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New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump to Address Israeli Parliament as Hostages Are Released — President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday as Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages in Gaza. About 2,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails were set to be released in the coming hours. — Watch Live: Trump Speaks at the Knesset
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Abeer Abu Omar / Bloomberg:
Netanyahu Declines Egypt Peace Summit Invite After Reports He'd Go — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined US President Donald Trump's invite to attend a Gaza ceasefire ceremony in Egypt on Monday, citing time constraints ahead of the start of a public holiday.
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Fox News, The Guardian, France 24, Axios, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Breitbart, Associated Press, JNS.org, Middle East Monitor and New York Times
Politico:
Democrats are in a GOP shutdown vise … On Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans said they would no longer allow Democrats to keep calling up their own stopgap spending bill funding the government through the end of October, forcing votes only on the GOP-led alternative.
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Raw Story
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Paul Krugman:
How Trump Is Making China Great — Six months ago Donald Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs — huge tariffs imposed on just about every nation. As everyone noted, this announcement suddenly brought average tariffs back to 1934 levels. Less widely noted was the fact that the long decline …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Bombshell!’ Ex-clerk to Clarence Thomas sends shockwaves with Supreme Court warning — The U.S. Supreme Court seems almost certain to side with President Donald Trump in an upcoming challenge to his authority to fire government officials for any reason, but a leading conservative legal scholar sent …
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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 …
Danielle Sassoon / New York Times:
Law Schools Are Using Security Concerns to Silence Speech — Since I resigned from my job as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in February, I have accepted several invitations from law schools to speak to students about public service.
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The Daily Signal
Washington Post:
Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government — Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration's latest layoffs. — Just now — A historic wave of retirements and other departures …
José Ignacio Castañeda Perez / Spotlight Delaware:
‘Bring her back’: Delaware abuse victim rescued from ICE deportation — Why Should Delaware Care? — ICE detained a Delaware victim of domestic violence, despite her living with temporary protected legal status. If ICE had deported her back to her native country, her abuser would be waiting.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement — Some unbelievable scenes out of Israel this morning, where the last hostages held by Hamas have just been returned as part of the preliminary ceasefire deal in Gaza. Negotiating hurdles remain, but leaders are projecting optimism: “The war is over …
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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 …
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — Against all odds, Democrats seemed to have gained the upper hand in the conflict over the government shutdown …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset — During his address to the Israeli parliament on Monday, President Trump went off script and urged President Issac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is standing trial on three corruption charges.
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Cory Turner / NPR:
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education — Sweeping layoffs announced Friday by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for overseeing special education, according to multiple sources within the department.
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The Independent and ABC News
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Government shutdown live updates as stalemate poised to continue for third week — What to know on Day 13 of the government shutdown: — The stalemate over how to reopen the government will extend into a third week with no resolution in sight, as Democrats and Republicans continue …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They're Fighting for New Lives. … The Trump administration's new global health strategy, released last month, lists its most important goal as outbreak prevention and response, both to protect Americans and to safeguard the economy.
The Times of Israel:
Trump addresses Knesset on historic day, after all 20 living hostages return to Israel — Sissi invites Netanyahu to today's summit in Trump-brokered call, but PM's office later says he won't go because of Simchat Torah festival tonight * Indonesia's president set to visit Israel tomorrow …
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New York Times:
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain. — An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and Britain's ascendant Reform U.K. party. — For nearly three hours, Nigel Farage …
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Jill Filipovic
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 12, 2025 — On October 9, President Donald J. Trump's office issued an official proclamation declaring Monday, October 13, “Columbus Day.” The proclamation says that the day is one on which “our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus—the original American hero …
NewsNation:
Illinois' Michael Madigan to begin prison term in major corruption case — Want to see more of NewsNation? Get 24/7 fact-based news coverage with the NewsNation app or add NewsNation as a preferred source on Google! — CHICAGO (WGN) — Former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan …
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FOX 32 Chicago
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Inside Trump's “funny numbers” on mass deportations — The Trump administration is asking the public to trust its math on what it promised would be the largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history. … - “The numbers don't lie: 2 million illegal aliens have been removed or self-deported …
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
It Turns Out, Americans Don't Want a Police State — Donald Trump and his chief attack dog Stephen Miller have bitten off more than they can chew. Their invasion of American cities is based on obvious lies (e.g., “war ravaged Portland"), has antagonized voters, outraged judges …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump … When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry.
Cristina Chi / Philstar.com:
7 foreign missions condemn China's ramming, water cannon attack near Pag-asa — MANILA, Philippines — Seven foreign missions in the Philippines have called out China's latest actions in the West Philippine Sea after Chinese Coast Guard and militia vessels rammed and fired water cannons …
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The Japan Times and Reuters
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Obama rips concessions that businesses and others have made to Trump — Barack Obama ripped into the law firms, universities and businesses that have worked out settlements or other deals with President Donald Trump's administration, arguing that “We all have this capacity, I think, to take a stand.”
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