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3:55 PM ET, October 9, 2025

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Sean James / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Trump Admin ‘Seriously’ Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC  —  President Donald Trump is “seriously” considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of his push to thwart crime, NBC reported on Wednesday …
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump's Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection  —  Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland Security official have all noticed the same thing: when the Trump administration wants to turn up the heat, they send in Gregory Bovino.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump is the insurrection  —  🎉 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 🥳
Ian Gordon / Mother Jones:   The Vast, Terrifying Scale of Trump's Detention State
David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
ICE May Not Be a Secret Police, but They Sure Look Like One
Discussion: To the Contrary, CNN and Raw Story
Punchbowl News:
Why Schumer thinks Dems have momentum … It's Day 9 of the government shutdown.  There's no resolution in sight to this crisis.  —  When you take stock of where things stand, it's not difficult to see why House and Senate Democrats feel good about their strategy — for now.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
GOP military mom presses Mike Johnson on troop pay
HuffPost:
Federal Workers Urge Democrats To Hold Firm On Government Funding
Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth / Bloomberg:
Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict  —  Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US leader.
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Ronny Reyes / New York Post:
Gazans join Israelis in chanting Trump's name over cease-fire: ‘Nobel Prize to Trump!’
Reuters:
Live Updates: Israel-Hamas Deal Paves Way for Gaza Cease-Fire  —  An exchange of hostages and prisoners was expected this weekend.  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said he would convene his cabinet to sign off on the agreement, and President Trump said he might travel to the region.
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump suggests tariffs played a role in peace deal  —  Trump said during a Fox News interview tonight that his tariffs may have played a role in getting Israel and Hamas to sign off on the first phase of a peace deal.  —  “I think we shocked everybody by a lot with the tariffs and all of that.
Ashley Carnahan / Fox News:
Trump says ‘whole world came together’ to secure Israel-Hamas peace deal after months of deadlock
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport  —  Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled  —  A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US …
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Pavan V. Thakkar / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump's Compact  —  The Trump administration's authoritarian offensive is accelerating.  —  It is now openly persecuting opponents, bullying media to silence critics, and sending masked security forces to terrorize cities, and the president recently told …
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New York Times:
Harvard Seeks Assurances as Talks Restart in Washington
Discussion: RedState
Reuters:
Trump's war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups  — Powerful Trump aide Stephen Miller key part of crackdown  — ICE agents being redeployed to target activist groups  — George Soros' charitable network on White House list  — Trump using isolated ICE clashes to justify national crackdown
New York Times:
This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up  —  You do not have to care about climate change to believe that clean energy is an important and strategic resource.  Solar and wind power are now cheaper than coal in many places and sometimes cheaper than oil and gas.
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Alana Wise / NPR:
Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Marco Rubio Caught Telling Donald Trump, 79, What to Post on Truth Social  —  TRUTH ABOUT TRUTHS  —  A photographer spotted what was written on the note.  —  Details of a note handed to President Donald Trump by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the middle of a roundtable meeting at the White House have been revealed.
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Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Oklahoma's Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago  —  Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state.
Discussion: Capitol Fax.com
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Americans' Job Ratings of Six Key U.S. Agencies Worsen  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' ratings of six prominent federal government agencies have deteriorated markedly since last year.  The job ratings of each of these agencies — the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
Discussion: Axios, HotAir, NewsMax.com, The Hill and Semafor
Elissa Nadworny / NPR:
This 4-year-old's heart is failing.  A federal grant that might help him was canceled  —  The device is about the size of a AA battery, and it has the potential to help a baby or infant heart keep beating in the face of failure.  —  It's called the PediaFlow, an implantable artificial heart for the littlest, most vulnerable humans.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Alex Jones asks Supreme Court to block massive defamation judgment  —  Jones says the court must act immediately to prevent his site, InfoWars, where he has spread conspiracy theories, from being handed over to the satirical news site The Onion.  —  WASHINGTON — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones …
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Court Battles Must Continue During Shutdown, Judges Rule  —  US judges have rejected the Justice Department's requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to President Donald Trump's policies as the government shutdown enters its second week.  —  The department has been winding …
Discussion: NOTUS and Mother Jones
New York Times:
Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration … Robert E. Primus, the first Black board chairman of the federal regulator responsible for approving railroad mergers, at first thought there was something wrong with his work phone.  When he couldn't unlock it he switched …
Discussion: Politico
KFF:
KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Tylenol-Autism Link and Vaccine Policies  —  Authors: Alex Montero, Grace Sparks, Mardet Mulugeta, Julian Montalvo III, Ashley Kirzinger, Lunna Lopes, and Liz Hamel  —  News Release: Poll: After President Trump's Warning …
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Senate strikes deal to vote on defense bill, breaking impasse  —  The Senate broke a monthlong impasse on its annual defense policy bill and secured a deal that could see the legislation pass as soon as Thursday.  Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) locked in an agreement …
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
California becomes the first state to phase ultraprocessed food out of school meals  —  The law, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Wednesday, sets a 10-year deadline for the change to take place.  —  A new law will make California the first state to phase some ultraprocessed food out of school meals.
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
DOJ defends employees reposting Trump's comments about Luigi Mangione  —  Two DOJ employees reposted a video of President Donald Trump saying Mangione “shot someone in the back as clear as you're looking at me.”  —  Federal prosecutors on Wednesday challenged arguments that two Justice …
Daniel Ruetenik / CBS News:
In cell where Jeffrey Epstein died, a scene of disarray that never underwent thorough inspection, experts said  —  The federal investigation into the death of convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was marred by significant lapses, experts told CBS News, including the failure by investigators …
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Florida man charged with intentionally setting Pacific Palisades fire in LA … Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have arrested and charged a Florida man with maliciously starting the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive blazes in Los Angeles history.
Sabrina Rodriguez / Washington Post:
MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show  —  Counterprogramming, hosted by group that Charlie Kirk founded, spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.  —  Just now  —  Turning Point USA, the group founded …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician
Politico:
3 arrested in suspected terror plot targeting Belgian PM Bart De Wever
Discussion: Bloomberg and WTOP News
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Porter snaps at staffer in video: ‘Get out of my f‑‑‑ing shot’
Mother Jones:
Inside the Hell of Alligator Alcatraz
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Epstein bank records sought by top House Democrat from Jamie Dimon, other CEOs
Discussion: Fortune and Semafor
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Bloomberg:
FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs
Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Vladeck / One First:
Bonus 182: Damages as a (Missing) Deterrent
Politico:
Hegseth's firing of Navy official compounds ‘culture of fear’ inside Pentagon
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Jack Smith's lawfare and James Comey's arraignment on pathetically weak charges
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Paul Glynn / BBC:
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