NEW: A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced plans to adopt more secure cards with microchips.
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The One Question I Can’t Stand at Restaurants. “The idea of a restaurant I’d never been to using a dossier on me to decide, say, where I should sit, what I was likely to order, even whether I should be given a reservation at all, gave me chills.”
Woods has been a corrections officer since 2017, but this was his first time accompanying someone on a field trip. He said the event gave him a different perspective on corrections.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/09/14/the-prison-field-trip-that-prepares-you-for-a-return-home/
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Michigan Trump voter reacts to Trump saying tariffs make us rich:
Make who rich? Him. Because I haven't seen anything out of this. I regret voting for him.
Michigan Trump voter: Tariffs are killing me. I'm frustrated with tariffs, fuel prices, and groceries.
Jon Husted confuses Iran and Iraq:
"It needs to be over on America's terms, not Iraq's terms"
Mayor Mamdani has released a video to ensure immigrant New Yorkers understand their rights and know there is support available to them, free of cost.
Prices of household goods in rural Alaska communities are skyrocketing due to tariffs and fuel prices:
— $26.82/gallon for regular gas
— $40.99 for 12-pack of paper towels
— $53.99 for paper plates
— $50.49 for Tide Pods
Reporter: Ramaswamy was the one who wanted the ad, and his campaign didn't. So to show him that it wasn't popular, they tested it. Someone saw that ad, screen recorded it, and published it online. And it just got the most negative reception I've seen in a very long time.
Leaked audio of Mike Rogers mocking AI fears to a group of students:
"I'm sure they're terrifying you young students that AI is gonna kill you and take your job... Oh, man, the fearmongering of all that"
Florida voter: Everybody on my block is Republican and told me for the first time they are voting blue straight out.
Ohio voter: The fact that Ramaswamy hasn't disowned the ad is beyond comprehension. It's the ugliest thing I've seen in my lifetime.
The Trump administration has moved to preemptively block certification of the Alaska Senate race if Trump-endorsed Dan Sullivan does not win.
Vivek Ramaswamy and his running mate walk out in matching outfits to a song that goes "this is how legends are made"
Vivek Ramaswamy defends his ad: "It had nothing to do with childhood abuse"
Reporter: Governor DeWine called on you to pull down the ad
Ramaswamy: I have a different point of view. The media is lying.
Ohio voter: I think Vivek's ad is going to backfire, particularly with women. That kind of attack against someone that has that emotional experience, I think there's going to be some problems for Vivek and also the Republican party across the board.
Fox interviews patrons at an Ohio barbershop:
"Who's voting for Amy Acton?"
"All of us"
