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5:20 PM ET, October 12, 2025

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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 …
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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.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 10-12-25: Vice President JD Vance & Gov. JB Pritzker
Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Johnson says he had ‘thoughtful’ conversation with MTG about bucking Republicans on healthcare … “Marjorie does not serve on those committees so I offered to have her come in the room and be a part of that discussion if indeed she wants to do that,” he said.
Discussion: The Independent and Newsbusters
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pressure growing on Johnson to call House back amid shutdown fight
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CNN
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government
Discussion: Western News and USA Today
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated  —  Hundreds of staff fired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday have been reinstated, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.
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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:
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
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay  —  Employees express growing anxiety over their pay - and the future of their jobs - amid the US government shutdown  —  With no end of the federal government shutdown in sight, an estimated 750,000 workers remain furloughed.
Discussion: Salon and Newsweek
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Washington Post:
The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public
Discussion: NBC News
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Maga figures back Bukele's call for Trump to crack down on US judges  —  Experts say El Salvador president's intervention comes as Trump is employing tactics used by autocrats abroad  —  Donald Trump is not known for taking advice, especially from foreign leaders who often seek to flatter and compliment the US president.
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump leaves for a visit to Israel, and will later co-chair a meeting in Egypt on the Gaza peace plan.  —  Where Things Stand  — Trump's Israel trip: President Trump set off on Sunday for Israel, where he was scheduled on Monday to meet with hostage families and address Parliament …
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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
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 …
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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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Four dead, at least 20 injured in South Carolina island shooting  —  Four people were killed and at least 20 injured in a shooting at a restaurant in a South Carolina island town on Sunday, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office said.  —  Deputies were called to Willie's Bar and Grill …
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
Maanvi Singh / The Guardian:
‘Cavalier and aggressive’: why are border agents flooding into US cities?  —  Border agents have become a key force in Trump's migrant crackdown - operating far from their traditional rural range  —  Border patrol officers have become ubiquitous footsoldiers in Donald Trump's mass deportation plan …
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
Washington Post:
Bracing for war, Venezuela's Maduro starts Christmas early — again  —  It's become an annual tradition: President Nicolás Maduro, feeling pressure from opponents or enemies, plays Santa.  Venezuelans aren't buying it.  —  CARACAS, Venezuela — Trees around the presidential palace …
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 …
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.
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 …
 
 
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kelly says GOP commitment to hold vote on subsidies is not enough to end shutdown
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Politico
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump bringing peace to the Middle East is the real prize
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Violet Miller / Chicago Sun Times:
Religious leaders denied request to deliver communion to detainees at Broadview facility
Discussion: FOX 32 Chicago and Chicago Tribune
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
Nick Akerman / The Hill:
Kilmar Abrego's court victory could end Trump's reign of retaliation
Discussion: The Mahablog and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
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 and New York Sun
Jennifer Rankin / The Guardian:
European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists
Jennifer Ludden / NPR:
“It feels terrible.” Federal worker's family tightens their belts as shutdown drags on
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Is Trump “doing what he promised”? | Weekly roundup for October 12, 2025
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states