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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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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 …
Axios:
Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown  —  Ten Senate Democrats joined with the Republican majority in voting to move forward with a stopgap spending bill Friday — clearing the path to avoid a government shutdown.  —  Why it matters: Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
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.
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.
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.
Politico:
‘Uniting anger’: Democrats fume over Schumer's handling of funding fight
Discussion: Joy's House
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:   Inside the Democrats' new media strategy to reach voters and take on Trump
NPR:
Senate passes spending bill to avoid a government shutdown
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: UPI and Mediaite
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Ex-Democratic Leader Schumer
NBC News:
Senate passes GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University  —  The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the Ivy League school unless it cedes control …
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:
How The Trump Administration Is Weaponizing Antisemitism to Undermine Our Democracy
Discussion: New York Times and LifeSite
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
New York Times:
Trump Administration Expels South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.  —  President Trump's administration …
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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: World News and 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 …
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.
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 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 …
Tess Martinelli / Business Insider:
I was fired by DOGE after I moved across the country for a job with the VA. I've been laid off before, and it was nothing like this.  — Ben Gibson moved from Idaho to Washington, DC, to work with the US Department of Veterans Affairs.  — In five months, DOGE terminated his job along …
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: Politico, DNyuz, RedState and The Hill
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 …
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) …
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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.
Ray Furlong / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Can Trump Do Anything To Make Putin Accept A Cease-Fire In Ukraine?  —  While Ukraine has signed up to a US cease-fire plan, Russian President Vladimir Putin has equivocated — effectively saying “yes, but.”  —  Trump has said it would be “disappointing” if Putin doesn't sign up …
Discussion: Raw Story and Townhall
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 …
 
 
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America's Parent
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours
Discussion: Стр …
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?
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
 Earlier Items: 
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
Scott Dance / Washington Post:
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
New York Times:
A Close Elon Musk Friend Joins His Effort on Social Security
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
Discussion: Стр … and The i Paper
U.S. Department of Education:
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America:
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, set to close after WBD splits into two companies in Q3 2026

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person
 
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