Two federal judges require Trump administration to use emergency funds to partially cover food stamp benefits Devan Cole, Tami Luhby, CNNNovember 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM 1 Two federal judges said Friday that the Trump administration must tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. The rulings from judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island reject a controversial US Department of Agriculture claim that it could not use a contingency fund, which the agency says has $5.

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Two federal judges said Friday that the Trump administration must tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.

The rulings from judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island reject a controversial US Department of Agriculture claim that it could not use a contingency fund, which the agency says has $5.3 billion remaining in it, to help cover the benefits amid the month-long government shutdown.

Hours later, President Donald Trump said he has instructed the administration's lawyers to ask the courts how it can legally fund the benefits as quickly as possible because the attorneys "do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP with certain monies we have available."

"Even if we get immediate guidance, it will unfortunately be delayed while States get the money out," Trump posted on Truth Social Friday evening. "If we are given the appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding, just like I did with Military and Law Enforcement Pay."

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, costs between $8 billion and $9 billion a month, so the judges' orders will not cover all of the needed payments for November.

"There is no doubt that the … contingency funds are appropriated funds that are without a doubt necessary to carry out the program's operation." US District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island said. "The shutdown of the government through funding doesn't do away with SNAP, it just does away with the funding of it."

During proceedings Friday, McConnell said he was ordering the government to use the contingency fund to ensure some benefits could be distributed starting November 1.

McConnell's ruling during a hastily scheduled hearing came minutes after US District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston made a similar order. Both judges, appointees of President Barack Obama, also said that USDA is allowed to tap into another bucket of money of nearly $17 billion to pay November SNAP benefits in full, but that decision is currently up to the administration.

Though Talwani stopped short on Friday of requiring the administration to tap into the contingency fund, she said the USDA was required to use money in that rainy-day fund to partially cover November benefits and gave it until Monday to decide whether it would use only those funds or also dip into a separate pot of money.

"This court has now clarified that Defendants are required to use those Contingency Funds as necessary for the SNAP program. And while these contingency funds reportedly are insufficient to cover the entire cost of SNAP for November, Defendants also may supplement the Contingency Funds by authorizing a transfer of additional funds … to avoid any reductions," Talwani said in a 15-page order.

The Trump administration opposes tapping into those other funds, arguing in court it will hurt the child nutrition programs that the revenue supports.

Even with Trump's directive and the judge's rulings, millions of recipients will still face delays in getting their benefits, which were scheduled to start being distributed on November 1. It will take time for the Department of Agriculture and states to get the money flowing again.

In the program's decades-long history, a government shutdown has never prevented it from distributing SNAP funds to states, which administer the benefits, though the program was at risk during the 2018-2019 impasse.

The Boston lawsuit was filed earlier this week by a group of Democratic attorneys general and governors from 25 states and Washington, DC, while the case in Rhode Island was brought Thursday by a coalition of cities, non-profits, unions and small businesses.

As the government shutdown nears its one-month mark, courts are increasingly being asked to intervene to stave off a series of dramatic developments. Earlier this week, a federal judge in California indefinitely blocked the administration from laying off thousands of federal workers, saying the government was unlawfully using the shutdown as legal justification for the layoffs.

The administration could seek appeals. Asked earlier Friday by CNN what the department would do if courts required USDA to tap into the contingency fund, Secretary Brooke Rollins said, "We're looking at all the options."

Delayed payments

States stopped the process of issuing benefits for November after the USDA sent them a letter on October 10 ordering them to do so. States send SNAP enrollees' information to vendors every month so they can load funds onto recipients' benefit cards.

Each state has a specific date by which they must send the information ahead of the new month in order for benefits to go out on time, according to the lawsuit. Payments are made on a staggered basis throughout the month.

Talwani acknowledged the likely delay in benefits during a hearing Thursday, and also asked about the process of providing partial payments to recipients next month since the contingency fund alone won't cover the full amount.

"We're dealing with the reality that … the benefits aren't going to be there on November 1," she said.

