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Planned Parenthood closes 20 clinics after Medicaid cuts, warns of grim future

By Praveena Somasundaram
Nov 12, 2025 3:48 pm - Planned Parenthood has spent tens of millions of dollars providing health care to low-income patients and has closed 20 clinics in the months since the Trump administration blocked the group from billing Medicaid — but weathering the funding cut on its own will soon become untenable, its leaders say.
‘A day without fear’: Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Nov 12, 2025 10:52 am - The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need.
Epstein wrote that Trump knew of sexual abuse but didn’t participate

By Isaac Arnsdorf and Matthew Choi
Nov 12, 2025 9:50 am - Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein's house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday.
Small grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Nov 12, 2025 9:17 am - Around 14% was spent at smaller grocery and convenience stores, businesses often tucked into neighborhoods and more easily accessible to SNAP beneficiaries.
What to know about the status of SNAP food aid as a vote nears to end the shutdown

By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Nov 12, 2025 9:13 am - Many Americans who rely on SNAP benefits to help buy groceries are approaching their third week without aid after President Donald Trump's administration cut off the program due to the federal government shutdown.
What to know about Trump's plan to give Americans a $2,000 tariff dividend

By PAUL WISEMAN
Nov 12, 2025 9:05 am - President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him diplomatic leverage. Now, he’s claiming they can finance a windfall for American families, too: He's promising a generous tariff dividend.
Aviation dysfunction could spill over to Thanksgiving with no fix, Duffy warns

By Marni Pyke
Nov 11, 2025 7:27 pm - Even if Congress votes to end shutdown soon, it could take time for aviation network across the country to get back to normal, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Tuesday.
New Trump directive could deny more visas based on applicants’ health and finances

By MATTHEW LEE, GISELA SALOMON and ALI SWENSON
Nov 11, 2025 7:04 pm - WASHINGTON — A new directive by President Donald Trump's administration could make it more difficult for foreigners to visit or live in the United States if they have cer...
Judge’s ruling likely to give Democrats a congressional seat in Utah

By Amy B Wang and Patrick Marley
Nov 11, 2025 6:38 pm - A Utah judge late Monday rejected a congressional map that state Republican lawmakers had passed last month and ordered the adoption of a new map before next year’s midterm elections that is likely to give Democrats a U.S. House seat.
Speaker Johnson faces an unruly House as lawmakers return for shutdown vote

By LISA MASCARO
Nov 11, 2025 3:46 pm - After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session — and facing an avalanche of pent-up legislative demands from those who have largely been sidelined from governing.

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