Millions of Americans are living in fear that they will go hungry due to potential delays in SNAP food assistance benefit payments, even after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to make payments in November. That’s in a nation where close to $400 billion in food is wasted every year. ReFED, a U.S.-based nonprofit…
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a meeting with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ceasing to pay SNAP benefits…
President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping reached a trade truce during a high-stakes meeting in South Korea on Thursday, de-escalating a dispute over rare earth elements that had threatened to push the world’s two largest economies into a full-blown trade war. China has agreed to pause for one year the sweeping export controls on…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a press conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Adriano Machado | Reuters Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he had a positive meeting on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump, and their respective teams will start “immediately” to…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has picked Michael Selig as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s chair, an administration official and Selig himself said on Saturday. Selig is chief counsel for the CFTC’s crypto task…
Timothy Mellon, seen outside an inspection train during a property tour in 1981. Exact date and location unknown. AP Photo The mystery donor whose $130 million contribution is meant to pay U.S. military troops during the government shutdown is Timothy Mellon, an heir to a renowned Gilded Age banking family, The New York Times reported…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday the province will pause airing a television ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs so that U.S.-Canada trade talks can resume — but only after the ad is shown during the first two World Series games this weekend. Ford’s move means millions of World Series viewers will see…
Oil prices jumped more than 5% on Thursday after the Trump administration imposed further sanctions on Russia’s two largest crude companies, citing Moscow’s “lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.” Global benchmark Brent rose $3.37, 5.4%, to $65.96per barrel by 6:25 a.m. ET. U.S crude oil rose $3.26,…
Workers demolish the facade of the East Wing of the White House on Oct. 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The Treasury Department told staff not to share photos of the White House‘s East Wing as parts of it are demolished to build a new ballroom at the behest of President…
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, Oct. 17, 2025, as he travels to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is stepping up his calls to deploy the…
