From the latest on emergency funding for SNAP amid the ongoing government shutdown to the search for a suspect in connection with a deadly Phoenix shooting, here’s a look at some of your top headlines for the morning of November 3.
1. SNAP benefits latest
The backstory: — The U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program starting Nov. 1 because the agency said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.
Update: — The Trump administration said it will partially fund SNAP, though it’s not clear how much beneficiaries will receive, nor how quickly beneficiaries will see value show up on the debit cards they use to buy groceries.
2. Deadly Phoenix shooting
3. UFO sightings
What we know:
Enigma, a non-partisan organization that boasts its “largest queryable historical sighting database for global UFO sightings,” has recorded roughly 30,000 UFO sightings since its launch in 2022, according to the company’s website.…