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Samy Magdy / Associated Press:
Israel and Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of plan to end fighting and release hostages, Trump says  —  Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday.
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Associated Press:
AP photos show Rubio's urgent note to Trump before announcement of Mideast peace deal  —  President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa Wednesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in the back corner of the White House's Blue Room, caught his eye.
Washington Post:
Trump announces ceasefire deal to begin ending the war in Gaza
Washington Post:
Jack Smith's lawfare and James Comey's arraignment on pathetically weak charges  —  Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.  —  Just now  —  Anyone surprised by the news that former special counsel Jack Smith collected …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
James Comey trial set for Jan. 5 on charges sought by Trump
Axios:
Scoop: Senate Republicans eye piecemeal government reopening  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is considering bringing full-year appropriations bills — such as one to fund the Pentagon and pay the military — to the floor for a vote, he told Axios on Wednesday.
Discussion: CBS News
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Talking Points Memo:
Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach  —  This is your TPM evening briefing.  —  A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the Chicago area accused of assaulting law enforcement, the latest in a shocking string of failures by the Trump Department of Justice.
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Reuters:
National Guard poised to enter Chicago as Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders  — Trump threatens to jail mayor of Chicago, Illinois governor  — National Guard troops gather outside Chicago despite local opposition  — Ex-FBI chief Comey pleads not guilty in case Trump pushed for
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades
Discussion: Forbes
Associated Press:
Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say  —  The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving that alleged drug-smuggling boats targeted by the U.S. military in a series of fatal strikes …
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Washington Post:
Bipartisan measure to restrict Trump's war powers fails in Senate
Discussion: NPR, The Hill and Al Jazeera
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
DHS secretary accuses local officials of ‘covering up’ terrorism on Portland's streets
Discussion: Truthout, Mediaite and NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Caution White House on Inflicting Shutdown Pain  —  Some GOP lawmakers have warned the president's aides against mass layoffs and sharp cuts to government assistance  —  WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other senior GOP lawmakers have quietly advised the White House …
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Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots  —  With an accidental social-media post, Trump showed how much had changed since his first term  —  WASHINGTON—In his second term, President Trump has taken control of the Justice Department in ways he could have only dreamed of during his first.
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents' Pleas for Help  —  For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property — yet the Fake News remains in shameful denial about the Radical Left's reign of terror.
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NBC News:
Trump to get a ‘routine yearly’ medical check-up — his second in 6 months  —  The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.  —  President Donald Trump will sit for a “routine yearly check up” …
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data  —  The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk  —  Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement …
Discussion: The Independent and Axios
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NBC News:
Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say  —  A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.
Thomas Catenacci / The Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats, Media Rushed To Blame Deadly California Fire on Climate Change.  It Was Actually Arson.  —  Democrats and media outlets were quick to blame climate change and oil companies for the devastating Palisades Fire that ravaged Los Angeles earlier this year.
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US Department of Justice:
Florida Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging He Maliciously Started What Became the Palisades Fire
Bloomberg:
Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump's Deportation Push  —  The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump's deportations and said it would dismiss anyone …
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Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Pope Leo will ‘stand with’ Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants' rights, advocates say … Corbett said the pope urged Catholic bishops in the U.S. to be “more united and more forceful” on the issue of protecting migrants' rights in the U.S.  —  “I was kind of surprised …
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops
Discussion: The Japan News
Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
Pam Bondi Is a Piece of Work  —  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi went before the Senate yesterday where she was supposed to provide testimony about critical Justice Department matters of which she has direct knowledge.  —  Instead, Bondi evaded answering the senators' questions.
Politico:
‘Get out of my f—king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video … “You also were in my shot before that.  Stay out of my shot,” Porter said.  —  The staffer, whom POLITICO is not identifying out of privacy concerns and who was not the source of the video, declined to comment.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Vance heads to Indiana after Republicans warn White House of stalled redistricting push … Indiana Gov. Mike Braun, a Republican, conveyed his concerns about the redistricting effort's chances in the state Senate to the White House last week, two people familiar with those discussions told POLITICO.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Jeffries, Lawler get into confrontation over ObamaCare: 'You're embarrassing yourself'  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) traded pointed barbs in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday, after the moderate Republican confronted the Democratic leader …
Sophie Gardner / Politico:
CDC, its advisers quietly expand access to Covid-19 shot for pregnant women … Neither ACIP nor the CDC in its endorsement of the change specifically mentioned that the new Covid-19 recommendations would alter Kennedy's recommendation — which the health secretary changed in May without waiting for a vote from the committee.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Axios:
Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries  —  New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), three people familiar with the discussions tell Axios.
 
 
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Alain Stephens / The Intercept:
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New York Times:
Qatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action
Discussion: The National Pulse
David Rohde / NBC News:
Experts fear impact of deepening polarization and perceived political prosecutions
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Noem warns far-left Antifa is ‘just as sophisticated’ as Hamas, MS-13, ISIS
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
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Washington Post:
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