Author: Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
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Trump bucks USDA and says SNAP payments won’t restart until shutdown ends
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will not speed up Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November, despite statements from top administration officials earlier this week stating the opposite. The Trump administration has drawn criticism in recent weeks for placing SNAP benefits at the center of the government shutdown fight, saying the…
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US farmers caught in the middle of shutdown and Trump’s Argentina bailout. White House has no timeline for fix
President Donald Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place, forced to balance the government shutdown-linked delay of promised emergency aid for American farmers with continued efforts to prop up a political ally in Latin America. The Trump administration had repeatedly promised to stand up a bailout of American farmers, who have been…
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White House pressing toward Putin-Zelensky bilateral despite Kremlin’s silence
The White House confirmed that talks for a bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are “underway” even as the Kremlin stays mum on its diplomatic plans. “Both leaders have expressed a willingness to sit down with each other, and so our national security team will help both countries do…
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Trump threatens ‘severe’ consequences for Putin: ‘Not doing this for my health’
President Donald Trump voiced optimism that his Friday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska would be productive, but he threatened economic consequences should the talks not go as planned. “It will be very severe,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. “I’m not doing this for my health. OK? I don’t need it.…