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The timeline for SNAP benefits remains uncertain, even as the government is set to reopen

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The federal government is reopening, but there’s still uncertainty about when one of the most far-reaching impacts of the closure will be resolved and all 42 million Americans who receive SNAP food aid will have access to their full November benefits. President Donald Trump signed the reopening measure Wednesday. One

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The timeline for SNAP benefits remains uncertain, even as the government is set to reopen

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The federal government is reopening, but there’s still uncertainty about when one of the most far-reaching impacts of the closure will be resolved and all 42 million Americans who receive SNAP food aid will have access to their full November benefits. President Donald Trump signed the reopening measure Wednesday. One

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Taiwan evacuates 8,300 and shuts schools before tropical storm brushes island

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday. Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on Sunday, causing flooding, landslides, power outages and at

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Full blackout hits the Dominican Republic as crews scramble to restore power

By MARTÍN ADAMES Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A rare blackout hit the entire Dominican Republic on Tuesday, snarling traffic and paralyzing businesses in the country of nearly 11 million people. Officials blamed a failure in the grid’s transmission system, although it wasn’t immediately clear what caused it. Generation units in San

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Colombia to suspend intelligence cooperation with US over strikes on drug vessels

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered his nation’s security forces Tuesday to stop sharing intelligence with the United States, until the Trump administration stops its strikes on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, as relations deteriorate between the nations that were once close partners in the fight against drug trafficking. In a

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AP Interview: Newsom says Trump climate-fighting absence is ‘doubling down on stupid’

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Calling America’s absence from key United Nations climate negotiations “doubling down on stupid,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the United States risks being left behind as an economic power. Newsom, a Democrat eyeing a 2028 presidential run, is so far the highest profile of

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