LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry on past tax evasion and drug charges, citing the 1983 National League Rookie of the Year’s post-career embrace of his Christian faith and longtime sobriety. A White House official said Friday that Trump approved a pardon for Strawberry, who had served time and paid back taxes. New York Mets former outfielder Darryl Strawberry speaks before number retirement ceremony, June 1, 2024, in New York. Curious, I answered, and to my amazement, the lady on the line said, ‘Darryl Strawberry, you have a call from the President of the United States, Donald Trump,’” Strawberry wrote. Strawberry played for the Mets, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants between 1983 and 1999.

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Advertisement“We started getting a lot of calls from people who’ve never accessed food assistance,” Cyndi Kirkhart, the CEO of Facing Hunger food bank based in Huntington, West Virginia, told HuffPost. In fact, the increasingly dire state of hunger in the United States can, by many metrics, be blamed on Trump. The Trump administration is playing politics with SNAP benefits, leaving states and recipients in the dark. AdvertisementEven more confusion came on Friday afternoon, when USDA said it would in fact pay SNAP benefits in full for November. In the meantime, food banks, a lifeline of last resort for many, have been straining under the weight of the Trump-fueled hunger crisis.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe head of the air traffic controllers union said Friday that some members were resigning from their jobs due to the stress inflicted by the government shutdown, worsening the already troubling staffing situation at airports. “We’re seeing air traffic controllers resign,” Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told CNN. AdvertisementThe Transportation Department, which includes the Federal Aviation Administration, has said they’ve seen an uptick in air traffic controllers calling in sick. HuffPost asked the FAA on Friday how many air traffic controllers had resigned since the shutdown began, but an auto-reply stated that the agency was not responding to media inquiries due to the shutdown. Although callouts by air traffic controllers are widely believed to help bring an end to the 2019 shutdown, Daniels said Friday that the current absences were being “misconstrued.”Advertisement“People aren’t calling in sick.

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So in July, she filed a petition to the Supreme Court, which she had done once before. If the Supreme Court does choose to take up Davis’ case to revisit Obergefell, however, civil rights lawyers caution that could be cause for serious concern. Supreme Court procedures say that only one justice needs to vote to compel a defendant to produce a response. AdvertisementIf Obergefell were to be reversed, states would individually determine the legality of same-sex marriage ― similar to the current landscape for accessing abortion. In January, the Idaho House passed a resolution to call on the Supreme Court to reconsider the Obergefell decision.

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Epstein was accused of paying underage girls hundreds of dollars in cash for massages and then molesting them. Epstein purchased the Zorro Ranch in New Mexico in 1993 from former Democratic Gov. While Epstein never faced charges in New Mexico, the state attorney general’s office in 2019 confirmed that it was investigating and had interviewed possible victims who visited the ranch. Advertisement“I do feel like this is a unique opportunity to help victims,” said Republican Rep. Andrea Reeb, a former district attorney from Clovis. “Every time I ride my motorcycle past there (Zorro Ranch), I get sick to my stomach.”Advertisement

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Later Friday, Youngbey said, she received her monthly SNAP benefits. She typically relies on the roughly $290 a month in SNAP benefits to help feed her grandchildren. That is not fair to us as mothers and caregivers.”Franklin said later Friday that she had received at least some of her normal SNAP benefits. New York said access to full SNAP benefits should begin by Sunday. AdvertisementOfficials in North Carolina said they distributed partial SNAP payments Friday and full benefits could be available by this weekend.

AdvertisementIn the lead-up to the launch of her campaign, Stefanik had been relentlessly attacking incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), calling her “the Worst Governor in America,” seizing on her endorsement of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. “I am running for Governor to make New York affordable and safe FOR ALL. But Hochul made sure to highlight her strong ties to Trump in a supercut posted on social media. “Elise Stefanik is running to deliver New York for Donald Trump and raise your costs,” Hochul wrote.

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His grievances with the Jewish state would continue long after his days inside his peculiarly tainted White House. Carter’s book, PALESTINE, NOT APARTHEID, published in 2006, is notable for its wrecking ball rhetoric and baseless rumination against Israel. After the publication of Carter’s error-prone book, fourteen members of the Carter Center’s Board of Councilors resigned. In his clunky apartheid coloring book, Carter often claims that the Palestinians have always embraced a two-state solution, but that the Israelis resisted it. It’s just impossible for the Jewish state to trust such next-door residents.