The city is an hour outside of PortlandPORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – HuffPost released a list on Sunday of the most underrated travel spots in the United States – naming one Oregon town known for its drinks and outdoor activities. One Oregon city making the list: Hood River. “Just an hour from Portland, Hood River is home to some of the best wineries and breweries in the Pacific Northwest,” HuffPost wrote. Whether you want to try kite surfing, mountain biking, kayaking or hiking, there’s something for everyone.”Another Pacific Northwest city scoring a spot on the list: Leavenworth, Washington. “Surrounded by multiple mountain ranges, Leavenworth is a Bavarian-style village in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will consider whether President Donald Trump overstepped his authority by claiming emergency power to impose tariffs around the world. Selections) asks a simple question: Does the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, give the president the authority to impose tariffs? Before making its way to the Supreme Court justices, lower courts, the Court of International Trade and appellate courts have already ruled that IEEPA did not authorize Trump’s tariffs. And as far as delegation rules go, Sarinsky highlighted that Congress already has avenues open to the executive to issue tariffs or shape tariff policy. AdvertisementWhat Trump is doing — and wants the Supreme Court to rubber-stamp — “completely reverses” what IEEPA is about.

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“Dick” Cheney, the historically powerful vice president and architect of the U.S.’s endless “war on terror” during his time as the No. “The former Vice President died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease” on Monday evening, the statement reads. Later, Cheney worked toward a doctorate in political science at the University of Wisconsin, though he never completed the degree. AdvertisementThe former vice president continued to defend the Iraq invasion, even while many others from the administration admitted errors in judgment. Richard Drew/File/AP PhotoAdvertisementDuring and after his time as vice president, Cheney staunchly advocated for the torture of suspected terrorists.

**I didn’t really consider myself an overtly political person until I moved to Geneva, a small town in upstate New York. AdvertisementI still used a paper calendar to cobble together appointments for the kids and my gigs as a karaoke host. One female city councilor routinely ended up in the local paper, villainized for calling out the weird men on council who had gone their entire lives unchecked. My niece was automatically enrolled in the fifth grade, and we opted out when we saw the DARE officer’s name. Immediately, I flashed back to the ancient Republican creeper who had followed me on Instagram at the start of the campaign.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGIt has been one year since President Donald Trump was elected to the Oval Office for the second time. Then there’s Florida’s move to end vaccine mandates for public school children despite the countless lives that vaccines have saved. AdvertisementThere’s even a movement to end the constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry, even though the Supreme Court’s landmark decision asserted the right barely a decade ago. Some of the most extreme members of the Trump administration are emboldening ICE agents to detain immigrants by any means necessary. “They’re not moderating in how they’re speaking, and they’re using more language that is explicitly targeting different communities,” she said.

AdvertisementInterest in the election seems to be high — more than 735,000 early ballots were cast, with a high rate of younger people casting their votes. Mamdani, who is 34, has appealed to young voters for running his campaign on affordability and taking a stance against the genocide in Palestine. Sherrill is facing off against state Rep. Jack Ciattarelli (R), who is running for governor for the third time. Whoever wins will make history as the first female governor of Virginia, and Earle-Sears would become the first Black woman governor. Voters in Virginia often elect the president’s opposing party for governor, meaning history says Spanberger has a shot.

The ouster of Joe Allen, FHFA’s acting inspector general, follows the agency’s director, Bill Pulte, becoming an outspoken voice in support of the Trump administration. Pulte has circumvented the agency’s Office of Inspector General in pursuing those three cases, Reuters previously reported. He became FHFA’s acting inspector general in April 2025, according to an archived page of the agency’s website. On Monday, the website for the FHFA’s Office of Inspector General listed the position as “currently vacant”. AdvertisementThe most recent snapshot available via the Internet Archive was from late September and listed Allen as acting inspector general.

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Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor, and again threatened to limit federal funds if State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani won. is a vote for Mamdani,” Trump wrote in a Monday Truth Social post urging voters to bypass Sliwa, the Republican nominee. Previously, Cuomo had also openly mused about how Trump could help sway Republican voters in his favor. On Monday, Trump echoed past threats he’s made about restricting federal funding to New York City under Mamdani’s potential leadership. Cuomo has responded by saying that he stood up to Trump during the pandemic, and would do so again.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGIf President Donald Trump’s White House bathroom makeover irks you, urine for a treat. On Saturday’s episode of “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver decided to poo-poo Trump’s decision to renovate the bathroom connected to the Lincoln Bedroom. Renovating a bathroom isn’t the only change President Donald Trump is making to the White House. Here is the rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished last week to make room for a new ballroom. After giving a White House bathroom the Mar-a-Lago treatment, Trump pulled another gross move by attending a “Great Gatsy”-themed Halloween party at his country club in Palm Beach, Florida.

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump wants to hear from the courts how to fund SNAP food aid benefits for needy Americans and payments could flow by Wednesday as ordered by a U.S. judge, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday. Asked if that could be done to meet a federal judge’s order that partial payments begin Wednesday, Bessent said, “Could be.” Bessent also said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program that the Trump administration will not appeal the court ruling. News: Michigan Lawyer Says The Halloween Terror Plot That FBI Director Kash Patel Described Never Existed(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Will Dunham)U.S. UpdatesRead the original on HuffPost

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