November 3, 2025: SNAP Benefits To Be Partially Funded, 2026 Insurance Premiums Increasing, New Press Restrictions in West Wing, Possible Military Action in Nigeria, and More.

Episode Format:

1. White House Sets New Press Restrictions for "Upper Press" Area (0:12)

2. Trump Administration Agrees to Partially Fund SNAP Benefits After Court Rulings (8:31)

3. Trump Administration Officials Move to Military Bases Amid Security Concerns (17:27)

4. Open Enrollment Begins Offering Sneak Peek at 2026 Increased Insurance Premiums; Here's What to Know (20:28)

5. Trump Threatens Military Action Against Nigeria (31:30)

6. Quick Hitters: Mysterious Area 51 Crash, November 4th Elections Happening Tomorrow, Supreme Court to Hear Tariff Challenge, Government Shutdown Set to Be Longest in History, Air Traffic Control Has Worst Weekend of Shutdown So Far (38:13)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (42:14)

SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠.

⁠Watch⁠ this episode on YouTube.

White House Sets New Press Restrictions for "Upper Press" Area

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/31/white-house-media-access-00632412

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/01/business/trump-white-house-press-limits

https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-white-house-limits-reporters-access-staff-offices-latest-move-restricting-press-coverage

https://x.com/weijia/status/1984618776923664422

https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/1984400264661504307

https://whca.press/2025/10/31/statement-on-new-restriction-on-journalists-at-the-white-house/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5584020-white-house-limits-media-access/

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/white-house-issues-new-rule-restricting-access-journalists-2025-10-31/

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1993/rt9301/930128/01280118.htm

Trump Administration Agrees to Partially Fund SNAP Benefits After Court Rulings

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26210582/25-cv-13165-order-new.pdf

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/snap-trump-judge-food-stamps-shutdown.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-pay-snap-benefits-contingenc-rcna241187

https://www.newsweek.com/judge-praises-trump-issues-deadline-for-november-snap-benefit-payments-10977974

https://rollcall.com/2025/11/01/federal-judge-thanks-trump-orders-him-to-make-snap-payments/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71820142/1/rhode-island-state-council-of-churches-v-rollins/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115471065919157533

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/03/g-s1-96296/trump-deadline-contingency-funds-snap

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-monday-deadline-snap-funding-contigency/

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5586580-government-shutdown-snap-benefits/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.60750/gov.uscourts.rid.60750.21.1_1.pdf

Trump Administration Officials Move to Military Bases Amid Security Concerns

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-officials-leaving-homes-us-220848265.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAK6kQCioLKtl4Fu6nWlWa-KrVEoT8Vd3mO-ru14wlxLwcu2nCSaBUaYlP5TlOaj74IjMaKk-UZKBAJFI6JEp2gT62Ytjo9MRJVIB8I3ymxJuOp5OO5EzuyvLkD8d0dpH2MaVsVpYwNdbso2cuVTVoZzP3Y8Fq79m4U-zdiBJH3PV&guccounter=2 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/stephen-miller-puts-3-75m-182300052.html 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/trump-officials-military-housing-stephen-miller/684748/ 

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-officials-noem-rubio-military-housing-b2855511.html 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/15/kristi-noem-is-living-free-charge-coast-guard-commandants-home/ 

https://www.esd.whs.mil/portals/54/documents/dd/issuances/dodm/416563m.pdf

Open Enrollment Begins Offering Sneak Peek at 2026 Increased Insurance Premiums; Here's What to Know

https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/dd73d4f00d8a819d10b2fdb70d254f7b/detailed-guidelines-2025.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/politics/obamacare-premiums-increase-2026-coverage

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/aca-obamacare-open-enrollment-2026-insurance-premiums-what-know-rcna240284

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/obamacare-prices-set-spike-heres-why

https://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/about-the-aca/index.html

https://www.ama-assn.org/health-care-advocacy/access-care/understanding-affordable-care-act

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01478#:~:text=Coverage%20Expansion%0A%0AThe%20most%20direct%20impact%20of%20the,of%20subsidizing%20Marketplace%20plans%20was%20$62%20billion.

Trump Threatens Military Action Against Nigeria

https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-christian-genocide-trump-9e09e52e33e7efe2d2d27360d3695ef5 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115470116607441456 

https://x.com/officialABAT/status/1984640117361840491/photo/1 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/1/trump-threatens-to-launch-attacks-in-nigeria-over-killing-of-christians 

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-says-christians-face-existential-threat-nigeria-adds-country-watch-list-2025-10-31/ 

https://www.state.gov/countries-of-particular-concern-special-watch-list-countries-entities-of-particular-concern

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/how-trumps-warning-of-possible-us-military-action-could-affect-nigerias-economy/fqwtqe8 

https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-nigeria/ 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115476385101120405

https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=415070

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-removes-nigeria-religious-freedom-list-ahead-blinken-visit-2021-11-18/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/31/trump-places-nigeria-on-watch-list-over-claims-of-anti-christian-violence

Quick Hitters

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/02/halloween-terror-plot-kash-patel.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/01/us/terror-attack-plot-michigan-arrests

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/area-51-mysterious-object-crash-fbi-b2857424.html

https://nypost.com/2025/10/31/us-news/area-51-unmanned-aircraft-crash-probed-by-air-force-fbi-as-claims-rumors-swirl/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_elections

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/trumps-tariffs-face-supreme-court-scrutiny/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/03/longest-government-shutdown-history/87062594007/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/us/worst-weekend-air-traffic-control-staff-hnk