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8:20 AM ET, October 4, 2025

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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
Nidal Al-Mughrabi / Reuters:
Israel strikes Gaza after Trump calls for end to bombardment
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Fox Business and RedState
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin  —  The coin, bearing President Trump's face, would honor the 250th birthday of the United States.  —  The Treasury Department is developing a one-dollar commemorative coin in celebration of the nation's 250th birthday bearing the image of President Trump.
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and WBUR
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Daniel Klaidman / CBS News:
The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say  —  The FBI is considering carrying out a “showy” arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, and has suspended an agent who refused to participate in the plan …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Senate Republicans for Government Shutdown  —  In a social media post, the far-right Georgia congresswoman called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, lowering the threshold on future legislation to a simple majority.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
Democrats' defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump
Discussion: Axios
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Three key Democratic senators to watch in the government shutdown standoff
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Times Now
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House will stay out of session next week as Senate works to solve shutdown
Discussion: New Jersey Globe
Andy Mannix / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show  —  A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
Discussion: Mediaite
David Cole / The New York Review of Books:
Getting Away with Murder  —  During his first presidential campaign Donald Trump famously claimed that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and not lose any voters.  At the time it felt like an empty boast.  No more.  Between September 2 and September 19 the US military …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says
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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.
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Associated Press:
Portland braces for federal troops as protests escalate and a conservative influencer is arrested
NBC News:
Lawsuit filed over the Education Department's manipulation of employees' email messages  —  NBC News reported that Education Department employees found their nonpartisan out-of-office messages were automatically changed to ones criticizing Democrats for the shutdown.
Discussion: The Hill
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn
Discussion: Washington Post
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Tim Darnell / Atlanta News First:   Atlanta Spanish-language journalist deported
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Trump is finally ready to talk about Project 2025  —  They're questions that could be asked of any number of President Donald Trump's social media posts:  —  Was he telling the truth before?  —  Did he just not understand that thing that he said earlier?  —  Is he just trolling all of us?
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
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.
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US Department of Justice:
Nicholas Roske Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Attempted Murder of Supreme Court Justice in Maryland
ABC7:
Chicago alderperson says federal agents handcuffed her at Humboldt Park medical facility  —  Video shows tear gas deployed across Chicago; Gov. Pritzker calls for investigation into South Shore raid  —  A Chicago alderperson said federal immigration agents handcuffed her …
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.
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes  —  The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.  —  The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts
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.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low  —  Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.
Discussion: Reuters
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
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
The White House Can't Decide: Is the Shutdown Bad or Good?
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal cuts, support health care and food assistance
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
Kennedy's Ties to Ally Leading Vaccine Lawsuits Raise Ethical Concerns
The Barbed Wire:
Bari Weiss Doesn't Want You to Read This
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The Guardian:
Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape
Audrey Fahlberg / National Review:
Dem AG Nominee Jay Jones Fantasized About Shooting Former Virginia GOP Speaker: ‘He Receives Both Bullets’