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Will my food stamps renew? Across the country, a chorus of desperation and anger. Aria BendixNovember 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM 1 Valerie Buck after visiting Stewpot, a local food pantry, in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday. (Imani Khayyam for NBC News) It has been a tumultuous week for the roughly 42 million people across the country who rely on federal food assistance. Some breathed a tentative sigh of relief Friday afternoon after a Rhode Island judge ordered the Trump administration to keep funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, nationwide.

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Valerie Buck after visiting Stewpot, a local food pantry, in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday. (Imani Khayyam for NBC News)

It has been a tumultuous week for the roughly 42 million people across the country who rely on federal food assistance.

Some breathed a tentative sigh of relief Friday afternoon after a Rhode Island judge ordered the Trump administration to keep funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, nationwide.

The Agriculture Department had warned that it would no longer pay for the benefits, commonly known as food stamps, starting Nov. 1 because Congress has failed to pass legislation to fund the government. The judge, however, told the administration it must distribute contingency funding for the program as soon as possible.

But much remains unknown: President Donald Trump said Friday evening on Truth Social that he had "instructed our lawyers to ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible." Even if the federal government issues the funding, many states are already behind schedule, and it's highly unlikely that anyone who was expecting their SNAP benefits to renew this weekend will get them on time.

After the stressful week they've spent rationing food, collecting donations at food banks and preparing their families to survive on less, several SNAP recipients said they're not yet changing course.

"People still have to figure out ways to do things while this all blows over," said Danielle Sulton, a single mother of five in Mississippi, who would face an $833 gap without SNAP. She's picking up gig shifts delivering Amazon packages this weekend to make sure her family doesn't go without.

"We have been back and forth with Trump," Sulton said.

In interviews over the last week, 18 SNAP recipients across 11 states — including a preschool teacher, a disabled father, a pregnant mother and a Navy veteran — told NBC News about the painful choices they would have to make if they lost food assistance. Never before have so many households faced the sudden threat that their benefits will be disrupted; the SNAP program has not lapsed during previous government shutdowns.

Danielle Sulton outside a Salvation Army in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday. (Imani Khayyam for NBC News)

In Wisconsin, Carmen Hernandez told her four children that they may need to get by on just beans and tortillas. In Mississippi, Valerie Buck collected donations from a food pantry to feed her family of 10. In Indiana, Matthew Corbett, who has $1.04 left in his SNAP account, was prepared to sell his TV for food money.

"Why do I have to pick between paying for day care or paying for a meal for my daughter?" said Lucia Graves, a single mother in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Shrinking meals and growing food pantry lines

The threat of a SNAP cutoff has brought renewed attention to the desperate, day-to-day struggle to make ends meet for America's most vulnerable people. To qualify, recipients' incomes must generally be at or below 130% of the federal poverty line — less than $35,000 a year for a family of three. At least 12% of the population relies on this food assistance, including many elderly and disabled people, as well as low-income parents working full or part time.

The federal budget at the heart of the standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress includes $186 billion in cuts to SNAP programs over the next decade, the largest funding reductions in the program's history. Nonprofit organizations have already been straining to fill the gaps amid higher food prices and recent cuts to federal funding by the Trump administration.

Many of the SNAP recipients interviewed said that without their benefits, they would only have enough food for about two or three days before they'd need to turn to charities or put off paying bills.

Volunteers at the Lutheran Settlement House pack bags of groceries Thursday to distribute to the local community in Philadelphia. (Matthew Hatcher / AFP - Getty Images)

In Lolita Arnold's pantry, the main contents are a can of beef, one package of stew, a box of Corn Flakes cereal, a bag of dried lentils and some grapes. That was the result of an hourslong food pantry line at a church in Huntington, West Virginia, earlier this week.

Breakfast on Thursday for Arnold, 60, was a cup of coffee and a banana, dinner was mashed potatoes with canned gravy.

"That's going to have to hold me until the next day, then I'll go from there," she said.

