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8:40 PM ET, September 29, 2025

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Axios:
Scoop: Schumer floats shutdown fix … He and Senate Democrats are also starting to think about how to get out of one.  — A 7-10 day spending bill would require unanimous consent in the Senate, which could put pressure on Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Republicans to abandon their plans for a seven-week bill.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
“Open mutiny”: Democrats angrily reject proposed shutdown fix
Discussion: The Hill
Semafor:
Washington hurtles toward a shutdown
Discussion: NOTUS and The Hill
Associated Press:
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:   Democrats Should Do the Honorable Thing and Refuse to Fund an Authoritarian Administration
CNBC:
'We're headed to a shutdown,' Vance says after Trump meeting with leaders ends
Detroit Free Press:
Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said  —  Andrea May Sahouri Clara HendricksonDetroit Free Press  —  This story has been updated with additional information.  —  When Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns heard that someone shot churchgoers …
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Iona Cleave / Telegraph:
Mormon church gunman was Marine ‘who supported Trump’  —  Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, killed by police after ramming truck into Michigan church and opening fire on worshippers  —  The gunman who rammed his truck into a Mormon church and opened fire on worshippers was an Iraq war veteran who had previously shown support for Donald Trump.
Discussion: USA Today, Townhall and CBS News
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Karoline Leavitt Says MAGA Shooter Just Hated Mormons  —  SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS  —  Trump's press secretary made the claim as officials continue to probe the motive.  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed on Monday that the Mormon church shooter “hated” members of the faith.
USA Today:
What we know about Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Michigan church shooting suspect
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Pete's ‘Manic’ Meltdowns Exposed by Aides  —  PRESSURE COOKIER  —  The former Fox News host is reportedly spiraling out of control.  —  Pete Hegseth is crumbling under the pressure of leading the Pentagon.  —  The defense secretary—who prefers the moniker “Secretary of War” …
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been returned to duty …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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New York Times:
'I'm From Here!':  U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump's Dragnet  —  As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens.  —  U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody …
Brad Heath / Reuters:
Exclusive: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump  —  Google subsidiary is the last of three Big Tech companies to resolve personal litigation Trump filed against social-media platforms  —  WASHINGTON—YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit …
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CNN:
YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump lawsuit
MSNBC:
How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting  —  A former associate of Trump's border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail.  —  Tom Homan, the White House border czar, became entangled in an FBI sting last year …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
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Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:   Bombshell Report Says Tom Homan Investigation Began After ICE Colleague Bragged He Was For Sale
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump and Netanyahu agree on a plan to end Gaza war and await Hamas to accept terms  —  Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war and establishing a postwar governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory.  —  EDITED BY CURTIS YEE …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Trump would head Gaza ‘board of peace’ in new postwar plan
Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
READ IN FULL: Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza
CBS News:
Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck  —  The Village of Broadview said they've launched a criminal investigation after a CBS News Chicago reporter had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent late Sunday morning.
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Washington Post:
Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth's new Pentagon strategy  —  The critiques from multiple top officers, including chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, come as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities.  —  Just now
pbump:
How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left  —  It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration.  This is not really contestable and rarely seriously contested.
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI's New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out  —  Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week  —  OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyright material unless …
Perry Bacon / New Republic:
With Portland, Trump's Police State Is Getting Bigger and More Radical  —  Add Portland and Memphis to a list that already includes cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston and individuals like Mahmoud Khalil, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Rümeysa Öztürk.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats  —  Exclusive: Miller's homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say  —  Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in directing US strikes …
Discussion: New Republic and Salon
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New York Times:   Top Trump Aides Push for Ousting Maduro From Power in Venezuela
New York Times:
Americans' Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.  —  Nearly two years into the war in Gaza …
Dan Zaksheske / OutKick:
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Finebaum ‘Considering’ Leaving ESPN To Pursue U.S. Senate Seat As A Republican  —  SEC Network host and analyst Paul Finebaum says he is “considering” leaving ESPN to run for the U.S. Senate.  And he would run on the republican ticket.  —  In an exclusive interview …
Associated Press:
Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout  —  Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $52.5 billion in what could become the largest buyout ever funded by private equity firms.
Robert Reich:
Again: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's growing dementia?  —  Over the weekend, on his Truth Social, Trump shared a video purporting to be a segment on Fox News — it wasn't — in which an AI-generated, deepfaked version of himself sat in the White House and promised that …
New Republic:
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President.  These Brutal New Polls Confirm It.  —  What if we told you that Donald Trump is a really unpopular president?  Would that surprise you?  It's not something you hear much in the media.  Yet in recent days new polls from the Associated Press, Gallup …
Discussion: Gizmodo and LGBTQ Nation
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The ADL Defended Elon Musk's ‘Awkward Gesture.’ Now He Calls It a Hate Group  —  “The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is a hate group,” Musk tweeted Sunday.  —  READING TIME 4 MINUTES  —  Read Later Read Later  —  When Elon Musk gave two Nazi-style salutes the day President Donald Trump …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire  —  A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary  —  Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced …
Laura Rodríguez Presa / Chicago Tribune:
Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O'Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’  —  Dasha Ramirez, 8, and her little brother were playing with the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago's Millennium Park when federal agents approached their parents on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Tom Tugendhat / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's latest power grab points in a clear direction  —  His SpaceX deal could fundamentally alter the relationship between a state and its citizens.  —  Tom Tugendhat is a Conservative member of Parliament in Britain and a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute.
David Swindle / Algemeiner.com:
X Acted on Just 12% of Top Antisemitic Conspiracy Posts, Study Finds  —  A new year-long study released on Monday by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) reveals the extent to which X has allowed an epidemic of antisemitic invective …
Discussion: CNN and Jewish Insider
 
 
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Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. He just pled guilty to child porn charges.
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Is Named as Next Super Bowl Headliner
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Is Trump keeping all his promises? This MAGA couple doesn't think so.
Discussion: Raw Story
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