Trump’s Shutdown Layoffs Hit Blind Workers Who Help The Blind
Christine Faltz Grassman has worked in the Education Department since 2019. Grassman, who is blind, helps oversee a federal program that offers government contracting opportunities to blind vendors. Her two other co-workers who oversee the Randolph-Sheppard vending program at the Education Department also received “reduction-in-force,” or RIF, notices, she attested in a court declaration. AdvertisementThe Education Department did not answer questions from HuffPost about the layoffs. An automatic reply from the agency said its press team was furloughed during the shutdown, which the message blamed on Democrats.
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October 30, 2025 01:48 UTC
Stephen Colbert Hits Trump With Scathing 'Quick Reminder' About His Health
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October 29, 2025 22:14 UTC
Jimmy Kimmel Exposes The Ugly Real Reason Behind Team Trump's Latest Obsession
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October 29, 2025 21:46 UTC
Trump Went Out Of His Way To Save Food Stamps Last Time The Government Shut Down
LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― The Donald Trump administration insists food benefits can’t go out next month because of a government shutdown initiated by Democrats. That shutdown started in December 2018, presenting no problem for January’s SNAP benefits. “The Trump administration has pulled a complete 180,” David Super, an administrative procedure expert at Georgetown University Law School, told HuffPost. AdvertisementThe shutdown started earlier this month after Senate Democrats demanded a government funding bill include an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies. The Trump administration has found ways to fund salaries for members of the military and certain federal workers, but has said it can’t do the SNAP benefits ― and Democrats are to blame.
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October 29, 2025 20:35 UTC
Why I Talk To My Sons About My Period
These are the wiggly fingers under the bathroom door that tormented my poor privacy-starved mother. Photo Courtesy Of Sara Knight Bidlack“I just wanted one second to myself on the toilet,” my mother says, laughing and remembering. Two years later, I had two boys and they were both in the bathroom with me all the time. “You got some period blood on your underwear.”“It’s no big deal,” I said and they nodded. I have spoken to other moms — both my age and older — about my transparency with my young sons about menstruation, and it’s a mixed reaction.
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October 29, 2025 19:25 UTC
Trump’s Latest Milestone: Forcing 211,000 People Out Of Their Federal Jobs
The group has been tracking Trump’s decimation of the federal workforce, which was composed of about 2.3 million civilian employees in 2022. It found that another 10,295 federal employees have left or been pushed out of their jobs in the last month. “We want to put them in trauma," Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said of federal employees. Today’s federal employees report feeling demoralized by the Trump administration, and are currently working without pay amid the shutdown. “We want to put them in trauma.”Contrary to the idea that Vought is flushing out “Washington bureaucrats,” the vast majority of federal employees work outside of the D.C. area.
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October 29, 2025 19:01 UTC
Senate Votes To Block Trump's Tariffs On Brazil With Some GOP Support
LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a resolution Tuesday evening that would nullify President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, including oil, coffee and orange juice, as Democrats tested GOP senators’ support for Trump’s trade policy. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., meets with reporters to discuss President Donald Trump's strategy on tariffs, at the Capitol in Washington, on Oct. 28, 2025. Still, the vote demonstrated some pushback in GOP ranks against Trump’s tariffs. Kaine said he hoped the votes this week showed how Republican opposition to Trump’s trade policy is growing. Silas Walker/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesHis fellow Kentuckian, Republican Sen. Rand Paul, told reporters, “Emergencies are like war, famine, tornado.
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October 29, 2025 17:15 UTC
When This Reporter Comes Calling, the White House Insults Go Flying
Shirish Dáte, a White House reporter for the progressive news site HuffPost, appears to have the opposite problem: He gets clobbered when he does reach out. Top Trump officials, Mr. Dáte said, tend to reply with insults, often bundled with praise for their boss. After President Trump said he would meet with Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, in Budapest, Mr. Dáte (pronounced dah-tay) asked who had recommended the Hungarian capital for a high-stakes meeting. “Your mom did,” texted Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, in an exchange that she later posted online. “Your mom,” Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, texted moments later, invoking a well-worn maternal insult that, according to the Urban Dictionary, is the “most versatile dis/comeback ever created in the history of your mom.”
