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10:05 AM ET, October 12, 2025

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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 …
Discussion: Time, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Hill and NBC News
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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.
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  Officials said the mistaken dismissals were being rescinded.
NPR:   Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on
STAT:   CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded
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.
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government  —  And after the latest mass firings, it couldn't be more timely.  —  ∙ Paid  —  DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES are going scorched earth in the debate over how to end the government shutdown.  —  On Friday afternoon …
Discussion: Western News
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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.
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states  —  Democrats see a pattern of inflicting pain on places that are politically unfriendly, while Trump has declared his intent to hurt liberal areas and policies.  —  Just now  —  President Donald Trump's move to cancel projects …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump authorizes troop pay amid government shutdown
Discussion: RedState and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Military Will Get Paid Despite Shutdown
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and UPI
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Vance says Trump is ‘looking at all his options’ as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act  —  The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance indicated in an interview …
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.
Financial Times:
Ukraine hit Russian energy sites with US help  —  Trump administration has supported Kyiv's operations since summer in co-ordinated push to weaken Moscow  —  Christopher Miller in Kyiv, Amy Mackinnon in Washington and Max Seddon in Riga  —  The US has for months been helping Ukraine mount …
Jennifer Ludden / NPR:
“It feels terrible.”  Federal worker's family tightens their belts as shutdown drags on  —  In a way, Stephanie Rogers started preparing for the current moment months ago, when she and her two daughters moved in with her mother about half an hour south of Denver.  High prices for everything was certainly one reason.
Faris Tanyos / CBS News:
Appeals court temporarily blocks deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago  —  A federal appeals court Saturday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protests at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that the Trump administration has vowed to crack down on.
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Is Trump “doing what he promised”?  |  Weekly roundup for October 12, 2025  —  I don't normally devote the lead slot in this weekly roundup just to disagreeing with someone's analysis, but I'm going to make an exception this week.  U.S. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently shared …
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Anthony J. Rivera / Washington Post:
Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’  —  The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.  —  Just now  —  The signs — nailed to trees or wrapped around electricity poles — have appeared across …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: NBC News and Le Monde
 
 
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Washington Post:
Zohran Mamdani's grand promises are a struggle bus
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump's ‘$17 trillion’ investment figure is fiction
Bonny Chu / Fox News:
Biden undergoes radiation therapy for cancer, spokesperson says
 Earlier Items: 
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s got advice for pregnant women. There's limited data to support it.
Katelyn Burns / Burns Notice:
You Have to See This Mamdani Ad  —  I wasn't planning to post anything today.
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin endorses Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
MSNBC:
ICE isn't hiring the best people
Discussion: CBS News and Mercury News
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they're largely on their own.
 

 
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