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2:30 PM ET, October 10, 2025

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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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Associated Press:
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday …
Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’ … Machado's win is underscored by a sweeping conflict in Venezuela, where the country has been entangled in a political and humanitarian crisis for years, only worsening under the presidency of Nicolás Maduro.
Jonathan Wolfe / New York Times:
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Why Trump wasn't awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
MAGA Fury Erupts After Trump Misses Nobel Peace Prize
The Guardian:
White House slams Trump's perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’
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 …
Marc Rowan / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Badly Needed  —  Last week the Trump administration sent letters to a group of presidents of universities proposing a set of principles that has come to be known as the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
Wall Street Journal:
MIT Rejects Trump's Sweeping ‘Compact’ Offering Colleges Funding Advantages
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and masslive.com
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 …
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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 …
NBC News:
Trump accidentally posted message pressuring Pam Bondi to charge his enemies, source says
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces charges over threat to conservative activist
Discussion: New York Post and New York Times
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The insidious legal strategy Trump and Stephen Miller are using against their enemies
Discussion: The Japan Times
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: Raw Story and Associated Press
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Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland
Discussion: CounterPunch
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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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Rachel Saslow / Willamette Week:
An Interview With the Portland Chicken
Discussion: CNN and Telegraph
CNBC:
Dow drops 340 points after Trump says China becoming ‘hostile’ over rare earth metals, cancels Xi meeting  —  Stocks moved decidedly lower in a rapid move Friday after President Donald Trump made some critical comments about China regarding their controls on global rare earth metal resources …
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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.
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 …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As the public sours on his economic performance, Trump tries playing make-believe
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment … What's not disputed is that the two ended up sharing a room on the business trip, and that it resulted in an official investigation.  —  The fallout from the incident has been the talk of the upper echelons of DHS ever since.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Melania Trump in talks with Putin on reuniting Ukrainian children with families  —  First lady Melania Trump said Friday she has been in communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin about reuniting Ukrainian children displaced by war with their families.
Discussion: CBS News and The Gateway Pundit
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Melania Trump says some children caught in Ukraine war returned to families after talks with Putin
Jael Holzman / Heatmap News:
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says  —  The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada has been canceled amidst the Trump administration's federal permitting freeze.  —  Esmeralda 7 was supposed to produce a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power …
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 …
Kayla Steinberg / NBC News:
UPS is ‘disposing of’ U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems  —  Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.  —  Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped …
Politico:
Timely troop pay is now in Trump's hands  —  President Donald Trump is now the only person with the power to keep 1.3 million active-duty military members from missing their paychecks Wednesday after the Senate failed to act on spending legislation Thursday then left Washington for the long holiday weekend.
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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?  —  What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?  —  ∙ Paid  —  Sarah and I did a meatspace Secret pod for you.  It's not emo, exactly, but it's not a normal show.  We just asked each other a bunch of questions and hung out.
 
 
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NPR:
White House claims “more than 1,000%” rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise
Discussion: Hartford Courant
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Is the Democratic Party dominated by progressives or by centrists?
Alice Speri / The Guardian:
This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won't - and winning
Mark Lee Greenblatt / New York Times:
The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown
Ruth Styles / Daily Mail:
Pete Hegseth wages war on his wrinkles with BOTOX injections after blasting ‘fat troops’ and unveiling new fitness standards
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World's Highest Plateau
 Earlier Items: 
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway
Joshua Chaffin / Wall Street Journal:
The Beauty Queens of MAGA World
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
RFK Jr.'s next vaccine target
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
I've Seen Epstein's Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author
Discussion: Raw Story
Samantha Hancox-Li / Liberal Currents:
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The Tory Implosion Offers a Warning for Both Parties in America
 

 
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