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11:15 PM ET, October 12, 2025

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Isabella Murray / ABC News:
‘Come and get me,’ Pritzker says of Trump threat; Vance says governor ‘should suffer some consequences’  —  Illinois' Democratic governor spoke on ABC's “This Week” after VP Vance.  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks with ABC News while appearing on This Week, Oct. 12, 2025.
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and Crooks and Liars
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Donica Phifer / Axios:
Vance: DOJ doesn't prosecute based on Trump's opinions  —  Vice President JD Vance defended the Department of Justice's recent indictment decisions, pushing back against questioning that President Trump is pressuring the federal agency to prosecute his political enemies.
David Cohen / Politico:
Vance, Stephanopoulos bicker over Homan questions
Discussion: HuffPost and Mediaite
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 10-12-25: Vice President JD Vance & Gov. JB Pritzker
Marcela Rodrigues / The Boston Globe:
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility  —  A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia …
Discussion: masslive.com
Task & Purpose:
Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards  —  The Texas Military Department has removed an unspecified number of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago for not being “in compliance” with its validation process.  —  A spokesperson for the Texas …
Discussion: NBC News
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Johnson says he had ‘thoughtful’ talk with Greene amid her criticism of health care costs  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that he and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had a “thoughtful conversation” in recent days regarding the latter's concerns over health care premiums.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Johnson says he had ‘thoughtful’ conversation with MTG about bucking Republicans on healthcare
Discussion: The Independent and Newsbusters
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Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again.  This Time Is Different.  —  Federal layoffs and an end to diversity initiatives have weakened a historically strong labor market for Black workers.  —  Joblessness for Black workers is rising again, two years after reaching a record low.
Discussion: Politico
Phelim Kine / Politico:
Trump's 100% tariff threat sparks defiance from Beijing … The White House didn't respond to a request for comment.  —  Trump announced the 100 percent tariff on Chinese imports — a hefty increase on the current average 55 percent levy on those goods — in a fiery Truth Social post Friday …
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Washington Post:
The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public  —  Agencies have been shuttered going on three weeks with no end in sight as the White House and congressional Democrats continue their standoff.  —  The ongoing government shutdown will collide with the U.S. economy this week …
Discussion: NBC News
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
When they Bukele the Courts  —  When Kilmar Abrego Garcia was first deported to El Salvador and his lawyers went to court, arguing an immigration judge had previously prohibited it, Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, commented, “He's a citizen of El Salvador.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:   Maga figures back Bukele's call for Trump to crack down on US judges
New York Post:
Mamdani mayoral campaign took in $13,000 in illegal foreign donations, records show  —  Lefty socialist and mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's campaign quietly took in nearly $13,000 in potentially illegal foreign donations — including one from his mother-in-law in Dubai, The Post has learned.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kelly says GOP commitment to hold vote on subsidies is not enough to end shutdown  —  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that a hypothetical commitment from Republicans to hold a vote by the end of the year on extending health care subsidies would not be sufficient to secure Democratic support …
Discussion: Politico and NewsMax.com
Financial Times:
Pentagon steps up stockpiling of critical minerals with $1bn buying spree  —  Trump administration challenges Chinese dominance of supply chain for metals essential to defence industry  —  The Pentagon has sought to procure up to $1bn worth of critical minerals as part of a global stockpiling spree …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Purge, Merge, and Surge  —  As Trump deploys a combination of ICE, National Guard troops and other paramilitary forces to multiple American cities, he is implementing a three-step plan.  The plan involves different parts of the national security state, immigration enforcement, and the military:
David Sirota / The Guardian:
Bari Weiss's ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making  —  A half-century ago, CBS's own president was boasting of his support for an antidemocratic political project.  Our new book uses never-before-reported documents to tell the story of a scheme to undermine accountability journalism
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Prepares to Receive Its Last Living Hostages Held by Hamas  —  The militant group told mediators it has 20 live captives in hand, its first confirmation of the number it still holds  —  Israeli authorities were preparing to receive the last hostages still alive in Gaza …
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump's claims about violence are falling apart in court  —  President Donald Trump has spent a decade painting large swaths of the United States as a hellscape, dating back to his dark 2017 inaugural address and his demagogic 2016 campaign.  —  But increasingly, he's upped the ante on trying to leverage that supposed hellscape.
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
Trump's Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy  —  Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won't stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The course of America's future, and therefore the fate of the world …
Discussion: Mediaite
Alex Oliveira / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton heaps rare praise on President Trump for handling of Israel-Hamas peace deal: ‘I really commend’  —  Hillary Clinton heaped some rare praise on her former arch-enemy Donald Trump for his handling of the Gaza peace deal in a recent interview.  —  “I really commend President Trump …
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people  —  Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’  —  A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent …
 
 
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump bringing peace to the Middle East is the real prize
Washington Post:
Bracing for war, Venezuela's Maduro starts Christmas early — again
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Doge-ish comes to Florida: a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities
Associated Press:
Trump's intervention in Washington prompts calls for its 18-term House delegate to step down
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Akerman / The Hill:
Kilmar Abrego's court victory could end Trump's reign of retaliation
Discussion: Raw Story and The Mahablog
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Four dead, at least 20 injured in South Carolina island shooting
Glenn C. Altschuler / The Hill:
Trump loves his tariffs. Too bad he's wrong about them.
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close temporarily as government shutdown drags on
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Trump says inflation is ‘defeated’ and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?
Discussion: NBC News
Maanvi Singh / The Guardian:
‘Cavalier and aggressive’: why are border agents flooding into US cities?
 

 
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