President Donald Trump suspected he’ll probably “always like” tech billionaire Elon Musk, months after the duo had a public falling-out over the president’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
“It’s good with him,” Trump said on Air Force One Monday. “He had a bad spell. He had a bad period. He had a bad moment. It was a stupid moment in his life. But I like Elon and I suspect I'll always like him."
The pair sat next to one another at Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Arizona last month.
Musk, the world’s richest person, served as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, in charge of slashing federal agencies and mass layoffs until his Special Government Employee status ended in May. He fell out with the president after he publicly diverged from Trump and his allies on the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Amid the feud, Musk, who poured a quarter of a billion dollars into Trump’s 2024 campaign, vowed to fund Republican primary challengers against any senator or House member who voted for the legislation. The SpaceX founder even announced the formation of a new political party.
Trump, in turn, threatened to "take a look" at revoking Musk's citizenship.
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- Donald Trump arrives in Japan for second leg of Asia tour
- Trump continues to fume over Ontario’s Ronald Reagan advert
- ‘I’ve always liked Elon:’ President hints at improved relations with Musk
- Trump doesn't rule out running for a third term
- Timeline: Trump and Musk's relationship over the years
Both sides point fingers over whose responsible for SNAP benefits ending as shutdown drags into fourth week
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Kelly Rissman
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Democrats are in control of preventing 42 million Americans from losing SNAP benefits next month by ending the shutdown.
It just takes five Senate Democrats to “do the right thing,” he said before using his hands like a scale. “’Am I gonna starve my constituents or am I gonna appease the Marxists?’ That is their actual calculation,” Johnson said of Democrats.
"The best way for SNAP benefits to be paid on time is for the Democrats to end their shutdown,” he said.
Meanwhile, Democrats have placed blame on Republicans.
“The Trump Administration has the money to provide SNAP benefits next month, but he’s using the millions of families that could go hungry for leverage in shutdown negotiations instead,” California Senator Alex Padilla wrote on X Sunday.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar similarly posted Sunday: “The Trump Administration is choosing to let families go hungry even as grocery prices rise and millions struggle to afford food. The emergency funds exist to keep SNAP benefits going, but they’re refusing to act. It’s shameful and completely unacceptable.”
The government shutdown has continued for 27 days.
Newsom says he's giving 'serious thought' to a 2028 presidential run
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Kelly Rissman
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he’s considering a 2028 presidential run.
When asked if he was mulling a 2028 bid, the California Democrat told CBS News Sunday Morning: "I'd be lying otherwise.”
Newsom said he has given "serious thought" to the idea.
The governor has been an outspoken opponent of Trump, often trolling the president on social media.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Trump refused to rule out whether he’d run for a third term — despite Constitutionally-mandated limits.
WATCH: Trump says Putin's missile test 'not appropriate'
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Kelly Rissman
Timeline: Trump and Musk's relationship over the years, in a nutshell
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Kelly Rissman
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have had a turbulent relationship over the years.
Here’s a brief timeline of their relationship:
- June 2017: Musk was appointed by Trump during his first term to an economic advisory council, which he resigned from after the president announced he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord.
- July 2024: After the assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the billionaire endorsed him and later donated more than a quarter of a billion dollars to his re-election campaign.
- January 2025: Trump tapped Elon Musk to serve as one of the heads of his Department of Government Efficiency. During his tenure, Musk carried out mass layoffs in the federal workforce and claimed to have saved the government $175 billion.
- May 2025: Shortly after Musk left the White House after his special government employee status expired, the Tesla CEO criticized Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill, angering the president. The pair engaged in a public social media feud.
- September 2025: The duo were seen sitting next to one another at Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Arizona.
- October 2025: Trump says that he and Musk are “good.” Musk had a “bad spell” but, the president said, “I like Elon and I suspect I'll always like him."
Trump demands ban on 'fake ads' that display his low poll numbers
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Kelly Rissman
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Monday demanding that “fake ads” about his dwindling polling numbers “shouldn’t be allowed to run.”