Arnold is expecting $145 in monthly food stamp benefits to become available on her electronic benefits card Nov. 6. If that doesn't happen, she doesn't have an easy way to return to the food bank: Arnold's car has broken down. She's been looking for work, possibly in housekeeping, but hasn't had any luck.

Even if she could get to one, many food banks are reporting overwhelming demand.

A resident browses donated food items in the pantry at Feeding South Florida in Pembroke Park on Friday. (Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"We were already seeing the highest need that we've ever seen in our 42-year history," said Claire Neal, CEO of MANNA FoodBank, which serves residents of western North Carolina. "There is really staggering need in our area, and then you layer on top of it the crisis of the shutdown and what it will mean to not have SNAP benefits."

This week, the Salvation Army in Jackson, Mississippi, served nearly twice as many households as it did during the entire month of September, according to Ashley Cowards, a social service worker there.

Sulton, 32, showed up at that Salvation Army location for the first time Thursday.

"Got to keep fighting," she said, after placing the donations in her car. "Looks like I'm going to fight even harder."

Children to feed

Other parents on SNAP have been bracing for the possibility of skipping their own meals in order to feed their children.

Corbett, a 41-year-old father in Austin, Indiana, said his family's $618 in monthly SNAP benefits are due to renew Nov. 7. If the payment is even a day late, he said, hunger is a possibility.

The court ruling on Friday was "a little bit of stress off the plate," Corbett said — it brought his stress level from an 11 to a 6 or 7.

Corbett was driven out of the workforce by debilitating back and joint pain, likely exacerbated by his job as a forklift driver. His 5-year-old son has nonverbal autism and requires constant care. His wife, Emily, recently lost her part-time job at a gas station, he said, leaving the family without their only source of income.

If their SNAP benefits don't arrive on time, he and Emily plan to survive off a 24-pack of ramen noodles to make sure their son gets enough food.

"No matter what, he will get fed," Corbett said.

The food pantry at Stewpot in Jackson, Miss. (Imani Khayyam for NBC News)

Buck, in Mississippi, is pregnant and expecting her ninth child in February. She and her husband both work — Buck is part-time at McDonald's — and rely on SNAP funds to feed their kids.

"I'm praying," Buck, 36, said as she wheeled a cart with eggs, ramen noodles, chicken wings, a frozen pizza, cereal and a pineapple from a local food pantry called Stewpot on Thursday.

Disabled and unable to work

Nationwide, 4 in 5 SNAP households include a child, an elderly person or someone with a disability. Non-elderly people with disabilities make up around 10% of SNAP participants.

Devorah Yelton, a retiree in Tucson, Arizona, worked for 20 years supervising group homes for adults with cognitive disabilities. For many severely disabled people who can't work or live independently, she said, food stamps are the only way to get fed.

"I know the firsthand effect this is going to have on the population of people I served for my whole career," she said ahead of the court ruling.

When the decision came down on Friday, Yelton called it a relief but added that "until the decision is final, that underlying stress won't go away."

Her own son Andrew, who has autism, is unable to work. At 38, he lives on his own and relies on a combination of SNAP and Social Security.

Because Andrew was in the process of getting his $197 in monthly benefits renewed in September, the government shutdown already delayed his October funds. November's are still a question.

"To see him scared like this is heartbreaking. He's calling me all the time. His anxiety is through the roof," Yelton said.

Volunteers at Stewpot in Jackson, Miss., prep lunch everyday for those needing food. (Imani Khayyam for NBC News)No Thanksgiving, no Christmas?

This week, some governors announced that they would use emergency funds to support food banks if SNAP funding lapsed. A group of 25 Democratic state leaders also sued the Agriculture Department — a separate case from the one in Rhode Island — arguing that the USDA is required to use contingency funds to keep SNAP running during a shutdown. A Massachusetts judge said the Democrats' case is likely to be successful but gave the Trump administration until Monday to decide whether to authorize SNAP benefits for November.

If food stamps aren't issued soon, a dark and dismal holiday season could loom for many.

