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Politico:
Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP … Within hours, Trump walked it back: “I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open,” he wrote on Truth Social hours after his initial comments.
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight — HERE'S HOW YOU CAN TELL Democrats have the upper hand in the week-old shutdown fight: Marjorie Taylor Greene just endorsed their key demand. — “WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ABSOLUTELY INSANE COST OF INSURANCE FOR AMERICANS,” the Georgia House Republican tweeted Monday evening.
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NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on her unexpected break with Republicans over health care in shutdown fight — The MAGA firebrand sparked criticism from GOP leadership after giving voice to a key Democratic demand — extending expiring Obamacare funding to avoid premium hikes.
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CNN:
White House draws out mass federal firings timeline as GOP grows squeamish in funding fight — The Trump administration's strategy to swiftly roll out mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown has shifted in recent days, administration officials familiar with the talks told CNN …
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Bloomberg, Letters from an American, Politico and Al Jazeera
Politico:
The case against Comey — With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco — Good Wednesday morning. This is Jack Blanchard. — Important question of the day: Who'll be the next politician forced to take a stance on Gen Z favorite Bad Bunny? “I don't know who he is,” …
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
There is no budget “deal” to be made — President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress erupts over Trump's shutdown backpay threat
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Associated Press:
Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown to pressure reopening. See how Tuesday unfolded.
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The Hill and Washington Post
Alex Miller / Fox News:
Senate Republicans confirm more than 100 Trump nominees as government shutdown continues
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Republican leaders clash on emergency troop pay vote
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NewsNation, The Hill, Raw Story, Mediaite and NOTUS
Associated Press:
Federal government shutdown grinds into a second week, but quiet talks emerging
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NBC News:
Once a loyal foot soldier for Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene is increasingly bucking her party
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CNN:
Speaker Johnson said he'd swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are backtracking
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal
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Washington Times
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown
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South Side Weekly:
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children — Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing. — Residents of a South Shore apartment building …
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Chicago Sun Times
CNN:
Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers — There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration is warning.
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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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Associated Press:
Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Gov. Pritzker calls for end of Trump administration's ‘authoritarian march’ — Gov. JB Pritzker accused the president of using troops for political gain. — Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on …
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
GOP senator: ObamaCare messaging ‘very challenging,’ polls ‘asking the wrong questions’ — Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Democrats are taking Republicans “hostage” with their demands to extend ObamaCare tax credits, but he conceded that winning the public relations battle over the issue was “very challenging.”
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Greene doubles down on remarks about Affordable Care Act subsidies
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Man With 200 Explosives And Leftist Manifesto Arrested Outside Supreme Court Event At Church: Police — Two days after a Biden judge gave light sentence to attempted Kavanaugh assassin, church event historically attended by conservative justices targeted — Washington, D.C. …
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WJLA-TV, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, The Post Millennial, RedState, HotAir, The Hill, Townhall and The Daily Caller
Kristen Gelineau / Associated Press:
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died” because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. But in Myanmar, families tell The Associated Press …
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97 — He led his parents' appetizing store, Zabar's, for more than 70 years, turning it into an institution synonymous with New York. — Saul Zabar, who across more than seven decades as a principal owner of the Upper West Side food emporium bearing …
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The Times of Israel, The Free Press, NextDraft and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here — The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision. — To capture a democratic nation, authoritarians must control three sources of power: the intelligence agencies, the justice system, and the military.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
HarperCollins UK apologizes to Melania Trump over book's Epstein claim — Book publisher HarperCollins UK apologized to First Lady Melania Trump on Tuesday and recalled a book that repeated unverified claims that child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was involved in introducing her to Donald Trump.
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Patrick Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
America's Soybean Farmers Are Panicking Over the Loss of Chinese Buyers — China hasn't booked any U.S. soybean purchases in months; farmers warn of ‘bloodbath’ — American soybean farmers are in panic mode as they harvest what is expected to be a bumper crop without their biggest customer: China.
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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!
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, PinkNews, Semafor, LGBTQ Nation and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
ProPublica:
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been clear …
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American Greatness and Washington Examiner
Madison Mills / Axios:
Gold's rally signals investors' eroding trust in the U.S. — Gold — typically a safe-haven in times of turmoil — is soaring at the same time the stock market is hitting new highs, an unusual dynamic that is troubling some market insiders. … So far this year, the price of gold is up 51%.
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Wall Street Journal
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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Paul Krugman:
Ingots We Trust — Are soaring gold prices telling us something important? — Here are two sentences I never expected to write: — 1. Ken Griffin may be right. — 2. The price of gold may be telling us something important. — Ken Griffin, for those who don't know …
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Al Jazeera, Business Insider, CNBC and New York Post
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Wants to Make It Easier to Sue the Government for Censorship — Senator says he hopes the reaction to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension might help his new bill find bipartisan support — WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) is calling for changes to the legal system to better protect consumers …
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NewsMax.com
Jack Jenkins / RNS:
In Chicago, clergy and faith-based protesters say ICE is threatening their religious freedom — (RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar …
ABC:
Stephen Miller has said Donald Trump has plenary authority but what does that actually mean? — abc.net.au/news/stephen-miller-donald- trump-plenary-authority/105865430 — A Trump administration official has allegedly claimed the US president has “plenary authority” while on a live interview with CNN.
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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 …
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New Republic, The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Samantha J. Gross / The Boston Globe:
Critics of Trump's immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here's what it means. — The phrase, a reference to a legal case about the administration's immigration enforcement efforts, is ‘a window into where they can go next,’ some advocates say.
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The Daily Caller
Josh Campbell / CNN:
FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, sources say — The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, and New York to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Don't Believe the Hype: Trump Bum-Rushing DC Reporters Edition … News comes today that Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought is now threatening not to pay back pay to federal employees after this shutdown ends. There's both more and less here than meets the eye.
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