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8:20 PM ET, October 13, 2025

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Andrew Schwartz / Willamette Week:
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver  —  Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester.  Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.  —  Late on Oct. 5, a Portland ambulance crew informed dispatchers …
Discussion: Civil Discourse …
Gregory Royal Pratt / Chicago Tribune:
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: 'It's not fair...I'm a resident'  —  Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.  —  The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the Tribune.
Discussion: FOX 32 Chicago and Raw Story
NBC News:
Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a ‘boondoggle’ as shutdown drags on  —  Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On keeping health care coverage affordable, the GOP's Steve Scalise gives away the game
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As the shutdown continues, Trump and his team advance plan for ‘Democrat-oriented’ firings
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Associated Press:
After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement …
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Washington Post:
Trump and world leaders meet in Egypt on future of Gaza as Israel celebrates return of hostages
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Touts Gaza Ceasefire As Government Shutdown Continues: Live Updates
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Washington Post:
Airports say they won't air Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints  —  Travelers in Cleveland, L.A., Phoenix, Seattle and other cities will not see the footage, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight delays.  —  Airports in more than a half-dozen U.S. markets …
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Gary Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week …
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Max Rego / The Hill:
North Carolina GOP launches redistricting effort  —  The North Carolina General Assembly will consider a new congressional map for the state next week, Republican leaders said Monday.  —  President Trump has urged GOP-controlled state legislatures across the country to redraw their maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Fred Lambert / Electrek:
Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks  —  Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk's private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having issues selling the electric pickup truck.  —  Cybertruck turned out to be Tesla's first real commercial flop.
Discussion: France 24 and The Verge
Juby Babu / Reuters:
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers  —  NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.  —  JPL is NASA's only federally funded research and development center.
Discussion: CNBC and SpaceNews
Reuters:
How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs  — US companies, consumers bear brunt of US tariffs  — Some foreign sellers are raising prices  — Further price hikes likely in coming months  —  U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs …
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Rob Wile / NBC News:
U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says
Discussion: The Hill, Dailyfly News and Bloomberg
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Are YOU Antifa?  —  Plus: Hostage releases and prisoner swaps.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Taking Antifa Seriously  —  Andrew talked about Antifa and No Kings this morning, but I want to dig in a little more to draw your attention to three Antifa-related actions Republicans have taken over the last four weeks.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:   Trump's Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline  —  The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN and the Atlantic in refusing to sign the restrictive new policy.  —  Journalists working at The Washington Post, the New York Times and other major news publications …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump's Power to Fire Officials  —  As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president's power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent.  —  The Supreme Court will hear arguments in December …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   ‘Bombshell!’ Ex-clerk to Clarence Thomas sends shockwaves with Supreme Court warning
CNN:
Exclusive: Senior prosecutor removed as Lindsey Halligan reshapes key US attorney's office  —  Maggie Cleary — the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led the powerful US attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia last month before Trump ally Lindsey Halligan took over …
Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Allies Sold Sponsorships to What Appeared to Be a Treasury Event.  It Wasn't.  —  Treasury says it didn't approve marketing pitch for private Oct. 21 event about AI that is to be headlined by Scott Bessent  —  An investment fund run by prominent Trump supporters tried to sell sponsorships …
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings  —  Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday.  And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.  —  ∙ Paid
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit  —  More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.  —  Officials have reversed more than half …
Jake Wittich / Windy City Times:
Ald.  Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident  —  Ald.  Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month.
Liam Knox / Bloomberg:
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT  —  The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments …
NPR:
A Statement from NPR on the Pentagon's Press Policy  —  From NPR Editor in Chief Thomas Evans:  —  NPR will never be party to limitations on the independence of the press and the objective, fact-based reporting of our journalists.  We will not sign the Administration's restrictive policy …
Discussion: Deadline
MSNBC:
Trump says immigrants are driving violent crime in Illinois, but ICE can't find many who are  —  Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters.  Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.  —  CHICAGO — Three decades …
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off - report  —  Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker  —  The majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Pressed on Tom Homan controversy, JD Vance and Pam Bondi struggle to answer  —  The attorney general and the vice president confronted straightforward questions about the scandal surrounding the border czar.  Both Republicans struggled.  —  It's been nearly a month since the public …
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
What now for Israel and Gaza?  —  The end of fighting in Gaza and the return of the remaining 20 live Israeli hostages are cause for joy and celebration.  But there is also grief—grief for those Israelis whose loved ones will return in body bags (if at all), grief for loved ones …
Discussion: BBC and The Wrap
Steve Vladeck / One First:
183. The Missing Defenses of the Court's Behavior  —  Rather than knocking down straw men or attacking their critics, the justices (and their defenders) would do well to explain why the sharpest criticisms of the Court's recent behavior are *wrong.  Welcome back to “One First,” …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Rove: Trump National Guard deployments ‘going to end up being a loser’  —  GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted Saturday that deploying National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities, over the objections of their respective states' governors, will ultimately be a losing issue for President Trump.
Lee Ann Anderson / The Hill:
Conservative groups launch Latino outreach campaign tied to America's 250th anniversary  —  Conservative political organizations are launching a national campaign tied to the 250th anniversary of the country and aimed at reaching Latino voters.  —  The Libre Initiative and Americans for Prosperity …
Discussion: ABC News, NewsMax.com and Daily Kos
Joseph MacKinnon / Blaze Media:
New poll shows Trump is beating Obama and Bush, winning over Americans  —  President Donald Trump successfully brokered a peace last week in the Gaza Strip, bringing an end to the bloody, two-year war between Israel and Hamas terrorists that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and prompted political unrest across the world.
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
 
 
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Tyler Bridges / NOLA.com:
John Bel Edwards won't run for U.S. Senate, dashing Louisiana Democrats' hopes
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Washington state waters down child abuse law after pressure from Trump administration
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The Bulwark:
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Harry Thompson / The Daily Beast:
Parliament Hands Out MAGA-Style Hats Before Trump's Speech
Discussion: CBS News
Violet Miller / Chicago Sun Times:
Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: ‘We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today’
 Earlier Items: 
Rolling Stone:
The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections
Discussion: Raw Story
Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth / Bloomberg:
Norway Suspects Espionage in Nobel Peace Prize Winner Breach
Discussion: CBS News and New York Post
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Shutdown polls show Democrats' economic messaging still falling flat