Desiree Kenney, who lives in Emmett, Idaho, relies on $215 in SNAP benefits per month. The only food she has left is a pack of chicken, a roast, a few vegetables, pasta and rice. She thinks that will last her and her aunt, with whom she lives, just a few days.

"Thanksgiving is coming, and what are we gonna do for that?" Kenney said.

Desiree Kenny. (Desiree Kenny)

She has been hoping to have a small Thanksgiving for her two adult children and two grandchildren but isn't sure whether that will be possible.

Hernandez, a preschool teacher in Wisconsin, said that in anticipation of a disruption to her SNAP benefits, she used the $100 or so she had left over this month to stock up on meat, canned vegetables, beans and tuna.

Carmen Hernandez. (Carmen Hernandez)

If her card isn't reloaded, she plans to use her small Christmas savings on groceries instead of presents for her four children, ages 11 to 17.

"Any type of Christmas celebration will not look the same because I'm having to make sure that food comes first for these guys," she said. "It's hard being a parent and having your kids see you struggle."

Aria Bendix reported from New York City, Shannon Pettypiece from Washington, D.C., and Bracey Harris from Jackson, Mississippi.

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GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to set to wrap up their annual economic forum on Saturday after President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a temporary truce on their trade war, generating relief around the world.

This year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the South Korean city of Gyeongju was heavily overshadowed by Thursday's Trump-Xi meeting that ended with the two leaders dialing back their earlier trade steps and de-escalating their trade tensions.

The high-stakes meeting was arranged on the sidelines of APEC. Trump, known for his dismissal of multilateralism, quickly left South Korea after reaching deals with Xi, allowing the Chinese president to steal the limelight at the summit.

During the APEC summit's opening session Friday, Xi said China would support global free trade and supply chain stability in an apparent effort to position his country as an alternative to Trump's protectionist policies. In written remarks sent to a CEO summit held in conjunction with APEC, Xi said that "Investing in China is investing in the future."

Xi met his Japanese, Canadian and Thai counterparts bilaterally on the sidelines of APEC on Friday. He's to meet South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday for talks that Seoul officials said would touch on efforts to achieve denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula.

That agenda at the Xi-Lee meeting angered North Korea, a non-APEC member. North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong Ho on Saturday slammed South Korea for talking about "its daydream" of realizing North Korea's denuclearization, saying North Korea will show how such a push is "a pipedream" that can never be realized. Park's statement was seen as applying pressure on both South Korea and China ahead of their bilateral summit.

Trump earlier repeatedly expressed his desire to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong U n during his visit to South Korea, but North Korea hasn't responded. Trump and Kim met three times in 2018-19, but their nuclear diplomacy eventually collapsed. North Korea has since vowed not to place its advancing nuclear program on a negotiating table, but experts say the North would aim for winning extensive sanctions relief in return for a partial surrender of its advancing nuclear program.

Friday's APEC meeting focused on ways to boost trade and investment, and Saturday's meeting is expected to center on artificial intelligence, demographic challenges and new growth strategies.

As the host nation, South Korea has been prodding members to adopt a joint declaration at the end of APEC's second and final day session on Saturday. In a 2018 APEC summit in Papua New Guinea, members failed to come up with a joint declaration due to U.S.-China discord over trade.

South Korean officials earlier said that issuing a joint statement strongly endorsing free trade would be unlikely because of differing positions among APEC members

Established in 1989, APEC champions free and open trade and investment to accelerate regional economic integration. But the APEC region now faces challenges like strategic rivalry between the U.S. and China, supply chain disruptions, aging populations and the impact of AI on jobs.

The U.S. strategy has been shifted to economic competitions with China rather than cooperation, with Trump's tariff hikes and "America first" agenda shaking markets and threatening decades of globalization and multinationalism.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James seeks to block Trump administration's subpoenas CAROLYN THOMPSON November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM 0 FILE New York Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks after pleading not guilty outside the United States District Court on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark,File) () New York Attorney General Letitia James is challenging the legitimacy of the acting U.S.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James is challenging the legitimacy of the acting U.S. attorney in Albany as she pushes back against the Trump administration's investigation of cases she brought against the president and the National Rifle Association, according to court documents unsealed Friday.

