🗞️SNAP benefits will be partially funded in November

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November 3rd, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• The Trump administration announced it will partially fund November SNAP benefits by using $4.65 billion from an emergency contingency fund, covering around half of the usual payments amid the ongoing government shutdown

• Reports today stated that the Trump administration is planning and training for a covert operation to deploy U.S. military and intelligence personnel into Mexico to target drug cartels through ground operations and drone strikes, though deployment is not imminent

• Two men from Michigan, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud, were federally charged with conspiring to commit terrorism after allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired Halloween attack involving firearms and ammunition

• Elon Musk has endorsed former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, in the New York City mayoral race

• The Department of Education is being sued by a coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general and advocacy groups over a recent Trump administration rule that restricts eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program

• The company that makes Huggies and Kleenex, Kimberly-Clark, announced it will acquire consumer health company and maker of Tylenol, Kenvue, for approximately $48.7 billion…read more here

• OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run its AI systems on Amazon’s cloud, gaining access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs and specialized computing resources

• Microsoft announced a $15.2 billion investment in the United Arab Emirates, focusing primarily on AI data centers and cloud computing infrastructure

• Waymo announced plans to launch commercial robotaxi services in three new cities which include San Diego, Las Vegas, and Detroit with the goal to rapidly scale its fully driverless technology to more customers…the company did not specify exact launch dates but indicated it would likely be sometime next year

• Oreo has released a limited-edition Thanksgiving Dinner Inspired Cookie Tin featuring six unique flavors inspired by classic holiday dishes that include Turkey & Stuffing, Sweet Potato, Creamed Corn, Cranberry Sauce, Caramel Apple Pie, and Pumpkin Pie

• New data from SEO firm Graphite shows that since November 2024, AI-generated articles have outnumbered human-written articles online, currently making up about 52% of all web stories…read more here

• DOW down .48% / S&P up .17%

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