“After winning THREE Elections, BY A LOT, I am now getting the best Polling Numbers that I have ever received,” he wrote.
“Despite all of this, the Radical Left Losers are taking fake ads, not showing REAL Polls, but rather saying that I’m Polling at low levels. These are the people that I’ve been beating for years, and am continuing to do so, but by even bigger margins. These ads should not be allowed to run because they are FAKE!”
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted earlier this month showed the president underwater on a range of key issues ranging from the economy, crime and immigration — traditionally his strongest areas — to inflation, jobs, cost-of-living and the rule of law.
According to statistician Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin average of public polls, the president’s approval rating average peaked shortly after he took office at 52.4 percent and has fallen to a current 43.8 percent.
Andrew Feinberg has more.
Millions set to miss food stamps payments as Trump’s USDA blames Democrats
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Kelly Rissman
Nearly 42 million Americans and their families who rely on federal food assistance will not receive aid on November 1 without urgent funding from Congress, according to Donald Trump’s administration.
A notice on the Department of Agriculture’s website claims “the well has run dry” for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — and explicitly blames Senate Democrats for the ongoing impasse in Congress over a temporary funding measure that would end the federal government shutdown, which is now stretching into a fifth week.
The message, echoing the recent wave of partisan attacks on government websites, states “there will be no benefits” November 1.
Alex Woodward has the story.
WATCH: Biden says America depends on a presidency with limited power
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Kelly Rissman
Indiana GOP governor will hold special session to consider redistricting: report
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Kelly Rissman
Indiana Republican Governor Mike Braun is reportedly calling a special session in order to redraw the congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
“I am calling a special legislative session to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their representation in Congress is fair,” Braun said in a statement.
I am calling a special legislative session to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their representation in Congress is fair.
— Governor Mike Braun (@GovBraun) October 27, 2025
I am also asking the legislature to conform Indiana's tax code with new federal tax… pic.twitter.com/WXFrIqRQPH
The announcement marks a significant shift in the state since last week, when a spokesperson for the state Senate leader told Politico: “The votes aren’t there for redistricting.”
In August, Texas redrew its congressional map in hopes that Republicans would pick up five additional seats. This month, the GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature passed a redrawn map to get an extra seat.
Meanwhile, Democrats in Virginia and California are pushing for redistricting in favor of Democrats.
As millions could lose SNAP benefits next month, the USDA site blames Democrats
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Kelly Rissman
Nearly 42 million Americans won’t have access to SNAP food benefits come November due the shutdown. The USDA website is blaming Democrats.
“Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bottom line, the well has run dry,” a note on the USDA website reads.
“At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. They can continue to hold out for healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive critical nutrition assistance.”
The USDA’s site banner is just one of several partisan messages that have been posted on official government websites since the shutdown began on October 1.
Watchdog groups earlier this month warned that the Trump administration’s messaging could be violating the Hatch Act, a federal law that prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activity.
Alex Woodward has more on the Hatch Act.
Donald Trump suspects he will ‘always like’ Elon Musk
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Kelly Rissman
President Donald Trump has confessed that he suspects he will “always like” his former ally and current political frenemy Elon Musk.
Speaking on board Air Force One, the president said that his highly-publicized falling out with Musk was a “very stupid” moment in the tech CEO’s life.
The pair previously clashed over the president’s Big, Beautiful Bill earlier this year, leading to a whirlwind of accusations shortly after Musk left the White House.
Owen Scott has the latest.
Canada is 'far more popular' than Donald Trump, new CNN poll finds
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Kelly Rissman
The latest popularity polling by CNN finds that Canada is ‘far more popular’ than President Donald Trump.
"Canada is far more popular than Donald Trump is here in the United States,” CNN’s Harry Enten said Monday.
The net popularity of Canada is +49 while the net popularity of Trump is -10, the CNN poll found.
