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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Top House Democrats Throw Chuck Schumer Under The Bus Amid Funding Fight  —  “This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote for an extreme GOP spending bill.  —  WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Senate moves ahead on shutdown votes  —  Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments.  —  Senate leaders struck a deal on Friday to pave the way for passage of the House GOP's seven-month stopgap spending bill and avoid a government shutdown.
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Dem Civil War Erupts With ‘Screaming’ and Primary Threats Behind Closed Doors  —  Democrats are finally fighting amid MAGA 2.0—but it is with each other.  President Donald Trump picked a side in the party's burgeoning civil war Friday, praising his longtime foe, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Approves Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown  —  Where Things Stand  — Shutdown averted: The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure.
NPR:
Senate passes spending bill to avoid a government shutdown  —  The Senate has approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September.  The measure was approved largely along party lines, but an earlier procedural vote exposed deep divisions among Democrats.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Schumer Under Fire as Pelosi and Other Democrats Criticize Shutdown Retreat  —  Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and making a politically painful decision.  But the backlash from his party was intense.
CNN:
Democrats join with Republicans to advance House-passed government spending bill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
10 Democrats help Republicans advance GOP funding bill to avoid shutdown
Discussion: KRQE NEWS 13 and Mediaite
Axios:
Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown
Politico:   ‘Uniting anger’: Democrats fume over Schumer's handling of funding fight
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Inside House Dems' furious anti-Schumer movement
NBC News:
Senate passes GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘History will know that day because of what we did’: DOJ prosecutor who worked Jan. 6 cases resigns
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and The Guardian
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Here Are The Democrats Who Advanced A GOP Bill To Avoid A Government Shutdown
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Funding bill may grant Trump, Musk more control over federal spending
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
Jordan Green / Raw Story:
The head of Trump's antisemitism task force just re-posted two antisemitic X accounts  —  Leo Terrell, the Department of Justice lawyer who heads the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, has made multiple appearances on the network and other conservative outlets to unapologetically press …
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The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:
How The Trump Administration Is Weaponizing Antisemitism to Undermine Our Democracy
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
Trump calls his opponents ‘scum’ and lawbreakers in bellicose speech at Justice Department  —  For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence.  —  President Donald Trump on Friday walked into the Department of Justice …
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Liam Reilly / CNN:
Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech  —  President Donald Trump launched some of his harshest attacks yet on the media on Friday, using a speech at the Department of Justice to baselessly accuse outlets including CNN of illegal and corrupt behavior.
New York Times:
Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss  —  Experts have warned that the president's efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel.  —  President Trump on Friday opened a third attack against a private law firm …
Discussion: The Hill
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Essentially Expels South Africa's U.S. Ambassador  —  The secretary of state lashed out on social media over comments the ambassador reportedly made in Johannesburg that were critical of the Trump administration.  —  As he flew back from the Group of 7 allies meeting in Canada on Friday …
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide  —  The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.  —  Early on Friday, Elon Musk shared …
Discussion: USA Today
New York Times:
Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries  —  A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States.  —  The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Mooney / The Providence Journal:
She saw family in Lebanon.  Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation. … A Rhode Island doctor who traveled home to Lebanon to visit family was prevented by U.S. Customs officials from reentering the country on Thursday at Boston's Logan International Airport …
Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America:
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces  —  A new Media Matters analysis found 9 out of the 10 top online shows assessed are right-leaning … The 2024 presidential election has been dubbed the “podcast election” …
more at Mediagazer »
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Boehler withdraws nomination as special presidential envoy for hostages affairs  —  Adam Boehler, who oversaw unprecedented direct negotiations with Hamas on behalf of President Trump, has withdrawn his nomination for the position of special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, according to two White House officials.
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Kevin Drum, Influential Early Political Blogger, Dies at 66  —  Writing on his own and for Washington Monthly and Mother Jones, he earned a reputation as a serious policy thinker.  He also invented Friday cat blogging.  —  Kevin Drum, who gave up his day job in software marketing to write online …
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
US court allows Trump to enforce ban on DEI programs, for now  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a judge's ruling that had blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico, RedState and Reuters
Murray Brewster / CBC News:
Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister  —  Payment for first 16 aircraft already made  —  Canada is actively looking at potential alternatives to the U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighter and will hold conversations with rival aircraft makers …
Will Knight / Wired:
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models  —  A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”  —  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) …
more at Techmeme »
Will Stancil / Stancil Culture:
Crisis is the solution to the public attention problem  —  Liberals should not fear crisis in the Trump era.  They should understand it is their only tool against him.  —  The main paradox of modern American politics is that people are more connected to political news and information than ever before …
NBC News:
Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone  —  Canadians and Republicans alike are confounded as President Donald Trump increasingly links a trade war to his push to annex America's northern neighbor.  —  Eight years ago, President Donald Trump spoke about the U.S.-Canada relationship in glowing terms.
Discussion: CNBC
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children  —  Even as President Donald Trump and government-demolition czar Elon Musk appear to actively favor Russia's interests amid discussions of how to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has struck a studiously neutral posture.
Discussion: The i Paper
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Mace sued for defamation by man she accused of abuse in floor speech  —  The legal action seeks to carve out an exception from the speech or debate clause of the Constitution.  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is facing a defamation lawsuit filed by one of the four men she has publicly accused …
Scott Dance / Washington Post:
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution  —  The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
New York Times:
A Close Elon Musk Friend Joins His Effort on Social Security  —  The involvement of Antonio Gracias, an investor who has known Elon Musk for two decades, suggests that Mr. Musk has made overhauling the Social Security Administration a priority.  —  A private equity investor …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Ray Furlong / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Can Trump Do Anything To Make Putin Accept A Cease-Fire In Ukraine?
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
Dave Troy / America 2.0:
To Survive This, We Must Break the Fourth Wall
Sophie Carson / Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee-area woman deported to Laos though she's never been there, doesn't speak the language
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Why Is Gavin Newsom Seeking Common Ground With the Right?
Janice Yu / abc7NY:
20-year-old father accused of beating infant daughter to death
Discussion: Breitbart and The Post Millennial
Politico:
What court orders? Trump's moving full steam ahead to slash more federal workers
Discussion: NBC News, The Status Kuo and Salon
Phelim Kine / Politico:
Radio Free Asia set to lay off most US-based staff due to government funding freeze
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Wyden, Sanders blocked from attempt to pass stand-alone health package
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Federal judge considers blocking DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
Discussion: DNyuz and The Times-Tribune
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
David French: Trump Admits He's Violating the Constitution
Department of Homeland Security:
VIDEO: Columbia University Student Whose Visa Was Revoked for Supporting Hamas and Terrorist Activities Used CBP Home App to Self-Deport
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Voice of America ending contracts with Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse
U.S. Department of Education:
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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