Today’s facts 10-27-2025
Today’s facts …
Happy National Black Cat Day.
Some Republicans are joining Democrats to raise concerns about Trump’s expanding war in the Caribbean without consultation or authorization by Congress.
US federal food aid will stop on Nov. 1 as the shutdown continues.
Trump will not use $5 billion in contingency funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing.
Rome’s Colosseum won’t be hosting electronic dance music parties.
Trump told reporters he had an MRI and a cognitive test during his recent second physical.
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Indiana has called lawmakers back for a special session to redraw the state’s congressional maps.
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will consider running for the White House in 2028.
A plaque quoting FDR about "a house owned by all the American people" was not torn down by the demolition of the East Wing of the White House. The FDR quote is engraved into a stone wall at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.
A new report says OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok are using Russian state propaganda when asked about the war in Ukraine.
ICE is developing AI-powered mobile surveillance systems that combine radar, high-powered cameras, and wireless networks on 4x4 vehicles capable of operating autonomously in remote areas.
French police made the first arrests linked to the break-in at Paris’s Louvre using DNA and fingerprints from items left behind by the robbers.
June Lockhart of Lassie and Lost in Space has died at 100.
Hurricane Melissa is a Cat 5 headed for Jamaica.
Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas painted its front steps in rainbow colors in response to a statewide order requiring cities to remove rainbow crosswalks from public streets.
Photo: Tessie