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New York Times:
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error — Friday's layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to disease outbreaks and running an influential journal. Officials said the mistaken dismissals were being rescinded.
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown — Some of the layoff notices, including for those leading the measles response and those responding to an Ebola outbreak, will be reversed. — More than 1,000 staff at the Centers for Disease Control …
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STAT:
CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded — Terminations have decimated offices related to injury prevention, disease surveillance — WASHINGTON — The White House's mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related …
Brandy Zadrozny / MSNBC:
‘CDC is over’: RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre — Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved …
Jeremy Faust / Inside Medicine:
Breaking News: RIFs in reverse. Some CDC workers have been brought back, in latest whiplash. — This is breaking news. We are in solidarity with CDC and other dedicated HHS federal employees affected by these terminations, professionals who work hard to keep us all safe.
Brenda Goodman / CNN:
‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC is facing another round of deep staff cuts
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The Daily Caller, OutsideTheBeltway, Washington Examiner and New York Times
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump authorizes troop pay amid government shutdown — The president said he would direct Defense Department officials to pay military members on Oct. 15. — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he was directing Defense Department officials to pay members of the military next week …
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Politico:
Pentagon will pay military troops, Trump says, shifting $8B … To scrounge up enough money to pay the troops, the Pentagon is tapping into its research and development accounts to use funding Congress made available for two years, according to an OMB official.
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Pay Troops Despite Government Shutdown
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The Japan Times, The Hill, CNBC, Townhall and Florida Politics
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump directs the Pentagon to use ‘all available funds’ to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown
Trump directs the Pentagon to use ‘all available funds’ to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown
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Roll Call, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Washington Examiner and Washington Times
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Military Will Get Paid Despite Shutdown
Trump Says Military Will Get Paid Despite Shutdown
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown
Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown
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The Hill
People:
Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in Father of the Bride, First Wives Club and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive) — The actress' legendary career also included other films like ‘Annie Hall,’ 'Something's Gotta Give' and ‘The Godfather’ — Diane Keaton has died. She was 79.
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Antonio María Delgado / Miami Herald:
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him — On the morning of Oct. 3, 2025, Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam walked out of Huntingdon State Correctional Institution, the Pennsylvania prison that had confined him for more than four decades.
Telegraph:
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job — US president's 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app's board — Barron Trump is being eyed for a top role at the streaming app TikTok. — The US president's son could be appointed to the board of the $14bn (£10.5bn) company …
Zachary Schermele / USA Today:
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says — The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said. — WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone …
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The Daily Caller, The Hill and NewsMax.com
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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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Biden Is Receiving Radiation Therapy for Cancer
Biden Is Receiving Radiation Therapy for Cancer
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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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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Appeals court bars Trump from deploying National Guard in Illinois — The appeals court weighed in after a federal judge, concluding that it was “likely to lead to civil unrest, “barred the president from deploying troops in and around Chicago. — A federal appeals court said Saturday …
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The Japan Times, Associated Press and Truthout
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John Melloy / CNBC:
Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day — On Friday morning, the S&P 500 was less than a couple of points from another all-time high. Then, after a single social media post from President Donald Trump, $2 trillion in market value was wiped out.
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Brad Reed / Common Dreams:
Trump's ‘Divorced From Reality’ Depiction of Portland Ridiculed by Local Officials — US President Donald Trump and his administration have been trying to depict the city of Portland, Oregon as a lawless apocalyptic wasteland in which roving bands of Antifa activists set fire to local businesses …
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New York Times:
Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas — More than 23 million Americans are currently enrolled in Obamacare plans, and nearly all of them will face higher health care costs next year if extra federal funding for subsidies expires, as scheduled, on Dec. 31.
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Jaclyn Ramkissoon / The Hill:
Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas — With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.
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Office of the Texas Governor
Aris Folley / Roll Call:
Over 4K federal workers hit with shutdown-related layoffs, so far — The Trump administration plans to lay off more than 4,100 federal workers from seven departments in response to the partial government shutdown, according to a court filing submitted Friday.
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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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Washington Post, Reason, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
David Kenner / Washington Post:
Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show — Israeli and Arab military officials have come together for meetings and trainings, facilitated by U.S. Central Command, on regional threats, Iran and underground tunnels. — Even as key Arab states condemned …
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