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Federal government shutdown threatens SNAP food aid as several states scramble to help

3:03 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry

Victory! AHF, 100 Organizations Kill Gilead’s Greedy Drug Price Hikes

1:11 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters following a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans on day 28 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate

1:10 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week's end

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1:00 PM on Wednesday, October 29

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1:00 PM on Wednesday, October 29

FILE - Packaging for AbbVie's biologic drug, Humira, is photographed in Houston, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Federal health officials push effort to spur cheaper biotech drugs

12:12 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Federal regulators are trying to make it easier to develop cheaper alternatives to powerful drugs that many Americans depend on to treat autoimmune diseases or cancers

FILE - Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., poses for a portrait during an event at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, April 26, 2025, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff gambles on shutdown to save health subsidies as reelection bid looms

11:12 AM on Wednesday, October 29

There may be no rank-and-file Democratic senator with more at stake from the federal government shutdown than Georgia’s Jon Ossoff

FILE - A person reaches to plug in an electric vehicle at a charging station May 22, 2025, in the City of Commerce, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Study finds EVs quickly overcome their energy-intensive build to be cleaner than gas cars

11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Producing and manufacturing electric vehicles and their batteries uses a lot of energy, leading many to be skeptical about the environmental benefits of going electric

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9:34 AM on Wednesday, October 29

A man holds up a child while walking in a park at sunset, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Shawnee, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Anxiety over global warming is leading some young Americans to say they don't want children

6:01 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Younger generations of Americans are increasingly citing climate change as making them reticent to have children

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