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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.
U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to soon leave Chicago

By Jon Seidel
Nov 11, 2025 10:32 am - The Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago is expected to soon ramp down as U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and many of his fellow agents prepare to move on to another city, according to two law enforcement officials.
Shutdown leaves a mark on an already-struggling economy, from lost paychecks to canceled flights

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Nov 11, 2025 7:26 am - The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing an end, but not without leaving a mark on an already-struggling economy.
Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and MARGERY BECK
Nov 11, 2025 7:06 am - It's up to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to decide when full payments will resume under the SNAP food aid program that helps 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries as the financial pressures mount on families in some states.

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