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10:00 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: Oregonian and 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: Raw Story and FOX 32 Chicago
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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The Guardian:
Israelis and Palestinians celebrate as truce brings hope of ‘era of peace’  —  UN warns Gaza still needs ‘lifesaving aid’ as world leaders gather in Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss 20-point proposal  —  Julian Borger in London, Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Daniel Boffey in Jerusalem
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Associated Press:
After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Washington Post:
Trump and world leaders meet in Egypt on future of Gaza as Israel celebrates return of hostages
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
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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: SpaceNews and CNBC
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
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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: Bloomberg, Dailyfly News and The Hill
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
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 …
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
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
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
A Historic Crypto Selloff Erased Over $19 Billion, but Two Accounts Made $160 Million  —  A timely bet raises eyebrows amid record crypto selloff  —  Total liquidations on crypto-derivatives exchanges, daily  —  President Trump's surprise announcement of 100% tariffs against China …
Discussion: CNN
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
Meg Anderson / NPR:
Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent  —  There are countless videos on social media showing similar scenes.  One, filmed by a photographer in Hyattsville, Md., shows a man pinned to the ground by two ICE officers.  He pleads in Spanish and English for someone to help him.
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
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 …
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 NPR
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,” …
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 …
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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Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump administration to launch $500M drone program ahead of World Cup
Discussion: The Independent
Lee Ann Anderson / The Hill:
Conservative groups launch Latino outreach campaign tied to America's 250th anniversary
Discussion: ABC News, NewsMax.com and Daily Kos
Andrew Stiles / The Washington Free Beacon:
Fair-Weather Fraud: Elizabeth Warren SILENT as Fellow Democrats Honor Indigenous Peoples' Day
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
Discussion: Raw Story and The Post Millennial
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
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Violet Miller / Chicago Sun Times:
Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: ‘We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today’