The U.S. president said over the weekend that he was increasing tariffs on Canada by 10 percent after the province of Ontario refused to pull an anti-tariff ad featuring former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
“We're talking about Canada coming out nearly 60 points ahead on the net popularity rating versus Donald Trump here in the United States,” Enten continued.
“When you pick on Canada as the United States president, you are picking on a country that the American people adore,” he said.
WATCH: Newsom adamant Trump’s presidency ends next November
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Kelly Rissman
Flight disruptions as air traffic controller shortages continue amid shutdown
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Kelly Rissman
Flight disruptions continue as the shutdown drags on into the fourth week.
Air traffic controllers are “wearing thin,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” over the weekend.
“Just yesterday … we had 22 staffing triggers,” he said. “That’s one of the highest that we have seen in the system since the shutdown began.”
Los Angeles International Airport temporarily halted flights due to staffing shortages at the Southern California TRACON, which provides air traffic control for the region.
Air traffic controllers are currently working without pay during the shutdown.
Duffy said some are looking for other work to pay the bills. “They’re taking second jobs, they’re out there looking, ‘Can I drive Uber, can I find another source of income to make ends meet?’” he told the network.
Two US Navy aircraft go down 30 minutes apart in South China Sea
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Kelly Rissman
Two U.S. Navy aircraft have gone down in the South China Sea in separate incidents within 30 minutes of each other, according to the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
President Donald Trump described the back-to-back crashes as “very unusual” and suggested a possible fuel issue while speaking to reporters on board Air Force One Monday, during his flight from Malaysia to Japan.“They think it might be bad fuel. We’re gonna find out. Nothing to hide, sir,” Trump said in response to a reporter’s question.
The two aircraft were conducting routine operations over disputed waters, which China claims to own. Five crew members were involved, all of whom have been safely rescued. Both aircraft were deployed from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
Read the full story.
Trump didn't rule out running for a third term — but he ruled out running for VP
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Kelly Rissman
Despite the 22nd Amendment prohibiting presidents from serving more than two terms, Trump said he wouldn’t rule out running again in 2028.
Speaking on Air Force One Monday, a reporter asked whether Trump would run for vice president to return to the White House.
Trump said he’d be “allowed” to do that, but dismissed the idea.
"I wouldn't do that. I think it's too cute. Yeah, I would rule that out because it's too cute. I think the people wouldn't like that. It's too cute. It's not - it wouldn't be right,” he told reporters.
Even if he ran for the vice presidency and then asked the president to resign so he could assume the presidency, he would run into another issue: the 12th Amendment. It states: "No person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
In photos: Trump meets Japan's Emperor Naruhito
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Kelly Rissman
Joe Biden urges Americans to stay positive amid political ‘dark days’
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Kelly Rissman
Former President Joe Biden called these “dark days” as he urged Americans to stay optimistic and not to check out in response to what he says are attacks on free speech and tests on the limits of executive power by President Donald Trump.
“Since its founding, America served as a beacon for the most powerful idea ever in government in the history of the world,” Biden said.
“The idea is stronger than any army. We’re more powerful than any dictator.”
Biden, 82, speaking publicly for the first time since completing a round of radiation therapy for an aggressive form of prostate cancer, addressed an audience in Boston on Sunday night after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute.
Read the full story.
Japan gives Trump warm welcome as he touches down in Tokyo
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Kelly Rissman
Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi offered U.S. President Donald Trump a warm welcome before he touched down in Tokyo on Monday.
“Welcome to Japan, @realDonaldTrump!” the prime minister wrote on X, showing photos of Tokyo’s buildings lit up in red, white and blue in honor of Trump’s visit.
“Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow and having a fruitful discussion on how we can further strengthen our great Alliance. Special lighting honoring President Trump’s visit is now illuminating landmarks across Tokyo!”
Welcome to Japan, @realDonaldTrump!
— 高市早苗 (@takaichi_sanae) October 27, 2025
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow and having a fruitful discussion on how we can further strengthen our great Alliance.
