Trump, Orban to Discuss Russian Oil, Economic Cooperation; FAA Cutting Air Traffic at 40 Major Airports by 10 Percent
President Donald Trump is set to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House on Friday. It is the first bilateral meeting between the two leaders since Trump’s return to office in January. The two leaders are expected to discuss Hungary's reliance on Russian oil. Trump has insisted that European nations stop buying Russian petroleum products as a way of slashing Moscow's funding for its war in Ukraine.Some 40 airports across the United States are being forced to decrease the number of flights, starting on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the decision on Wednesday, as it struggles with personnel shortages due to the ongoing government shutdown.
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SNAP Recipients Will Receive More Food Stamps Than Initially Estimated; Epoch Times and NTD Denied Access at Asia Summit
Food stamp recipients will receive up to 65 percent of their normal benefits in November, according to court filings by Trump administration officials on Nov. 5. That’s an increase on the 50 percent outlined in previous filings and in a U.S. Department of Agriculture memorandum sent to states on Tuesday.As President Donald Trump toured Asia in late October, an Epoch Times reporter traveling with the White House entourage met with repeated roadblocks in accessing key press events, which fit an ongoing pattern of interference by communist authorities in Beijing. Along with its sister media outlet NTD, The Epoch Times was ultimately denied access to two key press events in which world leaders gathered in late October—the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summits. Both summits revealed the regional power of China’s communist regime, which signed trade pacts and pressed for stronger trade ties with nations already heavily tethered to China economically.
Democrats swept a trio of races on Tuesday in the first major elections since Donald Trump regained the presidency. In New York City, 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race. And in Virginia and New Jersey, moderate Democrats Abigail Spanberger, 46, and Mikie Sherrill, 53, won their respective elections for governor with commanding leads.The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Wednesday over the legality of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs in a case with implications for the global economy. The arguments are set to begin at 10 a.m. EST.
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Voters Head to Polls in NYC, Virginia, New Jersey; US Government Shutdown Ties Record
Americans in states and localities across the country are heading to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes for a variety of candidates, positions, and ballot measures.The U.S. government shutdown entered its 35th day on Tuesday, matching the record for the longest shutdown in history as Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue to blame each other for the standoff.
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Trump Says He Won't Attend Supreme Court Tariffs Hearing; Key Races to Watch in First Election of Trump's Second Term
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on whether President Donald Trump has overstepped federal law with his tariffs. Trump said it would be a “disaster” for the United States if the justices failed to overturn lower court rulings that found he went too far in using an emergency powers law to put his tariffs in place. But the president said he won't go to the Supreme Court to hear the arguments in person.Nov. 4 is the first major election day of Trump's second term. Heated races in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City will test the popularity of Republicans—and the ideology of democratic socialism.
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