Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview with President Trump was footnoted by an interesting observation. As Norah O’Donnell wrapped up her 90-minute sit-down, she asked the president—now nearly a year into his new term—what he hoped to accomplish over the next three years. His answer was simple and revealing: “More of the same.” That’s not a shrug. It’s confidence. After arguably the most productive nine months of governance in American history, Trump doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel. The economy is roaring back, border crossings have plummeted, manufacturing jobs are returning, and foreign adversaries are—for the first time in years—thinking twice before testing America’s resolve. When pressed on whether he’s considered a third term, he said, “I’ve been too busy to think about that.” You almost believe him. He’s been too busy doing the job.

Republicans say funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits — formerly known as food stamps — will run out on Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown, and there’s nothing they can do about it. Democrats say there’s a contingency fund that could and should continue to fund regular SNAP benefits. And, in fact, that was the Republican plan up until at least a few weeks ago. Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP, says it can’t legally tap the contingency fund for that purpose.

Congress is on track this week to break an unflattering record: presiding over the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The ongoing funding lapse will hit the 35-day mark Tuesday night, eclipsing the partial shutdown that ended in early 2019 and also occurred under President Donald Trump. Bipartisan talks among rank-and-file senators are underway, which could thaw the weekslong freeze between the two parties. Lawmakers over the weekend were confronted with the grim reality that millions of Americans could lose SNAP food aid — as well as more closures of early education centers, shortages of air traffic controllers and first glimpses of higher health care premiums as Obamacare subsidies are set to expire.

President Trump reversed course Sunday, posting on social media that he won’t attend Supreme Court arguments on Wednesday concerning legal challenges to his tariffs. The president had previously said he had “an obligation” to attend the oral arguments. Mr. Trump would have become the first president in recent history to attend a Supreme Court hearing. “I will not be going to the Court on Wednesday in that I do not want to distract from the importance of this Decision,” Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday.

It’s the first large-scale, longitudinal study on the power of hope. Source: Hopeful people live better lives, a 14-year study of 25,000 participants finds I believe it.

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