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Legal analysts and court watchers on Tuesday bashed the Supreme Court's latest "especially troubling" order pausing food assistance payments for millions of Americans.

The Supreme Court extended its administrative stay, preventing President Donald Trump's administration from disbursing more than $4 billion in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The funding was previously approved by Congress and was set in an account only to be used when the government shuts down, according to reports.

A Texas pastor decided to self-deport to Brazil after facing significant delays with his visa application because of President Donald Trump's new immigration policies, according to a new report.

Albert Oliveira, along with his wife and three-year-old son, moved back to Brazil last week, Newsweek reported on Tuesday. Oliveira is the former pastor of First Baptist Church of Gordon, Texas, and has been in the United States since 2011, the report indicates. Gordon is located in Palo Pinto County, which voted over 83% for Trump in 2024.

The Supreme Court extended its order blocking Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, food assistance payments until at least Thursday as lawmakers in Congress debate a bill that could reopen the government, according to a new report.

The order was not unanimous, with liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson filing a dissent, according to a report by Kate Buehler, Supreme Court reporter for Law360. It comes at a time when Democrats have agreed to vote for a series of short-term spending bills in exchange for a vote on the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies in December.

President Donald Trump is furious about Kansas Republicans' failure to follow his orders and pass a mid-decade gerrymander to eliminate the state's single Democratic congressional district — but the Republicans who refused are unbowed and defiant, The New York Times reported.

Around the country, Trump has demanded such redistricting projects, with controversial new maps passing in Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri to grant Republicans extra seats — but elsewhere, many of his efforts have stalled, the report said.

A prominent political analyst was riled by President Donald Trump's latest gift to Democrats, which he argued has been misconstrued by the mainstream media.

Democrats swept several high-profile races, including the governor's offices in New Jersey and Virginia, during last week's elections, largely by centering affordability in their policy and messaging platforms. Some analysts have argued that the results show Democrats "figured out" how to discuss affordability, a claim that MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes argued misconstrues the state of the economy as a "symmetrical issue" between Republicans and Democrats.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday applauded a top Texas Republican's decision to quit politics in a new post on Truth Social.

"Fortunately for the Great State of Texas, their Former Speaker, who is no longer Speaker, Dade Phelan, is quitting Politics," Trump wrote. "He was the one responsible for killing every Bill having to do with Voter Integrity and School Choice. Good luck in your next life, Dade!"

A CNN reporter revealed on Tuesday that the Republican Party appears to be "grappling" with its messaging after receiving a "warning sign" from Americans during last week's election.

Alayna Treene, a White House reporter for CNN, discussed the impact of last week's election on Republicans during a new broadcast of "The Arena" with host Kasie Hunt. Democrats swept several high-profile races during last week's election, including the governor's offices in New Jersey and Virginia.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani insisted that he was surprised after learning that President Donald Trump had pardoned him for crimes related to trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

"When I woke up this morning and someone told me I was pardoned, I said, 'For what?'" Giuliani explained on his Monday night Lindell TV program. "I thought I insulted somebody last night."

President Donald Trump shocked and disgusted onlookers by glorifying war in a Veterans' Day speech at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The president marked the occasion Tuesday afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery, where he praised his Cabinet secretaries in attendance, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who prefers to use the historical honorific of the Department of War for the office, used before it was changed as part of a post-World War II reorganization of the military and intelligence services.