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6:45 PM ET, October 10, 2025

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Politico:
Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’ … It's unclear how many people were laid off and Vought provided no further details.  —  But an administration official granted anonymity to discuss the layoffs said they hit agencies including: Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, EPA, Commerce, Education, Energy, HHS and HUD.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown  —  White House budget director Russell Vought said reductions-in-force were underway.  —  Just now  —  The Trump administration moved to begin laying off federal workers Friday while the government was shuttered …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Says Government Layoffs Have Begun  —  OMB chief Vought makes announcement as shutdown continues  —  WASHINGTON—A top White House official said Friday that mass layoffs of federal employees had started in response to the government shutdown, following through on weeks of threats meant to increase pressure on Democrats.
Associated Press:
Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
“This is a disaster”: Congress erupts at Trump's shutdown mass firings
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment  —  The Trump administration offered nine universities benefits in exchange for signing an agreement to protect conservative voices, among other things.  M.I.T. was the first to refuse.  —  M.I.T. became the first university …
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Sally Kornbluth / orgchart.mit.edu:
Regarding the Compact  —  The U.S. Department of Education recently sent MIT and eight other institutions a proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” along with a letter asking that MIT review the document.  —  From the messages I've received, I know this is on the minds …
CNN:
Lindsey Halligan didn't coordinate NY AG Letitia James indictment with Pam Bondi's DOJ  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi was caught off guard Thursday when President Donald Trump's handpicked US attorney, Lindsey Halligan, secured New York Attorney General Letitia James' indictment from a grand jury …
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Molly Roberts / Lawfare:
The Justice Department's Dangerously Weak Case Against Letitia James  —  Lindsey Halligan didn't have a strong case against Letitia James.  She indicted her anyway.  —  Meet The Authors … Earlier this week, the Justice Department seemed poised to pursue an indictment …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:   Attorney General Pam Bondi announces charges over threat to conservative activist
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump ICE Raids Worsen as Pritzker Drops Bombshell Warning  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  (After we recorded, a judge temporary blocked National Guard deployments in Illinois).
Discussion: Public Notice and Raw Story
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New Republic:   Trump ICE Raids Take Unnerving Turn as Dem Gov Drops Bombshell Warning
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:   Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats fume as Mike Johnson cancels third week of votes … - Johnson said earlier this week that there would be no standalone vote on paying the troops, saying the House has already done its work by passing a stopgap spending bill last month that includes troop pay.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Kadia Goba / Washington Post:
Some House GOP lawmakers want to get back to work
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson raises fresh doubts about an Obamacare compromise
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Johnson says House will remain closed until shutdown ends
Discussion: New York Post
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown
NobelPrize.org:
Announcement, Nobel Peace Prize 2025  —  The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace - to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado.
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Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’
Associated Press:
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Why María Corina Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square  —  A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.  —  Debbie Brockman, who has worked …
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Brad Reed / Common Dreams:
ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van
Discussion: TMZ.com
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Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Trump announces extra 100% tariff on Chinese goods starting next month
Washington Post:
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel's private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction  —  The Washington Post reviewed leaked audio from four off-the-record lectures the tech investor delivered in San Francisco over the last month that fused beliefs about religion and technology.
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The Guardian:   Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel's off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
MSNBC:
Criminal charges against Bolton expected as early as next week  —  Federal prosecutors could charge Trump's former national security adviser as early as next week, sources told MSNBC exclusively.  —  The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges …
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
DHS top lawyer says ‘no legal barrier’ to actions officers can take to defend federal property  —  In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein. … Staffers at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement agency received …
Discussion: NPR
The Tennessean:
Some killed in explosion at Hickman County plant felt miles away — everything we know  —  Kirsten Fiscus Vivian Jones Craig Shoup Angele Latham Liz Schubauer Austin Hornbostel Hadley HitsonNashville Tennessean  —  Hickman County emergency services are warning people to stay away …
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho  —  Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced a finalized agreement that will allow the Qatari Emiri Air Force to build a facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.
Washington Post:
Maine Gov. Janet Mills to run for Senate, seeking to dislodge Susan Collins  —  Mills, a two-term governor, will join an already crowded field of Democratic candidates hoping to challenge the Republican who has held the seat for nearly three decades.  —  Maine Gov. Janet Mills …
Amee Vanderpool / SHERO:
“Less Than a Ham Sandwich”  —  SHERO is a reader-supported publication that makes most articles free and available to the public.  Please support independent journalism for everyone by becoming a paid subscriber today.  —  Federal prosecutors dismissed charges on Wednesday against three …
Discussion: MSNBC, New York Times and Above the Law
Mark Lee Greenblatt / New York Times:
The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade  —  The accusations are explosive: That in 2024, Tom Homan, now President Trump's border czar, met with some businessmen who handed him $50,000 stuffed into a bag from Cava, the fast-casual restaurant chain; in exchange …
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
1 big thing: The 22 states close to (or in) recession … - Their problems are driven largely by a mix of slowing immigration, increasing tariffs and federal job cuts, Zandi argues.  — The analysis is based on Zandi's calculation of where things stood in the economy at the end of August …
Kimmy Yam / NBC News:
Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled ‘Opium’ for the narcotic  —  Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.  —  An Indian immigrant who was working …
Le Monde:
Nobel-winning economists Duflo and Banerjee will leave US for Switzerland  —  The University of Zurich said that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, known for their work in development economics, will move from the US to Switzerland, amid Donald Trump's attacks on universities.
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America's 250th anniversary  —  The new structure would be President Donald Trump's biggest architectural mark on the nation's capital.  —  Across from the Lincoln Memorial, barely inside the boundaries of Washington, sits a traffic roundabout known as Memorial Circle …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Newsweek
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Americans Are Falling Behind on Their Car Payments
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Marcia Brown / Politico:
USDA tells lawmakers WIC will be funded through October
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