in Chicago, as current Vice President Kamala Harris is named her party's presidential nominee. The DNC takes place from August 19-22. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / LaMar Cook, Western Mass. liaison for Gov. Maura Healey. Photo: Courtesy Massachusetts Governor's Office

Massachusetts gov. aide charged with drug trafficking after police found 46 lbs of cocaine

Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey’s former staffer, LaMar Cook, was arrested and charged with drug trafficking after cocaine deliveries were intercepted, allegedly headed to Cook’s workplace.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: Rain falls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly considering closing the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. following staff cuts after the Feb. 11 executive order to reduce the federal workforce. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Coalition of Democrat-run states sue Trump admin over lapse in SNAP funding

Dozens of Democrat-run states have sued the Trump administration for refusing to utilize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) contingency funds to issue food benefits during the government shutdown.

Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 07, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island. The first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States is located 3.8 miles from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The five-turbine, 30 MW project was developed by Deepwater Wind and began operations in December, 2016 at a cost of nearly $300 million. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Trump: $679M cut in federal funding for offshore wind projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Friday that it will cut around $679 million in funding from 12 wind farms, calling the projects “wasteful.”