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Trump administration to pay food aid benefits using emergency funds

The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans on Monday after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown. The administration laid out the U.S. Department of Agriculture's plan in a filing in federal court in Rhode Island at the direction of a judge who ordered it last week to use emergency funds to at least partially cover November's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The U.S. Department of Justice said the USDA is complying with U.S. District Judge John McConnell's order and "will fulfill its obligation to expend the full amount of SNAP contingency funds today." But while the administration said it would fully deplete the $5.25 billion in contingency funds, it would not use other funding that would allow it to fully fund SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans, which cost $8 billion to $9 billion per month. The administration said $600 million would be used to fund states' administrative costs in administering SNAP benefits, leaving $4.65 billion that will be obligated to cover 50% of eligible households’ current allotments. The partial payments are unprecedented in the program's history. A USDA official warned in a court filing that at least some states, which administer SNAP benefits on a day-to-day basis, would need weeks to months to make system changes that would allow them to provide the reduced benefits. SNAP benefits are paid out monthly to eligible Americans whose income is less than 130% of the federal poverty line, or $1,632 a month for a one-person household and $2,215 for a two-person household in many areas. The prolonged government shutdown, for which Republicans and Democrats have blamed each other, has put SNAP benefits in jeopardy. The shutdown began October 1. The USDA had said funds were insufficient to pay full benefits, and announced last month that it would suspend SNAP benefits starting November 1. But McConnell and another judge in Boston, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, said on Friday the administration had the discretion to also tap a separate fund holding around $23 billion. Patrick Penn, deputy under secretary for food, nutrition, and consumer services at the USDA, said in a court filing the agency is carefully considering using those funds but determined they must remain available for child nutrition programs instead of SNAP.

KMC’s BOLD PICK: One Big Red WIN!

Polls show the GOP trailing headed into tomorrow’s Election Day. But what if all of them are wrong?

Democrats Lies' On Healthcare EXPOSED

Dean Clancy of Americans For Prosperity joins Mike to discuss how the left lies about their Healthcare plans.

Republicans Should Not Call For Censorship And De-Platforming

Mike breaks down the latest with Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes. Now some republicans are calling for both Tucker and Fuentes to be silenced. Is this the best way to fight ideas we disagree with?

New York Mayoral Candidates Make Final Push Before Election Day

The race to lead America’s largest city is coming down to the wire — as New York’s mayoral candidates make their final appeals before voters head to the polls Tuesday. Democrat Zohran Mamdani, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa spent the weekend in a final sprint across the five boroughs — rallying supporters and courting undecided voters. Mamdani hit the dance floor with seniors in Manhattan, Cuomo dined with residents in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, and Sliwa stopped by a mosque in the Bronx. The winner will succeed outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, with polls showing a tight three-way contest heading into Election Day.

Trump administration clarifies nuclear testing plans

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says new tests of America’s nuclear weapons systems ordered by President Donald Trump will not involve explosions. In a Fox News interview Sunday, Wright explained that the upcoming evaluations will focus on systems and readiness — not detonations. The clarification follows Trump’s social media post last week, in which he said he had “instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis.” The administration now says the plan centers on modernization and deterrence, emphasizing it is not a move toward nuclear escalation.

Air traffic controller shortages lead to flight delays

Airports across the country are seeing increasing delays as staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities continue — now more than a month into the government shutdown. Controllers have been working without pay since the shutdown began on October 1st, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warns that travelers can expect more canceled and delayed flights the longer the impasse continues. Most air traffic controllers are still covering mandatory six-day workweeks, leaving little opportunity for side jobs to make ends meet. Officials say the pressure is mounting as workers juggle bills, mortgages, and other expenses — unless they call out, further straining the system.

Young Men Sidling Up To Socialism, GOP MUST Be The Party Of Unity, Arctic Frost, SCOTUS, & Tariffs

Young Men Sidling Up To Socialism, GOP MUST Be The Party Of Unity, Arctic Frost, SCOTUS, & Tariffs With Mark Weaver, Constitutional Lawyer in PA and OH, former DOJ Spokesperson, author of the book A WORDSMITH’S WORK (Awordsmithswork.com).