Special lighting honoring President Trump’s visit is now illuminating landmarks across Tokyo!… pic.twitter.com/OOhDjJA012
Largest federal workers' union calls to end shutdown as it enters fourth week
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Kelly Rissman
The government shutdown has dragged on for 27 days, the second-longest in U.S. history, as Democrats and Republicans are still at an impasse.
AFGE — the largest federal workers’ union in the country that represents over 800,000 federal and D.C. government employees — urged lawmakers to pass a continuing resolution to put an end to the shutdown.
“Both political parties have made their point, and still there is no clear end in sight,” Everett Kelley, AFGE National President, said in a statement Monday.
“Today I’m making mine: it’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship. Put every single federal worker back on the job with full back pay — today.”
The statement puts pressure on Democrats, who have stood firm in not reaching a deal without Republicans meeting their healthcare demands.
“It’s time for our leaders to start focusing on how to solve problems for the American people, rather than on who is going to get the blame for a shutdown that Americans dislike,” Kelley said.
WATCH: Trump doesn’t rule out an unconstitutional third term run
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Kelly Rissman
Did Trump get an MRI scan this month?
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Kelly Rissman
The president admitted Monday that he underwent an MRI scan at Walter Reed during his visit to the medical center this month.
“I did. I got an MRI. It was perfect,” he bragged in yet another assertion of his perfect health.
“I gave you the full results,” he continued. “We had an MRI, and the machine, you know, the whole thing, and it was perfect.”
Owen Scott has the full story.
Jeffries to meet with Illinois Democrats about redistricting: report
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Kelly Rissman
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is heading to Illinois to put pressure on state Democrats to redraw a map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to a report.
Jeffries plans to meet with the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, Punchbowl News reported. However, state lawmakers have warned that redistricting could dilute Black political influence in historically Black districts.
A redrawn map in Illinois could give Democrats one extra House seat in the midterms.
Legislatures in Texas and North Carolina have passed redrawn maps in favor of Republicans picking up additional seats while Democrats in Virginia and California are pushing to do the same to counteract GOP efforts.
Trump once again brags about 'very hard' cognitive tests
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Kelly Rissman
After describing House Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett as “low IQ,” Trump suggested they take the “very hard” cognitive tests that he passed.
“If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed,” he said on Air Force One Monday.
“Those are very hard… They're really aptitude tests, I guess in a certain way, but they're cognitive tests. Let AOC go against Trump. Let Jasmine go against Trump.”
He then dug into the test itself.
“The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe, you know. When you get up to about five or six, and then when you get up to 10 and 20 and 25, they couldn’t come close to answering any of those questions,” he said.
In July 2020, the president bragged about passing a test in which he was asked to remember “person, woman, man, camera, TV.”
“If you get it in order you get extra points. He said nobody gets it in order, it’s actually not that easy, but for me, it was easy. And that’s not an easy question,” he boasted at the time.
'I would love to do it’: Trump doesn't rule out running for a third term
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Kelly Rissman
President Donald Trump refused to rule out running for a third term — despite the Constitution barring him from serving more than two presidential terms.
Speaking on Air Force One on Monday on his way to Tokyo, a reporter cited recent comments by Trump ally Steve Bannon, who claimed last week that Trump would be president in 2028: “Is that something you’d be willing to challenge at the court to be able to do?”
“I haven’t really thought about it. We have some very good people as you know, but I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had,” Trump replied.
Trump and Kim Jong-un could meet soon, former adviser says
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Joe Sommerlad
The president has expressed a willingness to extend his trip to the Far East in order to accommodate a repeat of one of the more successful diplomatic ventures of his first term: extending the hand of friendship to North Korea’s isolated leader.
Isabel Keane reports.
Trump interrupts Asia trip to go on new Tylenol and childhood vaccines rant
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Joe Sommerlad
Here’s Owen Scott with more on the president’s social media output during his current diplomatic jaunt, which has included a revival of one of his pet medical theories.
