• Judge says Trump administration must fund SNAP. And, what to know about NYC's election
    Monday, November 3, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    President Trump salutes a Marine as he arrives at the White House on Nov. 2 in Washington, D.C. Trump spent the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to fund SNAP benefits. And, New York City voters head to the polls tomorrow to choose between Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the mayoral race.
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md, on whether his party will shift their shutdown strategy
    Monday, November 3, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., about how the start of health insurance open enrollment and other issues might change his party's shutdown strategy going forward.
  • Trump's National Guard deployments aren't random. They were planned years ago
    Monday, November 3, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Members of the National Guard patrol near the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1 in Washington, D.C. President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations -- and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act -- for years. Now, those plans...
  • Democratic voters say California's Prop 50 gives them a way to 'counteract' Trump
    Monday, November 3, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Voting signs for California Many voters told NPR they like that California's redistricting measure provides the Democratic-leaning state a rare opportunity to directly counteract President Trump and other Republicans.
  • Andrew Cuomo fights for his political life and his version of the Democratic Party
    Monday, November 3, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Andrew Cuomo on the campaign trail last month in New York City. Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted.
  • Virginia voters to select new governor Tuesday
    Monday, November 3, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Virginia voters will elect a new governor Tuesday, as Democratic lawmakers in the state also prepare to redraw the state's congressional map to counter Republican redistricting efforts.
  • Candidates in NYC mayor's race rally supporters in days leading up to the election
    Monday, November 3, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    The leading candidates in New York City's mayoral race spent the weekend rushing from campaign event-to-event ahead of Tuesday's election.
  • Trump administration faces Monday deadline on use of contingency funds for SNAP
    Monday, November 3, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Dairy products, which are covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), is displayed for sale at a grocery store Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. President Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds.
  • How this week's elections in Virginia became about ... everything
    Sunday, November 2, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Attendees listen as former President Obama joins former congresswoman and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger at a rally on Nov. 1 at Chartway Arena in Norfolk. Earlier this year, "quiet" was one word to describe the Virginia race for governor. Then came DOGE, a text message scandal down ballot, a redistricting surprise, the government shutdown and more.
  • New Jersey and Virginia's races will be powered by the soaring cost of electricity
    Sunday, November 2, 2025 from NPR Topics: Politics
    New Jersey and Virginia have seen double-digit electricity rate hikes in the last year as voters in those states prepare to choose new governors.
  • Canadian PM apologises to Trump over Reagan anti-tariff ad
    Sunday, November 2, 2025 from World Politics
    Canadian PM Mark Carney says he apologised to an "offended" US President Donald Trump over the ad, which led to trade talks being suspended and an additional 10 per cent tariff.
  • Obama blasts Trump ahead of Election Day in Virginia and New Jersey. Republicans keep it local
    Sunday, November 2, 2025 from Politics RSS Feed
    Former President Barack Obama is urging voters to use Tuesday's elections in Virginia and New Jersey to rebuke President Donald Trump and candidates loyal to him. Governor races in those states may signal the national mood 10 months into...
  • Trump Says Pentagon Will Plan for Possible Attack on Nigeria
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    A day after suggesting Nigeria could face sanctions for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country, President Trump returned to social media to up his threat. He posted Saturday that the US...
  • Vance Defends Comments on His Wife's Faith
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    Second lady Usha Vance, who is Hindu, has said publicly that she doesn't plan to convert to Christianity. But her husband told a Turning Point USA event in Mississippi this week that he has hope that she'll decide to share his Catholic...
  • Trump warns Nigeria of military action over alleged killings of Christians
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    Donald Trump is threatening to pull US aid and going "guns-a-blazing" as he accuses the Nigerian government of allowing the killing of Christians.
  • Airport Officers Report Mace Berated, Cursed Them
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    Rep. Nancy Mace lashed out at law enforcement officers at Charleston International Airport this week, according to a police report obtained by Wired through a Freedom of Information Act request. The report describes the South Carolina...
  • In Washington DC, a hot dog stall symbolises the US government shutdown
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    Isaac Stein should be at his day job as a lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service, but instead, he's making hot dogs as the US government shutdown drags on.
  • Silence was strategy, not oversight in Trump's meeting with Xi
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    Donald Trump's gains are immediate and personal while Xi Jinping's are quiet, reversible, and strategic 
  • Martha Layne Collins Won Plant, Dealt With Husband's Scandal
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    Martha Layne Collins, the only woman to be elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday. She was 88. The Democrat's most visible legacy is a sprawling Toyota auto assembly plant—arguably the biggest industrial plum of its day and the...
  • Harrison Ford: Trump Among 'Worst Criminals in History'
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    Harrison Ford isn't holding back when it comes to President Trump's climate policies. The Star Wars and Indiana Jones actor, who recently had to evacuate his Los Angeles-area home due to wildfires, told the Guardian that Trump's action...
  • Ivan Yates’s role on Path to Power podcast ends following presidential campaign revelations
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Undeclared involvement with Fianna Fáil candidate caused difficulties for podcast creators and co-host Matt Cooper
  • Suit: ICE Is Creating 'Black Box' Around Chicago-Area Site
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged "inhumane" conditions at a Chicago-area immigration facility. Attorneys with the ACLU of Illinois and the MacArthur Justice Center say Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
  • Bathroom in WH's Lincoln Bedroom Just Got a Lot Glitzier
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    President Trump has unveiled the latest phase of his White House makeover: a renovation of the Lincoln Bedroom bathroom. Announcing the update Friday on social media, Trump criticized the previous art deco green-tile design—dating back...
