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What Happened Today – October 24, 2025

Dozens of aircraft crowd the deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford as it leaves Oslo in September, before deploying to menace Venezuela where Trump's forces killed 43. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Alexis Fowler)

The fuses Donald Trump lit are burning as he flies to Asia for a week. Forty-two million Americans depend on food stamps to eat, and the Trump administration refused today to use emergency funds to keep benefits flowing as the shutdown continues. While Americans go hungry, 14 warships carrying thousands of troops and dozens of … Read more