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Tom Bowman / NPR:
Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass — Today, NPR will lose access to the Pentagon because we will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document, which warns that journalists may lose their press credentials for “soliciting” even unclassified information from federal employees …
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The Hill, Mediaite, The Independent, New York Sun, Political Wire, Deadline and Just Jared
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
News Organizations Refuse to Sign Onto Pentagon Press Limits — Several news organizations including Bloomberg News, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal refused to sign new reporting limits set out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon. — The refusal also included right …
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CNN, New Jersey Online and Mediaite
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon's Reporting Restrictions — The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department's policies on news gathering ahead of a Tuesday deadline. — Several news organizations …
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Washington Post, The Bulwark, Axios, Townhall, NewsMax.com, Newsweek, Associated Press, The Wrap, Mediaite, The Hill, Poynter and New York Daily News, more at Mediagazer »
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
The small cracks of dissent emerging in Trump's GOP — As President Trump basks in his success in the Middle East, hairline fractures within his Republican base are cropping up on a smattering of domestic issues. … So the small pockets of resistance — on the National Guard deployments …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
White House to continue RIFs as shutdown drags on — The White House is pledging to fire more federal workers, the next salvo in President Donald Trump's push to pressure Democrats to sign onto the GOP's continuing resolution and end the government shutdown.
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The Daily Signal, NewsMax.com, Wall Street Journal and Newsweek
Washington Post:
Marjorie Taylor Greene, tearing into her own party, says GOP men in Congress are ‘weak’ — “There's a lot of weak Republican men and they're more afraid of strong Republican women,” Greene said. — Just now — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) spent part of last week fielding angry texts …
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones' effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment — The Supreme Court declined an appeal from Alex Jones on Tuesday, brushing aside the right-wing conspiracy theorist's effort to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment a lower court ordered …
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones's bid to set aside $1.4 billion verdict
Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones's bid to set aside $1.4 billion verdict
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NewsNation
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’ — To hear him tell it, Gavin McInnes' recent return to the site formerly known as Twitter is the result of a collaborative effort that included leading members of the British far right and Elon Musk.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins — A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.
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Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Maine Gov. Janet Mills launches Senate run against one of Democrats' top 2026 targets
Maine Gov. Janet Mills launches Senate run against one of Democrats' top 2026 targets
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NPR, The Hill, Bangor Daily News, CBS News and Newsweek
Daily Mail:
Mitt Romney breaks silence on sister-in-law's shock death amid divorce revelation — Mitt Romney has spoken out after the sudden death of his sister-in-law, as it emerged his brother had filed for divorce just four months before she was found dead in California.
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The Hill, People, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, TMZ.com, New York Daily News, The Independent and Los Angeles Times
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Alex Stone / ABC News:
Mitt Romney's sister-in-law found dead in Southern California: Officials
Mitt Romney's sister-in-law found dead in Southern California: Officials
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NBC Los Angeles, Newsweek, NewsNation, UPI, Raw Story, Breitbart, CBS News, TMZ.com, NewsMax.com and Just Jared
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act? — The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power. — In a landmark 2013 case, the Supreme Court struck …
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Bloomberg, Balls and Strikes, CNN, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, MSNBC, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Boston.com
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
US-China déjà vu all over again — Trump's latest piece of brinkmanship is likely to result in another climbdown — Donald Trump's least appreciated quality is his lack of martial instincts towards China. This puts him in a minority in Washington DC, including in his own administration.
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani … Walking with Zohran Mamdani can feel like an extreme sport. During a mid-September stroll on Seventh Avenue, along the six blocks from his Manhattan campaign office to a favorite breakfast spot …
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City & State New York and New York Daily News
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Democrats need to debate ideas, not people
New Republic:
MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump — President Trump's allies are suddenly raging over the October 18 No Kings protests. MAGA Mike Johnson and MAGA-fied Representative Steve Scalise are angrily sliming expected attendees as America-haters, antifa, Marxists, and terrorists.
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USA Today, The Hill, Orlando Sentinel, twitchy.com, MSNBC and The Cross Section
CNN:
Multiple airports refuse to play Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown — Video Ad Feedback — Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown rolling out at TSA security checkpoints — Several major US airports - including Las Vegas' Harry Reid International …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump, hailing a ‘new Middle East,’ avoids many of the hard questions ahead — In touting his Gaza ceasefire win, the president projected optimism for a wider peace while sidestepping the many obstacles that remain. — A ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Gaza war, the release of remaining Israeli hostages …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Why the Gaza ceasefire won't lead to lasting peace
Why the Gaza ceasefire won't lead to lasting peace
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Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, MSNBC, HotAir, The Hollywood Reporter, Poynter, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, Chicago Tribune, JNS.org, The American Spectator, Politico, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Associated Press, NBC News, The Independent, New Jersey Online, NewsMax.com and spiked
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Quid Pro Presidency — Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration. The apparent link between personal benefits …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Is He Lying or Crazy? Does It Matter? — One stage in ending the conflict in Gaza is over; another begins. And as the New York Times notes this morning, the hardest questions may be the ones that remain outstanding: whether Hamas will give up its weapons, whether the Palestinians will agree …
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Politico
Wired:
Satellites Are Leaking the World's Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data — With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users' calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Mike Johnson, Israeli Speaker to rally for Trump getting 2026 Nobel Peace Prize — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Tuesday that he and Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohanna will jointly nominate former President Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Washington Times and Speaker of the House …
John Nichols / The Nation:
People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why. — Democratic Party leadership is way out of touch with where the American people are, and it's almost frightening to see the kind of anger and contempt that people feel toward it. — Pocket — This article appears …
Associated Press:
Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire — Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — The fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was tested Tuesday as the slower …
Riya Misra / Politico:
Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains. … As President Donald Trump has ramped up immigration enforcement, the scenes playing out across the country have been stunning to many. And that includes top veterans of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
Man Stores AI-Generated ‘Robot Porn’ on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets — A man who works for the people overseeing America's nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network.
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court turns away parental rights dispute brought by Colorado families — Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid to revive a lawsuit brought by two Colorado families who alleged their parental rights were violated when their children attended school-sponsored club meetings …
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Washington Times and Raw Story
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Thanksgiving travel looms as shutdown risk, GOP leaders say — The Thanksgiving travel season could be put at risk by an extended government shutdown, Republican leaders warned Tuesday on Capitol Hill, ratcheting up warnings about flight cancellations and airport chaos amid the ongoing standoff with congressional Democrats.
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Trump complains about ‘really weird’ Time magazine photo — The president says the publication “deserves to be called out” for using an unflattering image of him for its cover story about his efforts in the Middle East. — Just now — As he was returning to Washington aboard Air Force …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark … “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Within weeks of their publication in July 1776, those words spread around the world. In August, a London newspaper reprinted the Declaration of Independence in full. Edinburgh followed.
New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump — The former transportation secretary argues Americans need a new sense of belonging. — