LOADING ERROR LOADINGSen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Friday that some of his GOP colleagues are too “frightened” to join him in criticizing Tucker Carlson’s interview with white supremacist Nick Fuentes. “Now I can tell you, my colleagues, almost to a person, think what is happening is horrifying,” he continued. AdvertisementSen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) attends a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in October. “The last I checked, Tucker actually knows how to cross-examine someone, Cruz said. Cruz began speaking out against Carlson over the Fuentes interview last week.

A coalition of conservative mothers has called for a boycott of “Wheel of Fortune” over the word game’s new “What the Fun?” category because it hints at an obscenity. “The once family-friendly ‘Wheel of Fortune’ game show is no more,” the One Million Moms group wrote on its site on Oct. 30. category puzzle. Wheel of FortuneOne Million Moms, a ministry of the “culture war”-fighting American Family Association founded by the late Pastor Donald E. Wildmon, has 99,000 followers on Facebook. The “What The Fun?” category was introduced this season, according to a fan page.

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President Donald Trump and top U.S. officials have alleged the craft were being operated by narco-terrorists and cartel members bound with deadly drugs for American communities. The residents and relatives interviewed by the AP requested anonymity out of fear of reprisals from drug smugglers, the Venezuelan government or the Trump administration. Trump has said each sunken boat has saved 25,000 American lives, presumably from overdoses. One of the first to die(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin) AP Illustration via APAdvertisementLuis “Che” Martínez was killed in the first strike. (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin) AP Illustration via APAdvertisementVillagers said they were not surprised that Fuentes, who had no nautical experience, turned to smuggling to make ends meet.

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Instead, it’s community service for him. “I feel terrible for those young women,” protester Adelyn Smith told 2 News Oklahoma. One of his victims told the authorities he recorded strangling her to unconsciousness, per the Oklahoma Watch. However, Butler’s adult legal status was changed in July to “youthful offender,” which, according to Oklahoma Watch, allows for less severe punishment. Smith, who was one of nearly 100 protesters on Wednesday, told 2 News Oklahoma: “We’ve had enough, like, we’re done.

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The intelligence reporting described Israeli officials’ own view of whether their treatment of Palestinians through large-scale attacks and severe limits on humanitarian aid was illegal, two former officials said. When State Department staff focused on international law requested their own intelligence briefing about possible Israeli ethnic cleansing, the former State Department official said intelligence personnel denied their request. They gave U.S. officials evidence of “specific motivations” among Israeli officials, a former senior official said. Biden administration staff had been quietly discussing their own potential liability for involvement in the Gaza offensive since a month into the war. In doing so, the Biden Administration was complicit in the loss of countless civilian lives — and the prolonging of the war in Gaza.

“Daily Show” correspondent Jordan Klepper on Thursday summed up how “things are falling apart” under Donald Trump as the government shutdown — which has disrupted SNAP benefits and is set to reduce air traffic at 40 U.S. airports — drags on. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementEarlier in the monologue, Klepper weighed in on the “crazy” medical emergency that occurred during an announcement on reducing the cost of weight-loss drugs. He called the photo “one of the greatest images of the Trump presidency.”“Look at this! Meanwhile, Donald Trump is zoned out like he’s in a marriage counseling session,” Klepper quipped. Watch more of Klepper’s Thursday monologue on “The Daily Show.”Related...Read the original on HuffPost

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is a government agency, hasn’t been updating or publishing its nationwide respiratory virus tracking data because of the shutdown. Here’s what to know:Without CDC virus tracking data, doctors have a harder time diagnosing patients and prescribing treatment. This data-tracking pause presents an issue for doctors, nurses and scientists who rely on CDC data and analysis. Eric Lee via Getty Images The government shutdown means the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention isn't publishing its robust respiratory virus tracking data. “Agencies and foundations and public health scientists are filling in those gaps as much as possible,” said Malaty Rivera.

“All Republicans have to do is say ‘yes’ to extend current law for one year.”AdvertisementBut Republicans quickly shot it down, insisting that Senate Democrats first agree to make reforms to the program, including an income cap for eligibility and a gradual wind-down. “It’s a horrible idea,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) said of Schumer’s offer. Scott ApplewhiteRepublicans rejected Schumer’s proposal almost immediately, reiterating that any conversations about extending the health care subsidies can only occur after Democrats vote to reopen the government. ), meanwhile, told reporters the Democrats’ offer is “an indication that they’re feeling the heat.”“I guess you could characterize that as progress, but I just don’t think that it gets anywhere close to what we need to do here,” he added. AdvertisementWhile Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are at risk for more than 20 million households, Democrats have remained focused on the lapse of health care subsidies that help more than 20 million Americans buy health insurance on ACA exchanges.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry on past tax evasion and drug charges, citing the 1983 National League Rookie of the Year’s post-career embrace of his Christian faith and longtime sobriety. A White House official said Friday that Trump approved a pardon for Strawberry, who had served time and paid back taxes. New York Mets former outfielder Darryl Strawberry speaks before number retirement ceremony, June 1, 2024, in New York. Curious, I answered, and to my amazement, the lady on the line said, ‘Darryl Strawberry, you have a call from the President of the United States, Donald Trump,’” Strawberry wrote. Strawberry played for the Mets, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants between 1983 and 1999.

Advertisement“We started getting a lot of calls from people who’ve never accessed food assistance,” Cyndi Kirkhart, the CEO of Facing Hunger food bank based in Huntington, West Virginia, told HuffPost. In fact, the increasingly dire state of hunger in the United States can, by many metrics, be blamed on Trump. The Trump administration is playing politics with SNAP benefits, leaving states and recipients in the dark. AdvertisementEven more confusion came on Friday afternoon, when USDA said it would in fact pay SNAP benefits in full for November. In the meantime, food banks, a lifeline of last resort for many, have been straining under the weight of the Trump-fueled hunger crisis.

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