Amee Vanderpool

Who needs food when you have scantily clad women writhing around in a giant cocktail glass...at least the Great Gatsby Mar-a-Lago Halloween theme was on point.

After Judge McConnell mandated an update by midday today, the Trump administration says it will not fully fund November SNAP in compliance with two court orders, despite being able to access funds through another USDA source.

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Federal judge blocks National Guard deployment to Portland through Friday In her 16-page order granting the preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut said she needed more time to go through the case. The block now goes until 5 p.m. on Nov. 7.

US District Court Judge Karin Immergut issued a short-term preliminary injunction late Sunday that will continue to block the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, until Friday, Nov. 7 at 5pm. www.opb.org/article/2025...

In Chicago, a Halloween weekend of immigration arrests and violence Over the weekend there were violent clashes between federal agents, witnesses and protesters. Locals say the festivities were muted this year, and fear more violence is in store for the city.

Over the weekend, heightened immigration enforcement actions in and around Chicago led to muted Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations, with residents reporting a noticeable decline in festivities. www.npr.org/2025/11/02/n...

Supreme Court won't stop Trump's tariffs. Deal with it, officials say The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the legality of President Donald Trump's global tariffs, with arguments set for Wednesday. Under one legal authority or another, Trump's tariffs are expected to stay in place long term.

Under one legal authority or another, Trump's tariffs are expected to stay in place long term as the US Supreme Court "considers the legality" of the taxes on Wednesday. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Virginia is voting early for Tuesday's election at a higher rate than in the 2021 election, as more than 1.2 million Virginians have cast their votes early, compared with just over 945,000 votes at this point in 2021.

(Democrats maintain a 3-1 advantage with mail-in ballots.) wapo.st/49EIHyO

White House restricts access for journalists to press secretary's office A new White House rule issued Friday restricts the ability of credentialed journalists to freely access the offices of press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other top communications officials in the West Wing, near the Oval Office.

Following restrictions put in place earlier this month for Department of Defense reporters, a new White House rule will restrict credentialed journalists from accessing the offices of the press secretary and other top communications officials. www.reuters.com/business/med...

SHERO on Sunday A lightning-fast rundown of the week's most significant political and legal events for October 26th - November 2, 2025

I cover all of the most critical events of the week in my Sunday recap here: shero.substack.com/p/shero-on-s...

Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.

Rhode Island federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to distribute money owed to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program "as soon as possible," just one day before funding for SNAP was set to lapse. share.google/odvonkb23X6v...

Rising Health Insurance Costs Create "Double Whammy" for Millions SHERO is a reader-supported publication that makes most articles free and available to the public.

Thought the lack of ACA subsidies was bad...it gets worse. Millions of Americans can expect a health insurance double whammy next year as healthcare costs are expected to rise 30%. shero.substack.com/p/rising-hea...

More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents and about two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of his titles and evicts him from the Royal Lodge Buckingham Palace said the king's brother will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince, and he will move from his Royal Lodge residence into "private accommodation."

Following revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, King Charles III is stripping his brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence and into "private accommodation." www.npr.org/2025/10/30/g...

What Trump and Xi did and did not agree upon in their meeting Though he did not announce a trade deal after meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump said he thought it could happen “pretty soon.”

"When it came to the American AI giant Nvidia, which on Wednesday became the first company to be worth $5 trillion, Trump said there was no discussion with China as to whether the US would further relax its export curbs to allow...Nvidia’s chips." www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/t...

A new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll reveals that Americans oppose Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom building by a 2-to-1 margin. www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2025/...

In the middle of a “diplomacy tour,” Trump threatened to resume nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years in a social media post minutes before meeting with President Xi Jinping of China.

Nothing worse than straight up telling your opponent how small your dick is…

Make no mistake - what JD Vance is doing is attempting to justify and sugarcoat racism.

About 4 in 10 adults in the US are concerned about political violence directed at conservatives or liberals, according to a new AP-NORC poll, but anxiety about violence on either political side is lower among young adults. apnorc.org/projects/man...

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American fi...

Congress has turned a blind eye to loopholes that allow China to work around its own surveillance rules, such as cloud services, third-party resellers, and holes in sanctions passed after the Tiananmen massacre. apnews.com/article/chin...

Trump signals plans to discuss Nvidia's 'super duper' chips during talks with China's Xi U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to discuss Nvidia’s advanced Blackwell AI chips with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week.

Nvidia has become the first publicly traded company to top $5 trillion in value, which is indicative not only of the astonishing levels of wealth among a handful of Silicon Valley companies but also the strategic importance of a relationship with Trump. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/t...

Federal appeals court will rehear case over National Guard deployment to Portland The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed it would rehear arguments about the president’s authority to send members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a ruling siding with the Trump administration, reinstated a previous restraining order, and ordered “en banc” proceedings, which will have a panel of 11 different appeals court judges to re-consider the case. www.opb.org/article/2025...

California says it will monitor the Justice Department's election watchers next week State Attorney General Rob Bonta said California will deploy its own election observers after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ would monitor polls in five counties.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has confirmed that the state will dispatch its own observers to monitor federal election watchers deployed by the Trump ahead of an election that will decide whether to move forward with redistricting plans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

A federal judge has extended her initial order barring the White House from firing federal workers in a ruling on Tuesday. assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

Republicans Attempt to Use SNAP to Spin SHERO is a reader-supported publication that makes most articles free and available to the public.

Nearly 42 million people are set to lose food aid due to the second-longest US government shutdown, as Republicans attempt to continue to spin that Democrats are to blame. shero.substack.com/p/republican...

Hurricane Melissa, strongest storm ever to hit Jamaica, roars onward into Cuba Hurricane Melissa unleashed devastation in Jamaica as the strongest storm on record ever to hit the Caribbean island nation, and roared later on Wednesday into eastern Cuba, smashing the city of Santiago and flooding rural land.

Hurricane Melissa unleashed devastation in Jamaica as the strongest storm on record ever to hit the Caribbean island nation, and roared later on Wednesday into eastern Cuba, smashing the city of Santiago and flooding rural land. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Waving his flag all over the place: Trump adds ‘Arc de Trump’ to presidential renovations In addition to a new ballroom, flagpoles, gilding the Oval Office and paving over the Rose Garden, the US president proposes an arch

Donald Trump bragged to guests last week during a White House dinner that his new "Arc de Trump" French ripoff will be a gateway to Washington from northern Virginia.

Now Trump has fired the federal arts board in charge of reviewing the plans for it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from medical debt The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt.

The Trump administration is moving to overrule any state laws that may protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt and other debt issues.

Considering that Trump has filed bankruptcy, this is particularly hypocritical and heartless. apnews.com/article/medi...

Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104 Israel’s military says the ceasefire is back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory.

After claiming Hamas violated the ceasefire, Israel carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials. apnews.com/article/isra...

The current official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity, said 12 ICE field office directors were being reassigned by the Trump administration. apnews.com/article/immi...

Republicans Attempt to Use SNAP to Spin SHERO is a reader-supported publication that makes most articles free and available to the public.

In an attempt to spin that Democrats are to blame for a lapse in food security benefits, Republicans have backed themselves into another corner from which they won't easily escape. shero.substack.com/p/republican...