James in August filed a motion to block subpoenas issued by acting U.S. Attorney John Sarcone for records related to the legal actions, claiming the Justice Department's probe of the cases was retaliatory.

She also argued that Sarcone had been improperly appointed to his position and, as a result, lacked legitimate authority to authorize the subpoenas.

The subpoenas seek records related to a major civil case the Democrat James filed against President Donald Trump over alleged fraud in his personal business dealings. Another subpoena seeks records from a lawsuit involving the National Rifle Association and two senior executives.

Dozens of court documents in the case have been filed under seal in U.S. District Court since August. A federal judge in Manhattan late Friday granted James' motion to unseal most of the entries, making them public over the objection of the Justice Department.

Judge Lorna Schofield, however, has not yet ruled on the motion to quash the subpoenas.

"Unsealing this action is not only permissible but compelled," she wrote. "One simple fact drives this conclusion: the information at issue is not secret."

An email seeking comment was sent to Sarcone's office. A phone message was not immediately returned late Friday.

James has accused the Trump administration of using the justice system as a "tool of revenge" against adversaries. The attorney general has sued Trump and his Republican administration dozens of times over his policies as president and over how he conducted his private business empire.

In October, James was indicted in a federal mortgage fraud case the president pressed the Justice Department to bring. She pleaded not guilty Monday allegations she lied on mortgage papers to get favorable loan terms when purchasing a house in Norfolk, Virginia, where she has family.

In her motion to quash Sarcone's subpoenas, James cited anonymous media reports that they were part of a grand jury investigation into allegations that James violated Trump's civil rights in 2022 when her office sued Trump, then a private businessman.

She argued Sarcone lacked authority to issue the subpoenas because he was improperly appointed by the Trump administration.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Sarcone to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York in March. With the expiration of the 120-day interim term, Bondi designated him as first assistant U.S. attorney for the district, essentially improperly extending his role as acting U.S. attorney, according to James.

James' lawyers in the mortgage fraud case have said they intend to challenge the appointment of the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, on similar grounds.

The indictment in that case followed the resignation of Erik Siebert as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Siebert was replaced with Halligan, a White House aide and former Trump lawyer who had never previously served as a federal prosecutor, and presented James' case to the grand jury herself.

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Neil Patrick Harris' Family Wins Halloween With These SpotOn Costumes Sheli FrankOctober 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM 0 Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images It is one of the most anticipated reveals of the spooky season, and the results are finally in. For years, Neil Patrick Harris, 52, his husband David Burtka, 50, and their twins Harper and Gideon, 15, have consistently raised the bar for Halloween, turning the holiday into a highproduction art form.

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It is one of the most anticipated reveals of the spooky season, and the results are finally in. For years, Neil Patrick Harris, 52, his husband David Burtka, 50, and their twins Harper and Gideon, 15, have consistently raised the bar for Halloween, turning the holiday into a high-production art form. Fans checked their feeds daily until at long last on Halloween Day the Burtka-Harris clan dropped their 2025 masterpiece— and it was definitely worth the wait.

The "Burtka-Harris Production Company," as Harris captioned the post, has officially done it again. This year, the family of four (plus their beloved dogs) had an action packed hitmaker with an "Indiana Jones and the Family of Doom" theme. The image is a perfectly executed movie poster, featuring Gideon front-and-center as a pitch-perfect Indiana Jones, complete with the hat, whip, and open-shirt confidence. Harris and Burtka are dressed as fedora-wearing villains or collaborators, lurking in the background, while daughter Harper stuns as a glamorous adventuring companion.

The faux poster's tagline could not be more perfect: "If Halloween had a name… It must be Burtka-Harris" alongside a cheeky "All Frights Reserved."

