The 2025 Annual National Snapshot, based on responses from 511 museum directors across the country, shows both attendance and financial performance trending downward for the first time since pandemic closures. More than half of museums—55%—are currently seeing fewer visitors than in 2019, a significant setback from last year when 49% […]
House Judiciary Committee Democrats revealed Sunday that Ghislaine Maxwell is preparing a commutation application for President Donald Trump while allegedly receiving unprecedented preferential treatment at a Texas minimum-security prison camp. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for child sex trafficking and related offenses connected to Epstein’s abuse […]
President Donald Trump issued a forceful demand Monday morning for all air traffic controllers to return to their posts immediately, threatening substantial pay cuts for those who fail to comply while promising $10,000 bonuses to workers who remained on the job during the United States government shutdown. In a lengthy […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has become the latest battleground in a legal fight over whether the Trump administration must fully fund the nation’s largest food assistance program during an ongoing government shutdown that has left tens of millions of Americans uncertain about their ability to buy groceries. On October 24, […]
Americans are feeling increasingly pessimistic about the economy. A new survey from the University of Michigan shows that optimism about the future fell sharply in November, driven largely by anxiety over the month-long federal government shutdown and concerns about what it means for jobs and the economy. The Index of […]
The Senate took a step Sunday night toward ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, voting 60-40 to advance a bipartisan funding package that would reopen federal agencies and restore benefits to millions of Americans. The Senate needs to hold a final vote to officially pass the government funding […]
In a chaotic 24-hour span that left millions of Americans uncertain about their food assistance, the federal government issued conflicting directives about November SNAP benefits—first ordering full funding, then reversing course after the Supreme Court intervened. On Friday, November 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture sent a memo to […]
On November 7, the U.S. Senate failed to break through a record-breaking government shutdown now stretching 38 days, with a critical vote falling short of the 60-vote threshold needed to advance legislation and neither party willing to budge on their core demands. The day’s main action centered on a procedural […]
The Trump administration fought through multiple courts on Friday night to prevent the immediate transfer of $4 billion in emergency funds to fully restore Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for more than 42 million Americans. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected the government’s initial stay […]
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a permanent injunction on November 7 blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, concluding that President Donald Trump exceeded his constitutional authority when he federalized hundreds of National Guard members in response to immigration protests. Judge Immergut—who was appointed […]