Obama & Jon Stewart Shift The Tone Now — Do NOT Demonize Republicans...After Always Demonizing Them

Monday's With Maguire: Which Party Gets Blames For The Shutdown?

Monday's With Maguire: Which Party Gets Blames For The Shutdown? With Erin Maguire, Republican Strategist | @ErinMMaguire ||| “Mondays with Maguire."

Trump says UK royals suffered ‘terrible thing’ with pressure over Epstein scandal

Supreme Court won’t stop Trump’s tariffs. Deal with it, officials say

Trump says he will help ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams obtain cancer treatment

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Larry Elder is an American lawyer, writer, and radio and television personality who calls himself the "Sage of South Central" a district of Los Angeles, Larry says his philosophy is to entertain, inform, provoke and to hopefully uplift. His calling card is "we have a country to save" and to him this means returning to the bedrock Constitutional principles of limited government and maximum personal responsibility. Elder's iconoclastic wit and intellectual agility makes him a particularly attractive voice in a nation that seems weary of traditional racial dialogue.” – Los Angeles Times.

Mike Gallagher Mike Gallagher began his broadcasting career in 1978 in Dayton, Ohio. Today, he is one of the most listened-to talk radio show hosts in America, recently having been ranked in the Talkers Magazine “Heavy Hundred” list – the 100 most important talk radio hosts in America. Prior to being launched into national syndication in 1998, Mike hosted the morning show on WABC-AM in New York City. Today, Talkers Magazine reports that his show is heard by over 3.75 million weekly listeners. Besides his radio work, Mike is seen on Fox News Channel as an on-air contributor, frequently appearing on the cable news giant.

Hugh Hewitt is one of the nation’s leading bloggers and a genuine media revolutionary. He brings that expertise, his wit and what The New Yorker magazine calls his “amiable but relentless manner” to his nationally syndicated show each day.

When Dr. Sebastian Gorka was growing up, he listened to talk radio under his pillow with a transistor radio, dreaming that one day he would be behind the microphone. Beginning New Year’s Day 2019, he got his wish. Gorka now hosts America First every weekday afternoon 3 to 6pm ET. Gorka’s unique story works well on the radio. He is national security analyst for the Fox News Channel and author of two books: "Why We Fight" and "Defeating Jihad." His latest book releasing this fall is “War For America’s Soul.” He is uniquely qualified to fight the culture war and stand up for what is great about America, his adopted home country.

Broadcasting from his home station of KRLA in Los Angeles, the Dennis Prager Show is heard across the country. Everything in life – from politics to religion to relationships – is grist for Dennis’ mill. If it’s interesting, if it affects your life, then Dennis will be talking about it – with passion, humor, insight and wisdom.

Sean Hannity is a conservative radio and television host, and one of the original primetime hosts on the Fox News Channel, where he has appeared since 1996. Sean Hannity began his radio career at a college station in California, before moving on to markets in the Southeast and New York. Today, he’s one of the most listened to on-air voices. Hannity’s radio program went into national syndication on September 10, 2001, and airs on more than 500 stations. Talkers Magazine estimates Hannity’s weekly radio audience at 13.5 million. In 1996 he was hired as one of the original hosts on Fox News Channel. As host of several popular Fox programs, Hannity has become the highest-paid news anchor on television.

Michelle Malkin is a mother, wife, blogger, conservative syndicated columnist, longtime cable TV news commentator, and best-selling author of six books. She started her newspaper journalism career at the Los Angeles Daily News in 1992, moved to the Seattle Times in 1995, and has been penning nationally syndicated newspaper columns for Creators Syndicate since 1999. She is founder of conservative Internet start-ups Hot Air and Twitchy.com. Malkin has received numerous awards for her investigative journalism, including the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) national award for outstanding service for the cause of governmental ethics and leadership (1998), the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award for Investigative Journalism (2006), the Heritage Foundation and Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity's Breitbart Award for Excellence in Journalism (2013), the Center for Immigration Studies' Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration Award (2016), and the Manhattan Film Festival's Film Heals Award (2018). Married for 26 years and the mother of two teenage children, she lives with her family in Colorado. Follow her at michellemalkin.com. (Photo reprinted with kind permission from Peter Duke Photography.)

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