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4:30 PM ET, October 7, 2025

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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay  —  Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.
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GovExec.com:
OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance  —  The Office of Management and Budget on Friday quietly revised a shutdown guidance document to remove references to a law passed in 2019 to guarantee that all federal workers are provided backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.
NBC News:   White House looks for a loophole in the law that ensures federal workers get paid after a shutdown
Brett Samuels / The Hill:   Trump says backpay for furloughed workers 'depends on who we're talking about'
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest - using photos of South America  —  A federal judge had blocked Trump's request to deploy California national guard to Portland  —  Before a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting members of California's national guard on the streets of Portland …
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NPR:
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained  —  President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities such as Portland, Ore., and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Reuters:
Trump's threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities
Josephine Walker / Axios:
“Insurrectionists”: Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration
Chicago Tribune:
Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area
Associated Press:
National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Democrats are winning the shutdown  —  🎉 It's PN's fourth anniversary and we're commemorating it this week by offering paid subscriptions at a special discounted price.  Click the button below to take advantage and support our work ⬇️  —  🥳 PN anniversary special offer 🥳
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Supreme Court's Dastardly Plan Makes Court Reform Obligatory
Discussion: twitchy.com
River Page / The Free Press:
The Shutdown Is a Meme War
Discussion: The Atlantic
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court weighs challenge to bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids  —  Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist in Colorado, argues that the state's ban violates her rights under the Constitution's First Amendment.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday considers …
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
The Supreme Court upheld a ban on transgender care for minors during the last term.  —  Colorado and over 20 other states have banned the practice aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people.  —  Video  —  Here's the latest.
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court's conservative majority prepared to rule against conversion therapy ban
NBC News:
Airport delays hit second day amid government shutdown  —  Staffing shortages have already caused delays at airports in Denver; Burbank, California; and Newark, New Jersey.  —  Flight delays across the United States stretched into a second day Tuesday as the Federal Aviation Administration braced …
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Republican leaders clash on emergency troop pay vote  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said the House could come back to pass emergency legislation to pay troops during the government shutdown.  Senate Majority Leader John Thune wasn't willing to go there.  The unusual tactical disagreement between …
Discussion: NOTUS
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Mike Johnson brushes off Marjorie Taylor Greene's health care attack
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Bondi tells Schiff he should ‘apologize’ for impeaching Trump  —  Just weeks weeks after Sen. Adam Schiff was called a “buffoon” and a “fraud” by FBI Director Kash Patel during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, the California Democrat was similarly pilloried Tuesday by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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April Rubin / Axios:
Bondi dodges senators' questions on Comey, Epstein probes
Washington Post:
Six surgeons general: It's our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.  —  We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them.  We're doing that again today.  —  The writers are all former U.S. surgeons general.  —  As former U.S. surgeons general appointed by every Republican …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
“Unprecedented threat”: Six former surgeons general sound alarm on RFK Jr.
Discussion: MSNBC
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sen. Josh Hawley falsely says FBI ‘tapped’ senators' phones during Jack Smith probe  —  Sen. Josh Hawley falsely claimed Tuesday that newly disclosed records revealed that the FBI “tapped” the phones of eight sitting U.S. senators during special counsel Jack Smith's investigation …
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Associated Press:
FBI Analyzed Phone Records Of Some GOP Senators In Trump Jan. 6 Probe, Republicans Say
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid $825,000 earlier this year to a company that manufactures vehicles equipped with various technologies for law enforcement, including fake cellphone towers known as …
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
There is no budget “deal” to be made  —  President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible. … The original budget justification for the State Department for FY2025, which ended September 30th last week, stretched to hundreds of pages and totaled nearly $60 billion.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War.  Neither Is Stephen Miller.  —  President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left.  Over the past four weeks, he has initiated what amounts to a unique form of partisan civil war designed to amass power …
Ken Klippenstein:
Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7  —  “We're expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror investigations.  —  As the federal government begins to implement President Trump's new national security directive to investigate the so-called radical left …
Discussion: Blaze Media
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You're doomed … To: Bari Weiss  —  RE: Good luck, babe!  —  I honestly cannot believe you've willingly decided to go into the worst kind of job that exists: management at a dying company. … Managing sucks!  It sucks even when you like the people you're managing and it's a low-stress position!
Sabrina Moreno / Axios:
Jay Jones scandal throws Virginia Democrats into crisis  —  A scandal over resurfaced texts from Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones has Democrats in a catch-22. … - But standing by him risks reinforcing Republican attacks about double standards on political violence.
 
 
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 More Items: 
NBC News:
A key lifeline for rural communities, federal air travel funds, will expire Sunday if the shutdown continues
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: White House says it has funding to save food aid program
Discussion: al.com and Associated Press
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Thinking of AI as a Social Problem
Discussion: Paul Krugman
 Earlier Items: 
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Torches CNN For ‘New Dark Low’ On Trump
Discussion: The Hill, TV Insider and Mediaite
Ema Rose Schumer / Lawfare:
The Comey Indictment and Selective or Vindictive Prosecution
Discussion: MSNBC
Slate:
The National Failure at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Story
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Discussion: The Boston Globe
 

 
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