Federal judge rules Trump must fully fund SNAP program by Friday
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to fully fund the nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food aid program by Friday, rejecting the administration’s effort to only partially fund the benefits program for some 42 million low-income Americans. “People have gone without for too long,” U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell said in court Thursday. He scolded the Trump administration for failing to comply with the order he issued last week, which required the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund the SNAP benefits programs before its funds were slated to lapse on Nov. 1, marking the first time in the program’s 60-year history that its payments were halted. TWO JUDGES RULE TRUMP ADMIN MUST KEEP SNAP BENEFITS IN PLACE AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON The judge also said Trump officials failed to address a known funding distribution problem that could cause SNAP payments to be delayed for weeks or months in some states. He ordered the USDA to tap other contingency funds as needed. “It’s likely that SNAP recipients are hungry as we sit here,” McConnell said Thursday. Trump administration officials said in a court filing this week that they would pay just 65% of the roughly $9 billion owed to fund the SNAP program for November, prompting the judge to update his order and give the administration just 24 hours to comply. TWO JUDGES RULE TRUMP ADMIN MUST KEEP SNAP BENEFITS IN PLACE AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON “The evidence shows that people will go hungry, food pantries will be overburdened, and needless suffering will occur,” McConnell said. “That’s what irreparable harm here means.” This is a breaking news story. Check back shortly for updates.
Philippines reeling from deadly floods triggered by Typhoon Kalmaegi
NewsFeed Heavy flooding in Talisay City, Cebu has destroyed homes after Typhoon Kalmaegi dumped a month’s worth of rain. One person died in a low-income area that evacuated early, while dozens may be trapped in a nearby subdivision where residents did not leave. Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo is there. Published On 6 Nov 20256 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)
MAMDANI’S WIN: WHAT ARE HIS CRITICS SAYING?
Zohran Mamdani’s landmark win in the NYC mayoral race marks a shift – and ignites false claims on communism, election fraud & city funding. Zohran Mamdani’s historic win as New York City’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor is being hailed as a turning point for progressives. But it’s also sparked false claims about communism, ballot rigging, and federal funding cuts. Jillian Wolf checks the facts. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #aljazeera#aljazeeraenglish#aljazeeranewslive Published On 6 Nov 20256 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)
UN says 2025 to be among three hottest years on record
This year is set to be among the hottest on record, sinking the world even deeper into the climate crisis and threatening “irreversible damage,” the United Nations says in a new report. Years 2023, 2024 and 2025 are set to be the hottest years ever recorded, with this year on track to be the second or third hottest ever in 176 years of record keeping, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in the report released on Thursday in advance of next week’s COP30 UN climate summit in Brazil. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The UN report offered some stark observations, including warnings that concentrations of greenhouse gases have grown to new record highs, locking in more heat for the future, while the past 11 years, 2015 to 2025, will individually have been the 11 warmest years. Together, these developments make “it clear that it will be virtually impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C [2.7F] in the next few years,” WMO chief Celeste Saulo said in a statement, referring to the 2015 Paris climate accords. The legally binding pact limiting greenhouse gas emissions aimed to provide the world a roadmap for breaking away from fossil fuels that have powered the global economy since the Industrial Revolution and looked to limit global warming to well below 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels, and to 1.5C if possible. But the world has fallen short of its Paris obligations, with the WMO now saying limiting global heating to the goals of the 2015 agreement is virtually impossible. “This unprecedented streak of high temperatures, combined with last year’s record increase in greenhouse gas levels, makes it clear that it will be virtually impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C in the next few years without temporarily overshooting this target,” Saulo said. “But the science is equally clear that it’s still entirely possible and essential to bring temperatures back down to 1.5C by the end of the century.” Advertisement In the report, the WMO said the mean near-surface temperature — about 2 metres (6 feet) above the ground — during the first eight months of this year stood at 1.42C (2.5F) above the pre-industrial average. At the same time, concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and ocean heat content continued to rise this year, up from 2024’s already record levels. In its annual report on Tuesday, the UN Environment Programme also confirmed that emissions of greenhouse gases increased by a further 2.3 percent last year, an increase driven by India, followed by China, Russia and Indonesia. UN chief Antonio Guterres called the inability to limit the rise in global temperatures a “moral failure” on Thursday at the opening of a leaders’ summit in Brazil before COP30. “Each year above 1.5 degrees will hammer economies, deepen inequalities and inflict irreversible damage. We must act now, at great speed and scale, to make the overshoot as small, as short, and as safe as possible – and bring temperatures back below 1.5C before the end of the century,” Guterres said. ‘Significant advances’ The WMO said the impact of temperature rises can be seen in the Arctic sea ice extent, which, after the winter freeze this year, was the lowest ever recorded. The Antarctic sea ice extent, meanwhile, tracked well below average throughout the year, it said. The UN agency also highlighted numerous weather and climate-related extreme events during the first eight months of 2025, from devastating flooding to brutal heat and wildfires, with “cascading impacts on lives, livelihoods and food systems”. In this context, the WMO hailed “significant advances” in multi-hazard early warning systems, which it stressed were “more crucial than ever”. Since 2015, it said, the number of countries reporting such systems had more than doubled, from 56 to 119. It hailed in particular progress among the world’s least developed countries and small island developing states, which showed a 5 percent rise in access in the past year alone. However, it lamented that 40 percent of the world’s countries still have no such early warning systems. “Urgent action is needed to close these remaining gaps,” it said. [embedded content] Adblock test (Why?)
Bihar Election Phase 1: Dy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha boils after convoy attack by RJD supporters, claim, ‘Inki chaati pe…’, alleges threat to booth agents
As the Bihar election 2025 phase 1 voting is underway, Deputy CM and BJP candidate from Lakhisarai constituency, Vijay Kumar Sinha’s vehicle came under attack from the Bihar opposition. He alleged that RJD supporters threatened polling agent in Lakhisarai.
JSSC Vacancy 2025: Notification out for 737 home guard posts; check eligibility, how to apply and more
The Jharkhand Home Guard Department has released a total of 737 vacancies for rural and urban home guard posts. The application for the required posts will start November 18, 2025 and continue till December 21, 2025.
Noida shocker! Headless body of woman found inside drain in posh locality, probe underway
The headless body of an unidentified woman was found in a drain in Sector 108 in Noida on Thursday, i.e., November 6, said the police. Her hands has been chopped off at the wrists, and the body was found naked, the police added.
‘Daaru peeke…’: Bihar Dy CM, RJD MLC trade barbs on road as Bihar undergoes first phase of assembly polls
As Bihar underwent the first phase of the assembly polls 2025, blame game politics was taken to the strees in Lakhisarai on Thursday, i.e., November 6, as deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha engaged in a bitter fallout with RJD MLC Ajay Kumar in the middle of the road. As passersby moved to polling booths in the constituency, Sinha and Kumar exchanged bitter allegations before the camera on the road.
Madhya Pradesh: Elderly couple found murdered in Balaghat home, throats slit; second double murder in 2 months
The victim was a retired government driver. He has two sons, both of whom live in Nagpur.
Should public health emergency be declared in Delhi? PIL filed in Supreme Court over toxic air
As Delhi’s AQI plunges to ‘very poor,’ a PIL in the Supreme Court seeks to declare air pollution a public health emergency and demands urgent national action.