  • Tanzanian president wins disputed election with 97pc of vote
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    The result is likely to amplify the concerns of critics, opposition groups and others who said the election was not a contest but a coronation, after the president's two main rivals were barred or prevented from running.
  • Democrats ask Prince Andrew to 'come clean' on Epstein before US Congress
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    Democratic members of a US congressional committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case are calling on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former prince, to answer questions about the convicted sex offender.
  • FDA Tamps Down on Fluoride Supplements for Kids
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    The FDA on Friday moved to limit fluoride supplement use to strengthen children's teeth, the latest action by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his deputies against a dental care mainstay. The FDA said the products are no longer...
  • Patel Slammed for Rushing Out Terror Plot Alert: Report
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics from Newser
    Frustration is simmering at the FBI and Justice Department after FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the agency had stopped a "potential" terrorist plot in Michigan, reportedly before investigators had even confirmed if there was an...
  • Who runs the country’s hospital system?
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Governance of Ireland’s public hospital structure is complex and now Ministers are involved in a long-running dispute
  • Catherine Connolly wants to make Irish working language of Áras when she takes office
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    President-elect plans to ‘bring in Irish from the margins’ amid other priorities including disability
  • Government seeks emergency planning powers to speed up infrastructure delivery
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    New procedures to be in place next year after legislation is rushed through Oireachtas
  • ‘Is Orange a proxy for Prod?’ - what the presidential election says about a united Ireland
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Abuse of Heather Humphreys will feed into unity debate in Northern Ireland
  • APEC highlights idea of 'free and fair' global trade is severely wounded
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    While Donald Trump skipped the APEC conference, Xi Jinping was positioning China as a believer in free and fair trade, and multilateralism.
  • First phone calls, staff and Áras invites - how will Catherine Connolly define her presidency?
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    The president has significant latitude to construct their own programme – from events they decide to attend to who they invite to the Áras
  • From the subway to social media, NYC mayoral candidates make their closing arguments to voters
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics RSS Feed
    The final stretch of New York City's mayoral race has candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo painting two very different pictures. Cuomo has offered a closing argument centered on the premise that voters must stop Mamdani from...
  • Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from Politics RSS Feed
    President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Friday sided with Democratic and civil rights...
  • Japan looks to hire bear hunters after record number of attacks
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    In the past six months, there have been four times the number of people killed by bears compared with last year, and the Japanese government wants to hire hunters to help cull the animals.
  • South Africa criticises US refugee policy prioritising Afrikaner minority
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    On Thursday, the Trump administration announced its refugee policy would prioritise admitting Afrikaners, South Africa's white minority group.
  • Mass killings reported in militia attack on Darfur hospital in Sudan
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    The World Health Organization says the attack this week involved gunmen striking in several waves, abducting doctors and nurses, gunning down staff, patients and people sheltering there.
  • US strikes on alleged drug boats 'unacceptable', says UN human rights chief
    Saturday, November 1, 2025 from World Politics
    US President Donald Trump has justified his attacks on boats in the Caribbean as a necessary anti-drug campaign. 
  • Hundreds feared dead in Tanzania's election protests, opposition party says
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from World Politics
    President Samia Suluhu Hassan this week held an election in which her main challengers were either jailed or barred from standing. 
  • Republican leaders reject Trump's demands to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from Politics RSS Feed
    President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That's so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats in the Senate and reopen the federal government. But the GOP leaders swiftly rejected the idea, putting them...
  • Ohio panel and Virginia lawmakers move forward with congressional redistricting plans
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from Politics RSS Feed
    A Republican-led panel in Ohio has adopted new U.S. House districts, potentially boosting the GOP's chances of gaining two seats in next year's elections. The new map approved Friday comes as President Donald Trump pushes for Republican...
  • Virginia Giuffre's brother calls for Prince Andrew to be investigated
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from World Politics
    Sky Roberts also appealed to King Charles to pressure Donald Trump into putting "big boy pants on" over the release of the Epstein files. 
  • 'Unenforceable pledge' to arrest Netanyahu in New York gains traction
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from World Politics
    Zohran Mamdani, the man many predict will become New York City's next mayor, has made plenty of promises — his one to arrest Israel's PM is causing a particular stir ahead of Tuesday's election.
  • Campaign to legalize recreational marijuana takes DeSantis administration to state Supreme Court
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from Politics RSS Feed
    The campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida is suing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration in the state’s Supreme Court. The Smart & Safe Florida campaign alleges state elections officials are trying to improperly...
  • Democrats and Republicans Clash Over SNAP Contingency Funds
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from FactCheck.org
    Republicans say funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits -- formerly known as food stamps -- will run out on Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown, and there's nothing they can do about it....
  • Wisconsin judge puts on hold ruling that required citizenship check of voters
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from Politics RSS Feed
    A Wisconsin judge has put on hold his order that requires elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered voters in the battleground state before the next statewide election in February. It now appears...
  • Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan banned from entering Israel or Palestine for five years
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Chairwoman of European Parliament’s Palestine relations delegation unable to participate in official visit
  • How does Micheál Martin quieten dissenting voices in Fianna Fáil?
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
  • Simon Harris defends comments that migration numbers in Ireland are too high
    Friday, October 31, 2025 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Politicians of the centre cannot ‘put fingers in ears’ on migration, says Tanaiste
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