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Housing finance agency under Pulte blocked its watchdog’s reviews of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, then cut most of its budget, inspector general tells Congress.
First such flag in a decade
Source: Reuters
October 30, 2026Details
Education Department posts a doctored image of its headquarters turned into a Spirit Halloween store as it works to dismantle itself.
Critics told to “eat a Snickers”
Source: The Hill
October 30, 2026Details
Affordable Care Act benchmark premiums rise 13% next year, up about 42% since 2025, as federal subsidy cuts drive healthier people out, KFF finds.
$704 a month at age 40
Source: The Wall Street Journal [gift link]
October 30, 2026Details
FDA proposes first infant formula nutrient update in nearly 30 years, silent on the botulism that hospitalized 52 infants fed powdered formula since last November.
Part of Kennedy’s Operation Stork Speed
Source: The Hill
October 30, 2026Details
Federal judge temporarily bars fast-tracking unaccompanied migrant children’s asylum interviews, after some got less than 24 hours’ notice instead of the usual 21 days.
Order cites risk of abuse, death
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
October 30, 2026Details
Federal judge weighs tossing a third case against ex-FBI Director Comey that prosecutors filed without a grand jury as the 10-year deadline expired.
Warns against any “predawn raid”
Source: NBC News
October 30, 2026Details
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