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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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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Explaining the G.O.P.'s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown — Republicans have been falsely asserting that Democrats are shutting down the government to fund free health care for unauthorized immigrants. — With Congress at an impasse over federal spending …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Washington hurtles toward a shutdown — The News — Washington is still on the same course it was taking before Monday's big White House meeting: headed straight into a government shutdown at midnight on Wednesday. — The first sit-down between President Donald Trump and congressional leaders …
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The Hill
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Trump, Democrats leave meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown — Congressional leaders on Monday left a White House meeting with President Trump without a deal to avoid a government shutdown before government funding lapses in a little more than 24 hours.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump posts vulgar deepfake slam of Democratic leaders after White House meeting
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Associated Press:
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
Andrew Solender / Axios:
“Open mutiny”: Democrats angrily reject proposed shutdown fix
“Open mutiny”: Democrats angrily reject proposed shutdown fix
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Politico:
Jeffries privately rallies House Dems ahead of shutdown deadline
Jeffries privately rallies House Dems ahead of shutdown deadline
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Punchbowl News, Fox News, NPR and Al Jazeera
Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:
Democrats Should Do the Honorable Thing and Refuse to Fund an Authoritarian Administration
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Trump, GOP leaders are ‘divided’ over health insurance subsidies in funding bill
Schumer: Trump, GOP leaders are ‘divided’ over health insurance subsidies in funding bill
Amelia Benavides-Colón / NOTUS:
Shutdown Appears Inevitable After White House Meeting Ends Without a Deal
Shutdown Appears Inevitable After White House Meeting Ends Without a Deal
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PoliticusUSA, Michigan Advance and Newsweek
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” …
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Daily Mail 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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YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump lawsuit — Goodbye to the $7,500 EV tax credit. What's that mean for EV prices? — Government shutdowns usually don't hurt the economy. This time could be different — Hot Stocks — New York — YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million …
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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 …
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The Times of Israel
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New York Times:
Trump and Netanyahu Tell Hamas to Accept Their Peace Plan, or Else — President Trump said Israel would have a green light to “finish the job” if Hamas refused to agree to the cease-fire deal. — President Trump on Monday cast his plan for a cease-fire in Gaza as a landmark deal to bring peace …
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump and Netanyahu agree on a plan to end Gaza war and await Hamas to accept terms
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Trump would head Gaza ‘board of peace’ in new postwar plan
Trump would head Gaza ‘board of peace’ in new postwar plan
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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.
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Mack Liederman / Block Club Chicago:
ICE Fires Chemical Weapon At TV Reporter In Broadview; ‘Unprovoked’ Attack Under Investigation
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Chicago Tribune, ABC7, Chicago Sun Times and CBS News
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
JB Pritzker Demands Americans Call Trump Exactly What He Is — Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker once again used his bully pulpit to rebuke President Trump after federal agents marched through downtown Chicago, kidnapped people, shot a pepper ball (essentially a paintball full of pepper spray) …
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Chicago Tribune:
Pritzker: Feds seeking to deploy military to Illinois to protect ICE agents
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Perry Bacon / New Republic:
With Portland, Trump's Police State Is Getting Bigger and More Radical
With Portland, Trump's Police State Is Getting Bigger and More Radical
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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 …
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Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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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 …
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Wired, more at Mediagazer »
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
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 …
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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
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Opens New Front to Strip Harvard of Federal Funding — The government is starting a process that could make the university ineligible for future funding — The Trump administration is escalating its fight with Harvard University by starting a process …
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
HHS seeks to ban Harvard from federal funding in civil rights case
HHS seeks to ban Harvard from federal funding in civil rights case
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The Hill
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 …
Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Lally Weymouth, Post journalist from storied Graham family, dies at 82 — She interviewed world leaders for The Post's Opinions section, maintaining a longtime connection to the paper that was once run by her mother, Katharine Graham. — Lally Weymouth, a roving journalist and high-society fixture …
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New York Times:
Top Trump Aides Push for Ousting Maduro From Power in Venezuela — An opposition movement whose figures have met with U.S. officials says it is communicating with Washington on plans to dismantle Nicolás Maduro's “criminal structure.” — The push by top aides to President Trump …
New York Times:
U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say — The deportation flight to Iran is the most stark push yet by the Trump administration to deport migrants even to places with harsh human rights conditions. — The Trump administration is deporting a planeload …
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Reuters
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge suspends Trump administration's plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs — A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration's plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded …
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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.
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 …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
US will not enforce Biden wheelchair passenger protection rule — The U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday that it will not enforce key provisions of a rule issued in December by former President Joe Biden's administration that requires new consumer protections for disabled passengers using wheelchairs.
Ken Klippenstein / Latest - Truthout:
National Security Directive Declares War on Those Who Don't Support Trump Agenda — The directive labels common beliefs such as “anti-capitalist” opinions as terrorism “indicators.” … With the mainstream media distracted by the made-for-TV drama of James Comey's indictment …
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Ken Klippenstein

