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Reuters:
Hamas says it agrees to release all Israeli hostages under Trump Gaza plan — Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza proposal, and signalled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.
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Associated Press:
Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Live Updates: Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Hostages in Gaza — The militant group responded to a proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza. — Here's the latest. — Hamas said on Friday night that it had agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Hamas accepts parts of Trump peace deal to end Gaza war, including release of hostages
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Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Hamas agrees to release remaining hostages dead or alive as part of Trump deal
Hamas agrees to release remaining hostages dead or alive as part of Trump deal
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to peace deal with Israel
Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to peace deal with Israel
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Chris Thompson / Defector:
Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness — The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Treasury …
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin … The Treasury Department is considering producing a one-dollar coin featuring President Donald Trump to commemorate the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence next year, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Treasury weighs minting $1 coin with Trump's face for U.S. 250th anniversary
Treasury weighs minting $1 coin with Trump's face for U.S. 250th anniversary
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House will stay out of session next week as Senate works to solve shutdown — The House won't return to session next week as Speaker Mike Johnson had previously indicated, according to a notice made during Friday's pro forma session. The move came after the Senate voted a fourth time Friday …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Senate Republicans for Government Shutdown
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Mike Johnson May Not Bring the House Back Until Senate Passes Short-Term Funding Bill
Mike Johnson May Not Bring the House Back Until Senate Passes Short-Term Funding Bill
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP cancels more votes in escalation of shutdown strategy
House GOP cancels more votes in escalation of shutdown strategy
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Portland.gov:
Suspects Arrested for Fighting at ICE Protest Identified — The three people that were arrested for fighting at the ICE protest Thursday evening are being identified. — PPB was monitoring the protest during the evening and observed some protest participants engaging in fights.
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David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
DOJ orders investigation into ‘wrongful arrest’ of conservative influencer Nick Sortor in Portland — The Justice Department has ordered an investigation into Portland, Oregon, police over the arrest of Nick Sortor late Thursday, the conservative influencer announced Friday morning.
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
'It's not a good place right now': CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom — EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday - feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.
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Washington Post:
Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News — Paramount Skydance will acquire the journalist's publication, the Free Press, which she started after quitting the New York Times in 2020. — The newly formed media giant Paramount Skydance will acquire the Free Press, an online publication …
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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say — An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a “perp walk” of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month, four people briefed on the matter said on Friday.
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’ — Both Google and Apple recently removed Red Dot, an app people can use to report sightings of ICE officials, from their respective app stores, 404 Media has found. The move comes after Apple removed ICEBlock …
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
DOJ Demands Removal Of ICEBlock App; Why Are The ‘Free Speech Warriors’ Suddenly So Quiet?
DOJ Demands Removal Of ICEBlock App; Why Are The ‘Free Speech Warriors’ Suddenly So Quiet?
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts — Gov. Kathy Hochul had described the cuts, which would have devastated New York's intelligence and counterterrorism operations, as “utterly shocking.” — The White House will restore $187 million in cuts …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says — It was the fourth strike in the Trump administration's legally disputed campaign targeting suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea. — The U.S. military killed four men aboard a boat in international waters near Venezuela …
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Matthew Adams / Stars & Stripes:
US strikes ‘narco-trafficking vessel’ off coast of Venezuela, killing 4, Hegseth says
US strikes ‘narco-trafficking vessel’ off coast of Venezuela, killing 4, Hegseth says
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected immigration status for thousands of Venezuelans — The Trump administration is trying to revoke a Biden-era policy has extended protections to thousands of Venezuelans. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the Trump administration …
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for Venezuelans
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants
Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants
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Democracy Now:
“Attack on Free Speech”: Journalist Mario Guevara Deported After Covering Anti-Trump Protest — UPDATE: Mario Guevara was deported from the United States early on October 3, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. — The Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara may be deported …
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Tim Darnell / Atlanta News First:
Atlanta Spanish-language journalist deported
Slate:
MAGA's Top “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn't Live There. — This article is a joint production of Slate and the Handbasket. — Jack Posobiec is very concerned about voter fraud. An influential MAGA voice and prominent conspiracy theorist, he's perhaps best known …
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Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:
BREAKING: Kash Patel's FBI Cuts All Ties to Southern Poverty Law Center — FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The FBI has confirmed that it severed all ties to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far-left activist group that puts conservatives and Christians on a “hate map” along with Ku Klux Klan chapters.
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center after MAGA push
FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center after MAGA push
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Politico:
Hegseth fires top Navy official … Harrison declined to comment. — The Navy secretary's chief of staff has traditionally been a behind-the-scenes job, the senior aide who keeps everything moving smoothly. But Harrison, a Trump administration appointee who joined the service in January, had a rare level of power.
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Michael Kaplan / CBS News:
RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired a top official with the National Institutes of Health who blew the whistle on internal clashes over vaccine research in the early months of the Trump administration.
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint
RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint
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Audrey Fahlberg / National Review:
Dem AG Nominee Jay Jones Fantasized About Shooting Former Virginia GOP Speaker: ‘He Receives Both Bullets’ — On August 8, 2022, a Republican state legislator received a disturbing string of early-morning text messages from a former colleague, Jay Jones, this year's Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general.
Dell Cameron / Wired:
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team — Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation. — United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
‘F***ing Dumbass’: Trump Officials Want Howard Lutnick Sidelined After Epstein Comments — The Trump administration claims Jeffrey Epstein didn't blackmail anyone. His commerce secretary just called Epstein ‘the greatest blackmailer ever.’ — ∙ Paid
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Welcome to the Era of “Kavanaugh Raids” — ICE crosses another big, important line. … Welcome to the era of what history will remember someday as the Kavanaugh Raids. Earlier this week, DHS surrounded and raided an entire apartment building in Chicago and then posted a Gotham …
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