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October 29, 2025 15:58 UTC
I Was 15 When I Started Partying With Rock Stars. I Told No One What They Did To Me — Until Now.
I had just stepped foot on the tour bus of my favorite rock band, after my friend and I were miraculously offered backstage passes moments before. I’d dreamed of this day for years and now, at age 15, it was finally coming true. Mesmerized by the rock bands of the ’80s, I wanted to both meet them and be them. I became the envy of friends who saw photos of me partying with rock stars — but they didn’t know the dark secrets behind them. Eventually, I could finally admit what happened backstage and in hotel rooms with those bands.
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October 29, 2025 15:50 UTC
Trump's Top Federal Prosecutor In L.A. Is The Latest Found To Be Serving Unlawfully
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October 29, 2025 15:48 UTC
Nobel-Winning Author Says His U.S. Visa Was Revoked After Jab About Trump
LOADING ERROR LOADINGDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized U.S. President Donald Trump. The Nigerian author, 91, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, becoming the first African to do so. AdvertisementSpeaking to the press on Tuesday, Soyinka said he believed it had little to do with him and was instead a product of the United States’ immigration policies. “It’s not about me, I’m not really interested in going back to the United States,” he said. Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times.
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October 29, 2025 15:45 UTC
Donald Trump Jr. Mocks 'No Kings' Protests At Saudi Summit
LOADING ERROR LOADINGDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday mocked protesters who took part in “No Kings” demonstrations across the United States while praising his father’s business-first approach to the Middle East during a visit to Saudi Arabia. AdvertisementDonald Trump Jr. speaks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh on Oct. 29, 2025. Speaking alongside Omeed Malik of 1789 Capital, Donald Trump Jr. criticized Democratic Party policies and protesters targeting his father. Trump separately acknowledged it was his first trip to Saudi Arabia and praised the changes he saw in the kingdom. Advertisement“When my father came here, unlike the last presidents who visited here, it wasn’t an apology tour,” Trump said.
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October 29, 2025 14:36 UTC
'It's Pretty Clear': Trump Gives Surprise Update On 2028 'Third Term' Talk
LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday seemed to rule out seeking a third term in 2028, admitting that the Constitution forbids it. It’s too bad, obviously.”AdvertisementTrump on running for a third term: “If you read it, it's pretty clear. Longtime Trump insider Steve Bannon, one of the architects of his 2016 victory and a White House adviser during part of his first term, insisted last week that another Trump term was in the bag. “I don’t think he said that, I don’t think he used that term,” Trump said. He added that Trump knows a 2028 run isn’t allowed.
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October 29, 2025 13:54 UTC
Inside The Trump Family's Global Crypto Cash Machine
The Trump Organization executive vice-president Eric Trump participates in a session during the Token 2049 crypto conference in Dubai on May 1, 2025. Of the first-half total, $802 million – more than 90% – came from Trump crypto ventures, including sales of World Liberty tokens. On its website, World Liberty says a Trump Organization entity receives 75% of the revenue from the token sales through its association with World Liberty. World Liberty tokens, like most crypto products, are registered on digital ledgers called blockchains. While the stablecoin’s name belongs to World Liberty, the coin is issued and supported by another company that pays World Liberty a share of the coin’s profits.
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October 29, 2025 12:35 UTC
Israel Claims Gaza Ceasefire Is Back On After Killing Over 100 Palestinians
The strikes, the deadliest since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10, marked the most serious challenge to the tenuous truce to date. That was compounded by the shooting and killing of an Israeli soldier during an exchange of gunfire in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza. Hamas insisted it was not involved in the Rafah gunfire, reiterated its commitment to the ceasefire and called on mediators to pressure Israel to stop. Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, said 45 people, including 20 children, were in critical condition at the hospital. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty ImagesAmbulances and small trucks carrying bodies crowded hospital entrances overnight across Gaza.
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October 29, 2025 12:23 UTC