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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
After mechanical challenges, UN says Trump's team to blame for nonworking escalator and teleprompter  —  President Trump's visit to the U.N. got off to a shaky start when an escalator stopped right after he got on it.  A U.N. official said the U.N. understands someone from the president's party ran ahead …
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Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Trump's U.N. speech was mortifying for America  —  The president's address to the United Nations put the dire state of our democracy in a terrible new light.  —  In President Donald Trump's first speech to the United Nations General Assembly in 2017, he casually threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea.
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Turns Out Trump's Own Team Messed Up U.N. Escalator and Teleprompter
New Republic:
Trump's Angry, Unhinged Tirades at U.N. Rattle Experts: “Really Crazy”
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Dem's Victory Sets the Stage for Trump's Epstein Files Nightmare  —  WINTER IS COMING  —  Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva won her late father's seat in the House of Representatives.  —  A Democrat easily won a special election for an open House seat in Arizona, giving a bipartisan group …
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Politico:
Playbook: Jimmy Kimmel hits back  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  Good Wednesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Get in touch.  —  LAST NIGHT'S TV: An unbowed Jimmy Kimmel took aim at President Donald Trump and FCC Chair Brendan Carr last night in a blistering, emotional return to ABC.
The Hill:
GOP hopes to make potential shutdown as painful for Dems as possible
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
The World's Brittlest Ego Meets the Globe's Biggest Stage
Discussion: Raw Story and NPR
Jordain Carney / Politico:
The top Senate leaders aren't talking. That's a bad sign for a shutdown.
Discussion: Wake Up To Politics and Raw Story
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:   Schumer's leadership is increasingly toxic among Senate candidates
Owen Auston-Babcock / NBC News:
Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for her late father's House seat in Arizona
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth:
LIVE UPDATES |  Dallas ICE Shooting: Sniper dead after shooting 3 ICE detainees  — A sniper reportedly shot three ICE detainees in Dallas early Wednesday morning.  At least one of those victims has died.  — The shooting happened just after 6:30 a.m. at the Dallas ICE facility on North Stemmons Freeway.
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Associated Press:
3 people shot at immigration detention facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead, official says  —  Three people have been shot at an Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency's director said.
Josephine Walker / Axios:
ICE shooting sparks partisan blame game before facts confirmed
Discussion: Straight Arrow News and Mediaite
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Two Days Ago, the ICE Detachment in Dallas Detained a ‘Beloved Muslim Community Leader’
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
CNN:
1 dead, 2 others hospitalized after shooting at Dallas ICE facility, police say
NBC News:
2 dead after shooting at ICE facility, ICE spokesperson said
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump slams Kimmel's return: “We're going to test ABC out on this”  —  President Trump claimed Tuesday night that ABC told White House officials that Jimmy Kimmel's show had been canceled over his comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. … Let's see how we do.
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Financial Times:
US in talks with Argentina over $20bn swap line  —  Proposed Trump administration support for Javier Milei would boost flagging Argentine assets  —  Ciara Nugent in Buenos Aires, Claire Jones in Washington and Joseph Cotterill in London  —  US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington …
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Bloomberg:
US Readies $20 Billion Rescue to Help Milei Win in Argentina  —  The US plans to extend a $20 billion swap line to Argentina and is ready to buy the country's foreign bonds, providing much-needed financial support to President Javier Milei as he tries to regain investor confidence and stem a run on the peso.
Washington Post:
After Trump targets H-1B visas, can India lure back skilled workers?  —  Indian leaders say the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas could be a boon for domestic industry.  Others say the country will struggle to absorb more skilled workers.  —  NEW DELHI — President Donald Trump's decision …
Discussion: Reuters, The Hill and Fortune
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Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
The Race Back to America for a Plane Full of H-1B Workers
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The Trump Murder Policy  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌎 Subscribe to PN 🌎  —  During his unhinged rant to the United Nations yesterday, Donald Trump tried to turn his lawless attacks on purported “drug boats” in the southern Caribbean into a punchline of sorts.
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Daniel Maurer / Just Security:   US Servicemembers' Exposure to Criminal Liability for Lethal Strikes on Narcoterrorists
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James Gallagher / BBC:
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time  —  One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases - Huntington's - has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors.  —  The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of dementia …
Discussion: STAT
Associated Press:
Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE  —  Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.  —  The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces …
Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist  —  During appearances, the billionaire has offered his analysis on technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end times  —  Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor in data, AI, defense and weapons development technology companies …
New York Times:
Why Obamacare Bills May Double Next Year … Earlier this month, Julie Morringello, an artist in rural Maine, received a notice that her health care premiums could nearly double next year.  —  She now pays $460 a month for her Obamacare plan, but that amount is contingent on government subsidies …
Discussion: Politico, Fortune and NBC News
Eric Vilas-Boas / Vulture:
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule  —  The latest series debut from Apple TV+ has been put on ice.  The Savant, a buzzy new Jessica Chastain-led thriller which features themes and storylines that echo recent politically sensitive real-life events, was originally set to premiere this Friday …
Andrew Howard / Politico:
‘They assassinated Charlie Kirk’: New campaign ads reference the Turning Point leader's killing … “They took a shot at President Trump.  They assassinated Charlie Kirk, and they crushed working families with inflation,” said an ad for Gino Bulso, a candidate for the upcoming special election in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
“Own goal”: How Gabbard damaged the Trump admin's probe into ex-spy chief  —  The Justice Department's criminal probe of ex-spy chief John Brennan hit a big roadblock after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard withdrew the security clearances of potential witnesses who could have testified …
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
Ukrainians Are Grateful but Skeptical After Trump's Turnabout on the War  —  Whereas he once pressed Ukraine to take any deal, President Trump said he now believed that the country could win.  Some Ukrainians seemed not to take his position seriously.  —  In the long and grueling war in Ukraine …
 
 
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Richard D. Kahlenberg / Washington Monthly:
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Variety:
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