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What Happened Today – November 6, 2025

A passport application under the Biden administration allowed applicants to select male, female, or "X" as gender marker, an option the Supreme Court eliminated Thursday in its 22nd emergency ruling this year favoring Trump. (State Department form)

JD Vance called a federal judge’s order absurd tonight. That judge had ordered SNAP payments be sent to 42 million Americans who receive food aid. The White House said it would fund partial payments, and the judge countered today that his order wasn’t optional. The White House has chosen to appeal rather than comply by … Read more