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The comment section immediately exploded with excitement and praise from fans and famous friends alike who had been waiting for the big seasonal reveal.

"Burtka-Harris cinematic universe! Love this so much! 😍," commented one excited fan.

"I've been waiting all year for this post," wrote another.

"The best part of Halloween is seeing this family's costumes. 💜💜💜," a third fan commented, while a fourth added, "Your family slays and forever wins Halloween 🎃 👻."

Actress Cobie Smulders, 43, who starred alongside Harris in the beloved sitcom How I Met Your Mother, chimed in with an enthusiastic, "Yes yes yes!!!!" while another commenter gushed, "Omg the dogs are included too thats adorable!!"

This year's blockbuster theme joins the legendary Hall of Fame of Burtka-Harris costumes. The family has been creating elaborate group getups since the twins were just one year old in 2011, when they debuted as the cast of Peter Pan. Since then, they have tackled everything from The Wizard of Oz in 2012 and Star Wars in 2015 to a Gotham-themed Batman year in 2014.

In recent years, the productions have only gotten more elaborate, People reported. 2021 brought a chilling tribute to classic horror movie villains and their hilarious 2022 "BOOrtka-Harris Family" photo was a clear fan-favorite, where they dressed as fast-food mascots.

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Pulling off this level of coordination is not easy, especially now that the twins are 15.

"We love Halloween and every year we look forward to it," Harris said in an October 6 interview with TODAY.com while promoting his and Burtka's new cocktail book, Both Sides of the Glass.

He then went on to explain that the dynamic has shifted as the kids have gotten older. "It's tricky because you have to do a costume that will fit one girl and three boys that will not embarrass the two of them."

The family clearly landed on the perfect idea, but Harris confessed it was a process. "It's been a lot of overthinking," he said, teasing the yet-unannounced costumes, "But I think we found something that's awesome."

Based on the "Indiana Jones and the Family of Doom" poster, "awesome" was an understatement. The family has once again secured their title as the reigning champions of Halloween. The 2025 reveal has just landed, but no doubt fans are probably already wondering: How will they ever top this one next year?

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Halloween is just a week away, but the parties began on October 21. Victoria Justice hosted one of the first big celebrity bashes at Bar Jubilee in Los Angeles, while Bette Midler followed days later with the New York Restoration Project's 2025 Hulaween Gala on October 24.

Since then, celebs have been showing off their costumes on red carpets and in Instagram photo shoots. Chloe Bailey dressed up as Beyoncé from Austin Powers in Goldmember, while Paris Hilton and her family debuted a group Toy Story costume in People, with Hilton wearing an especially impressive recreation of Little Bo Peep's dress.

The stars are just getting started though, and if last Halloween's ensembles are any indication, they will go all out this year, too. Scroll through the best celebrity costumes of 2025 below, from horror-inspired looks to spot-on pop culture references.

Victoria Justice

As a gory bride at her "Love Zombie" Halloween party and single release event on October 21.

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Chloe Bailey

As Austin Powers in Goldmember's Foxxy Cleopatra.

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Kim Kardashian and North West

As TikTok stars Jay Guapo and Pink Cardigan.

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As TikTok stars Pink Cardigan, Chrissy G, and Jay Guapo.

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Busy Philipps

As Cher in Moonstruck at the New York Restoration Project's 2025 Hulaween Gala on October 24.

Darren and Mia Criss

As New York City clowns at the New York Restoration Project's 2025 Hulaween Gala on October 24.

Lucy Boynton

As a New York City woman on the go at the New York Restoration Project's 2025 Hulaween Gala on October 24.

Bette Midler and Andy Cohen

Midler as herself from a 1973 promotional poster and Cohen as Andy Warhol at the New York Restoration Project's 2025 Hulaween Gala on October 24.

As different Mariah Carey eras.

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Demi Lovato

As her 2015 Poot meme.

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Lady Gaga

As the Garden of Eden.

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Lisa

As Jibaro from Love, Death & Robots.

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