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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials — “Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
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Politico:
Mass firings hit CDC … At least some officers in the Epidemic Intelligence Service were dismissed, according to the CDC official and a separate former agency employee with knowledge of the terminations. The EIS officers are nicknamed “disease detectives” because they are frequently charged …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Trump's Shutdown Layoffs Deepen Impasse, Angering Democrats — The president's move to fire federal workers and his threats to make others go without pay were aimed at pressuring Democrats to cut a deal to reopen the government. The tactics have fueled Democrats' resolve.
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Some Americans Are Starting to Feel the Impact of the Government Shutdown
Surina Venkat / The Hill:
Collins says she ‘strongly’ opposes White House federal layoffs
Collins says she ‘strongly’ opposes White House federal layoffs
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CNN:
Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown
Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown
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New York Times:
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court's Emergency Orders — Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts' legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.
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NBC News:
Former President Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy as cancer care enters new phase — The radiation treatment is expected to span five weeks and marks a new point in his care. — Former President Joe Biden is undergoing a new phase of treatment for an aggressive form of cancer that was diagnosed in May.
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer treatment
Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer treatment
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 10, 2025 — All of President Donald J. Trump's lobbying for the Nobel Peace Prize came to naught today as the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year's prize to María Corina Machado of Venezuela. Machado has led a movement to challenge Venezuela's authoritarian leader, President Nicolás Maduro.
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Lucy Campbell / The Guardian:
Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, later released — Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’ — A video editor and producer for Chicago's WGN television station was arrested …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem's “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit — This week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem staged a bizarre photo op in Portland that appeared designed to bolster President Trump's effort to deploy Oregon's National Guard against ICE protesters in the city.
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New York Times:
China Flexed. Trump Hit Back. So Much for the Thaw. — Beijing's trade curbs and President Trump's tariff threats show how quickly calm can give way to confrontation between the two largest economies. — As the trade war between the United States and China kicked back into high gear …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Hit China With Additional 100% Tariff, Citing Restrictions on Rare-Earth Elements
Trump to Hit China With Additional 100% Tariff, Citing Restrictions on Rare-Earth Elements
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices — In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply. — Just now — The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown …
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump's second checkup describes “exceptional health” … He was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency in July after experiencing mild swelling in his lower legs. … - “His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.
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Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump ‘in Exceptional Health’ Says White House Doctor
Trump ‘in Exceptional Health’ Says White House Doctor
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New York Times:
At the Center of Letitia James's Indictment, a House in Norfolk, Virginia — Attorney General Letitia James of New York purchased the $137,000 home for a grandniece who needed tranquillity. Prosecutors say it is an impermissible investment property. — Five years ago, the door …
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks — At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. “Expect more,” one expert said. — A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: Inside JD Vance's redistricting rescue mission — With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco — Happy Saturday. I'm Adam Wren. Get in touch. — DRIVING THE DAY — HOOSIER HYSTERIA: VP JD Vance once again descended on barn-red Indiana yesterday to make the case …
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk's killing — The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer's killing to justify attacks on critics, experts say — Donald Trump and Maga allies have capitalized on the killing …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump and Zelensky discuss Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine, sources say — President Trump spoke Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky and they discussed the possibility of Ukraine obtaining Tomahawk long-range missiles, according to two sources with knowledge.
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
For Trump, media manipulation is his show of force — The president has long attacked the media as “fake news,” but the White House has created a new crop of journalists to advance its policy priorities. — President Donald Trump has long railed against the “fake news” as an “enemy of the people.”
Bloomberg:
HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts — Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices. — Hundreds of staffers at the US Department …
Chicago Sun Times:
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: 'I didn't want them to take her' — During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before that night.
Mississippi Free Press:
ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation. — ➡️ Read more stories from the Capital City Bureau here. — For Hector Smith and his son David, June 3, 2025, was shaping up to be an average day.
Anna Kooiman / The Hill:
Peanut allergies may be prevented, new research finds — (NewsNation) — New research out of Northwestern University suggests there may be a way to prevent peanut allergies in children. — According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 0.5 percent of kids around the world had a peanut allergy in 1997.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they're largely on their own. … “We don't have national staff, national consultants,” said Richard von Glahn, executive director for the People Not Politicians campaign ballot measure campaign in Missouri.
Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC's sex life? — Even his colleague has dubbed Jesse Watters's claim about Ocasio-Cortez and Stephen Miller ‘creepy’ — Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security adviser …
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Heather Knight / New York Times:
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco — Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services. Now he's fully behind Donald Trump. — For years, San Franciscans considered him their benevolent, big-hearted billionaire.
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Steve Rose / The Guardian:
'We're fighting for you!' Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media - and winning the ratings battle — His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings - and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan's. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Republicans, playing defense on health care, uncertain of path forward — Republicans are on the defensive as Democrats have successfully made the shutdown fight about health care. — Most Republicans said they don't want to see insurance premiums spike, but neither are they willing …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why Can't Trump's Domestic Policy Be More Like His Foreign Policy? — When Donald Trump was first elected president, foreign policy seemed like the zone of greatest danger, the place where a political novice promising to remake the world order was most likely to blunder into true catastrophe.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Black women's unemployment ‘dire warning’ for the economy — CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct that the unemployment rates fell to 5.3 percent in August 2019 and to clarify that the White House was correct in stating that Black unemployment fell to record lows during Trump's first term.
