The temporary ruling by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, blocking a lower court order to fully fund the aid, added to the uncertainty around the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

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The former president invoked the 2015 death of his eldest son, Beau Biden, from brain cancer to attack Trump, who he accused of “cutting government funding for cancer research” after his administration made it a “priority.”

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s attempt to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, was unconstitutional.

Rhoades is also a chairperson for the College Football Playoff committee.

Iraqis are preparing for a crucial parliamentary election

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People in some U.S. states have started receiving their November SNAP benefits after delays caused by a legal battle over the government shutdown

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Along with stop, drop and roll, some states are teaching students to 'Stop and don't touch that gun.'

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China angered by the address, criticising Europe for allowing ‘separatist activities’ to be carried out in parliament building

Taiwan’s vice-president, Bi-Khim Hsiao, urged the EU to boost security and trade ties with the self-governing island and support its democracy in the face of growing threats by China in a rare address to a group of international lawmakers in Brussels.

“Peace in the Taiwan Strait is essential to global stability and economic continuity, and international opposition against unilateral changes to the status quo by force cannot be overstated,” Hsiao told lawmakers assembled for a China-focused conference in the European parliament building.

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Hundreds of flights at the busiest airports in the U.S. are being scratched this weekend

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“You never know if it's going to happen, or when it's going to happen, so I was a little bit surprised,” the crypto mogul told Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier on Friday.

China launches £5.4bn ship capable of carrying 60 aircraft that Beijing values as much for maintaining its global influence as for its use in warfare

In port, the 80,000-tonne Fujian aircraft carrier would be impossible to miss. More than 300 metres long and capable of carrying about 60 aircraft, the £5.4bn super-vessel places China second among the world’s navies, with three aircraft carriers, though still a long way behind the global leader, the US, which has 11.

Yet for all the great power projection of the new warship, nearly 5,000 miles away from its home port another conflict appears to suggest size may not matter. In the Black Sea, Ukraine achieved an extraordinary military success by inflicting a “functional defeat” on Russia’s naval fleet using swarms of skilfully targeted sea drones.

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Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden and many other music stars are set to join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during Saturday night's induction ceremony

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Marianne Cullen of Springfield, Massachusetts, raised about $1,000 for research into axolotls, which are salamanders that can regrow limbs

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The showgirls hit the town!

Patrick Roy was in the crease again Friday morning to work with Ilya Sorokin. 

Officers from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office received a call to assist a technical recovery at Guano Point, on the West Rim of the canyon, at around 2 p.m. local time Thursday

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Women in Pakistan are slowly making inroads as they become firefighters and barriers slowly fall in this staunchly patriarchal and traditional Islamic nation

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Cam Thomas’ latest hamstring injury will result in another lengthy absence.

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Jeffrey Alan Fulcher, a 58-year-old husband and father of three, died after a minimally invasive surgery

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Jaroslav Chmelar has had a week he will never forget. 

Eline Van der Velden, creator of Tilly Norwood, said a few more AI characters are already in the works

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Southern California completely duped Northwestern with a fake punt -- not with the play itself, but rather the player behind it.

A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland

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