Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon  —  A federal judge Sunday night issued a new broader order barring any National Guard members from being relocated from any state for federal service in the state of Oregon.

SLED investigating fire at SC circuit judge's Edisto home, 3 injured  —  EDISTO ISLAND — The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating a fire that started the morning of Oct. 4 at Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein's Edisto Beach home off Planters Retreat in the Jeremy Cay Community.

Shutdown threatens to drag on for days as positions harden … Democrats are insisting they will not vote to reopen the government without some kind of an agreement around soon-to-expire health insurance subsidies impacting more than 20 million Americans, and party leaders have been emboldened …

The Supreme Court will evaluate Trump's expansive claims of presidential power in its new term  —  The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with a sharp focus on President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive power.  Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda.

Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for US Senate in Texas, defying GOP leaders to take on Cornyn and Paxton  —  Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary campaign.

Supreme Court rejects Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal of her criminal conviction  —  Maxwell was convicted for her role in recruiting and grooming girls who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's challenge …

French PM resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos  —  France's new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis …

How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens  —  Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.  After they arrived at 7500 S. South Shore Drive, agents from Border Patrol …

Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark  —  The News  —  A high-profile columnist who left The Washington Post amid the paper's ongoing editorial upheaval is joining a growing anti-Trump digital news startup.  —  Former Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell …

Social Security chief to be IRS CEO  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has appointed Frank Bisignano, who runs the Social Security Administration, to also head up the Internal Revenue Service as its first ever chief executive officer … - The IRS and SSA are facing staffing challenges this year …

Will the Democrats Become the Party of Free Trade?  —  Another partisan reversal on trade presents itself.  —  The hard-working staff here at Drezner's World has made no secret of i ts distaste for protectionism — and using the guise of national security to promote protectionism.

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline … People over Papers, a crowd-sourcing project that maps sightings of immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built.  It's just the latest ICE-tracking initiative …

Trump's DC takeover is working — in fact, it has already worked  —  President Trump's action this summer asserting federal control of the District of Columbia police force was a bold and necessary step toward confronting the rampant crime that has plagued our nation's capital for years.

The Future of The Free Press  —  We've sent more than 4,000 emails since we started The Free Press five years ago.  This one is different.  —  We're a news organization, so I'll get right to it: This morning, The Free Press is joining Paramount.  —  This move is a testament to many things …