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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Hamas accepts parts of Trump peace deal to end Gaza war, including release of hostages  —  Hamas said Friday it could accept parts of a Trump administration peace deal to end the war in Gaza, including the release of Israeli hostages living and dead.  —  First reported by The Associated Press …
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi / Reuters:
Israel strikes Gaza after Trump calls for end to bombardment
Associated Press:
Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas responds to peace plan
Reuters:
Hamas says it agrees to release all Israeli hostages under Trump Gaza plan
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
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Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Trump Goon Spills Bonkers Plan to Deploy 82nd Airborne to Blue City  —  SIGNALGATE 2.0  —  A senior White House aide's messages were shared with a newspaper after he used Signal in a crowded public place.  —  A senior White House official accidentally disclosed that the Trump administration …
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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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.
Washington Post:
Democrats' defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump  —  After eight months of getting battered by Republicans, the party has largely abandoned efforts at conciliation or outreach.  —  Just now  —  Democrats' defiant approach to the current government shutdown reflects …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Axios
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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.
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Reuters:
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies  — U.S. citizens and families caught up in raid targeting alleged gang members  — Trump administration intensifies immigration enforcement in Democratic cities  — Criticism over Border Patrol's aggressive tactics in Chicago
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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 …
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff  —  Jon Harrison, appointed in January, had been key to broad changes in military branch's policy and budgeting offices  —  Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, abruptly fired the navy chief of staff on Friday, removing an aide who had been key …
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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.
New York Times:
The Billionaire Behind Trump's Deal for Universities  —  The conservative ideas behind the Trump administration's “compact” for universities were developed in part by Marc Rowan, a wealthy financier who has sought to shape higher education.  —  The Trump administration shook higher education …
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Washington Post:
Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds  —  Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.  —  Just now  —  Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel's conduct …
Axios:
MAGA wages campaign to redefine “hate” after Kirk killing  —  MAGA activists have launched a crusade against two of the nation's most storied civil rights watchdogs, accusing them of smearing conservatives as extremists.  —  Why it matters: For decades, the Anti-Defamation League …
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for Venezuelans  —  The Trump administration has tried to end deportation protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants.  —  The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to lift protections …
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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, GovExec.com and Newsweek
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn
Discussion: Washington Post and Techdirt
Robert Tracinski / The UnPopulist:
Trump Hit Brazil With Punitive Tariffs for Prosecuting His Ally But Promised Argentina a $20 Billion Taxpayer Bailout to Help His Other Pal Win Election: An Executive Watch Roundup  —  Our early-October selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
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?
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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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
Reuters:
Did Trump's crime crackdown in Washington work?  It's complicated.  — Crime rates typically fluctuate - making it hard to gauge success of crackdown, experts say  — Washington was experiencing declining crime rates before the federal intervention  — Arrests rose by about 2% during …
Discussion: Fox News
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
The White House Can't Decide: Is the Shutdown Bad or Good?  —  Is it “fun” and an “unprecedented opportunity,” or is it “madness” that must end?  Depends who's talking.  —  The United States government has been shut down for nearly three days, but the Trump administration still seems at odds …
Jens Stoltenberg / The Guardian:
'I'm leaving,' Trump said.  'There's no reason to be here any more': inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink  —  Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump - and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse
 
 
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Democracy Now:
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David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
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