'End the Shutdown', Lowest Refugee Cap & Skeletons Save Lives - Friday, October 31, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 31 October 2025
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The news to know for Friday, October 31, 2025!
We'll tell you about the unprecedented step President Trump is calling for to end the government shutdown, just as benefits for millions of Americans are about to run dry.
Also, how thousands of U.S. troops are being trained for more missions in American cities.
And the lowest-ever limits on refugees coming to the U.S.
Plus: a member of the British royal family is getting evicted, a top music label is turning a legal battle into a business deal, and we have a roundup of the most popular Halloween costumes of 2025.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, October 31st. We'll tell you about the unprecedented step President Trump is calling for to end the government shutdown, just as benefits for millions of Americans are about to run dry. Also, how thousands of U.S. troops are being trained for more missions in American cities, and the lowest ever limits on refugees coming to the U.S. |
| 0:20.2 | Plus, a member of the British royal family is getting evicted. |
| 0:23.6 | A top music label is turning a legal battle into a business deal, |
| 0:27.3 | and we have a roundup of the most popular Halloween costumes of 2025. |
| 0:31.5 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:36.1 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, |
| 0:41.1 | fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:50.5 | Well, it looks like the federal government shutdown will last at least until next week, |
| 0:55.0 | meaning lawmakers are letting benefits run out for millions of Americans this weekend. |
| 0:59.0 | The Senate adjourned yesterday and is not scheduled to meet again until Monday. |
| 1:02.9 | That extends the shutdown until at least its 34th day, matching the longest funding lapse in American history. |
| 1:09.4 | But this weekend, funding for SNAP, the Supplemental |
| 1:11.6 | Nutrition Assistance Program, aka Food Stamps, is expiring, leaving 42 million Americans without |
| 1:17.6 | access to those benefits. About 40% of them are children. Also, federal workers are finding it |
| 1:23.3 | harder to make ends meet the longer they go without paychecks. More flights are being delayed with the |
| 1:28.0 | busy holiday travel season right around the corner. Plus, in mid-November, federal assistance |
| 1:32.5 | usually goes out to help people pay utility bills as temperatures start to fall. And now that's |
| 1:37.3 | being threatened too. Many senators had been hoping that once President Trump returned from his |
| 1:41.9 | Asia trip, he would step into the negotiations. |
| 1:48.4 | Well, yesterday he did get back and wait in by saying Republicans should go for what he called the nuclear option, ending the filibuster. |
| 1:51.6 | That's the longstanding rule that says the Senate needs 60 votes to pass most legislation |
| 1:56.0 | instead of just a simple majority. |
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