Trump admits he recently received an MRI scan at Walter Reed
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Joe Sommerlad
Also on board the presidential plane, the commander-in-chief revealed a little more about his recent trip to the top Maryland medical institution.
Owen Scott has this one too.
‘I’ve always liked Elon,’ Trump says
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Joe Sommerlad
Here’s a little more from the president’s Q&A with reporters earlier en route to Tokyo, which found him insulting progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, bragging about his mental acuity and teasing running for a third term, as he has done many times before.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard… They're really aptitude tests, in a certain way, but they're cognitive tests. Let AOC go against Trump.
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 27, 2025
The first couple of… pic.twitter.com/CQQSjtoDDt
Trump says he would be allowed to serve a third term by running as VP but says he wouldn’t do that because it’s too cute and the people wouldn’t like that. https://t.co/mAUXZ5SMAE pic.twitter.com/Krueq7QLeY
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 27, 2025
Here’s Owen Scott with the story.
Japan’s PM greets Trump with red, white and blue light display
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Joe Sommerlad
Sanae Takaichi lays the groundwork for “fruitful discussions” with her American guest by lighting up Tokyo’s landmarks in his honor.
Welcome to Japan, @realDonaldTrump!
— 高市早苗 (@takaichi_sanae) October 27, 2025
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow and having a fruitful discussion on how we can further strengthen our great Alliance.
Special lighting honoring President Trump’s visit is now illuminating landmarks across Tokyo!… pic.twitter.com/OOhDjJA012
Trump departs Imperial Palace
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Joe Sommerlad
“He’s a great man,” the president says of Emperor Naruhito as he returns to his motorcade.
NEW: President Trump praises Japanese Emperor Naruhito as a “great man” following their meeting at the Imperial Palace. pic.twitter.com/umoYMSUhXU
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 27, 2025
Trump cabinet officials to meet their counterparts ahead of president's encounter with Takaichi
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Joe Sommerlad
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Japanese counterpart Ryosei Akazawa, architects of the tariff deal agreed in July, are set to hold a working lunch on Monday while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is also expected to meet his new counterpart, Satsuki Katayama, for the first time.
Trump and Takaichi are set to meet at the nearby Akasaka Palace, where he met Abe six years ago, and will be welcomed by a military honour guard.
Among the investment pledges, the two countries will reportedly sign a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday on investment in shipbuilding.
Takaichi is also expected to reassure Trump that Tokyo is willing to do more on security after telling lawmakers on Friday she plans to accelerate Japan's biggest defence build-up since the Second World War.
Japan hosts the largest concentration of U.S. military power abroad. Trump has said previously Tokyo is not spending enough to defend its islands from an increasingly assertive China.
While Takaichi has said she will speed plans to boost defence spending to 2 percent of GDP, she may struggle to commit Japan to any further increases that Trump seeks, as her ruling coalition does not have a majority in parliament.
Meanwhile, thousands of police are guarding Tokyo. A knife-wielding man was arrested on Friday outside the U.S. embassy and an anti-Trump protest is planned in downtown Shinjuku.
Trump reunited with emperor for first time in six years
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Joe Sommerlad
The U.S. president was the first foreign leader to meet Naruhito after he came to the throne in 2019, continuing an imperial line that some say is the world’s oldest hereditary monarchy.
Naruhito’s role, however, is purely symbolic, and the key diplomacy will take place with brand new PM Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday.
Trump has already won a $550 billion investment pledge from Tokyo in exchange for respite from punishing import tariffs.
But Takaichi is hoping to further impress Trump with promises to purchase U.S. pickup trucks, soybeans and gas, and announce an agreement on shipbuilding, according to Reuters
Takaichi, who became Japan’s first female premier last week, told Trump that strengthening their countries’ alliance was her “top priority” in a telephone call on Saturday.
Trump said he was looking forward to meeting Takaichi, a close ally of his late friend and golfing partner, former PM Shinzo Abe, adding: “I think she’s going to be great.”
In pictures: Trump meets Emperor Naruhito
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Joe Sommerlad
The president has arrived at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
