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1:25 PM ET, September 30, 2025

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New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  Here's the latest.  —  President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned more than 800 of the country's top brass to a military base in Virginia on Tuesday to voice a familiar litany of culture war talking points and criticize a military that they complained …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Refers to Racial Slur During Address to the Military  —  “There are two n-words, and you can't use either of them,” the president said, after saying the word nuclear was not one to “throw around.”  —  President Trump referred to the use of a racial slur during a speech to top military leaders …
Discussion: New Republic and Not the Bee
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump suggests using ‘dangerous’ US cities as ‘training grounds’ for military  —  President Trump on Tuesday told a gathering of military leaders they should use American cities as “training grounds” and described a federal crackdown on crime in major cities as “a war from within.”
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
NPR:
Trump, Hegseth to headline a highly unusual gathering of top military officials  —  President Trump defended the use of U.S. troops in American cities and told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against the “enemy within.”  —  “This is going to be a big thing for the people in this room …
Washington Post:
Trump defends using troops to police U.S. cities in address to military leaders  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the administration's use of the military to police U.S. cities, decrying “the enemy within” and citing presidents early in the country's history who “used the armed forces to keep domestic order and peace.”
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Hegseth Summoned Military Leaders to Say “FAFO” in Disturbing Speech  —  The leader of America's armed forces risked U.S. national security Tuesday in order to taunt the Trump administration's perceived foreign enemies.  —  Speaking to the country's top military commanders during …
Washington Post:
Trump tells a roomful of silent generals to join a ‘war from within’  —  The president delivered an unusually meandering speech to an unprecedented gathering of the nation's top military leaders  —  President Donald Trump delivered a meandering address to an unprecedented gathering …
Associated Press:
Trump and Hegseth declare an end to ‘politically correct’ leadership in the US military
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Hegseth declares war on ‘fat’ generals, troops
Washington Post:
Government shutdown set to begin overnight as Congress hits impasse  —  The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on extending government funding.  If the measure fails, a shutdown would start early Wednesday.  —  just now  —  The federal government is on track to shut down just after midnight Wednesday …
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Dasha Burns / Politico:
What Trump told POLITICO about the impending government shutdown … There was no breakthrough and both sides seemed resigned to a funding lapse after midnight Oct. 1.  —  Democratic leaders are pushing for an extension of soon-to-expire health insurance subsidies, which the Trump administration …
New York Times:
After Volatile Summer, Trump's Approval Remains Low but Stable, Poll Finds  —  A new Times/Siena survey shows the president retaining the support of nine out of 10 G.O.P. voters, even as the government races toward a shutdown on Wednesday.  —  President Trump's efforts to send National Guard troops …
The Atlantic:
Trump's Grand Plan for a Government Shutdown  —  During the first eight months of his second presidency, Donald Trump has tried to hollow out the federal workforce by any means possible, including paying more than 200,000 people not to work, disassembling entire agencies via the Department …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Government website blasts ‘Radical Left’ for the shutdown
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump posts vulgar deepfake slam of Democratic leaders after White House meeting
Politico:
Playbook: Shutdown blame game
Kit Maher / CNN:
Trump posts racist, AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries ahead of looming government shutdown
Wall Street Journal:
White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer  —  President Trump is expected to unveil the measures Tuesday; Pfizer's CEO expected to attend  —  WASHINGTON—The White House is planning to unveil a direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs …
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Seth Simons / The Guardian:
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: 'They're paying me enough to look the other way'  —  Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government's human rights abuses  —  Billed as “the biggest comedy festival in the world” …
Discussion: NBC News, Daily Mail and Vanity Fair
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump gives Hamas ‘3 or 4 days’ to agree to White House proposal or face a ‘sad end’ … President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would give Hamas “three or four days” to respond to his proposal to end the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza.  —  The president released a 20-point plan Monday during …
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Haley Ott / CBS News:
Hamas leaning toward accepting Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan quickly, source tells CBS News
Nicole Hemmer / New York Times:
The Right Didn't Catch Cancel Culture From the Left  —  When Vice President JD Vance sat down to host an episode of Charlie Kirk's podcast days after the conservative activist's assassination, he came with a directive.  “When you see someone celebrating Charlie's murder, call them out,” he said.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
“It's a war from within.”  —  If you were expecting Triumph of the Will, you were disappointed because what you got instead was fat, disoriented Elvis stumbling through his set.  Except that it wasn't funny.  It was dangerous.  —  I promise you that the flag officers in attendance were more alarmed than amused.
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Florida Hands Over Prime Miami Property for Trump Library  —  President Trump has not revealed any concrete plans for a future library, but his son and others have been scouting possible sites in South Florida for months.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top elected Republican state officials donated …
Paul Krugman:
Fossil Fuels and Fossilized Minds  —  What's driving the doomed attempt to revive coal?  —  I've just gotten back from the Netherlands, which is famous for its picturesque windmills.  But wind power in Holland is more than a historical curiosity.  There are also modern wind turbines almost everywhere you look, both onshore and off.
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Republicans decry White House moves to defund oversight activities  —  Top Senate Republicans are calling on the White House to reverse course in its plans to withhold funding for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency — a key government entity charged with overseeing watchdogs across the executive branch.
Discussion: Washington Post
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Admits He Struggles Descending Stairs  —  GOING DOWN!  —  The president's rare admission came during a meandering speech to top military leaders.  —  President Donald Trump has made a rare admission about one of the potential dangers of his job: falling down stairs.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Politico:
‘There could very well be consequences’: Trump's team pressures wary GOP lawmakers to draw new maps … “The base is onto this.  If you are a Republican perceived to be in the way of Republicans, there could very well be consequences,” said the national Republican official …
American Prospect:
The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months  —  Today is the day we stop pretending that it's not.  —  Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, speaks alongside, from left, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and Vice President JD Vance …
Discussion: Politico and UPI
Financial Times:
How Jared Kushner brokered the $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts  —  Trump's son-in-law used deep ties in Saudi Arabia to help pull off the largest buyout  —  Antoine Gara, James Fontanella-Khan and Oliver Barnes in New York, Arash Massoudi and Ivan Levingston in London
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Get ready for the next big bailout  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🚜 Subscribe to PN 🚜  —  When the Great Recession hit in 2008 and Americans stopped buying cars, it soon became clear that the auto companies might well go out of business.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 
 
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