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.

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.

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after Trump administration says they threaten officers  —  Following a request from the US Department of Justice, Apple has removed ICEBlock and similar apps that allow people to alert others nearby about sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Catherine Cortez Masto draws Democratic ire amid shutdown fight  —  She defended her vote to keep the government open as responsible governance … Nevada's federal workers told Cortez Masto that they wanted to keep the government open.  Saavedra told POLITICO that furloughing the state's …

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 …

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 …

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 …

RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint  —  Jeanne Marrazzo's complaint reportedly involved the Trump administration's hostility toward vaccines  —  The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has fired a top scientist at the National Institutes of Health …

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.

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 …

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.

Transcript: Chris Murphy's Dark and Unnerving New Warning about Trump  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 3 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is the Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

Kavanaugh's attempted assassin sentenced to 8 years in prison  —  GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge handed down a just more than eight year prison sentence Friday for the person who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in 2022, far less than prosecutors' request of at least 30 years.

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.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid.  Here's What Never Arrived.  —  ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration's cuts.

“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 …