News for October 20, 2025

Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir says she was abused by her father as a child and suggests he may have taken hush money from Jeffrey Epstein.

The USDA says SNAP food benefits could be delayed in November if the government shutdown lasts, raising concern for more than 40 million people who rely on the aid.

Former President Joe Biden has finished a round of radiation therapy for aggressive prostate cancer, marking progress in his treatment but not necessarily the end of it.

President Donald Trump’s plan to buy beef from Argentina to help lower U.S. beef prices is drawing sharp criticism from ranchers, who say it would hurt American producers.

CDC scientists are missing a major infectious disease conference in Atlanta because of the federal shutdown and related Trump administration limits on agency participation.

Nicholas Rossi was sentenced to five years in Utah for one rape conviction, after prosecutors said he faked his death and fled the country to avoid charges.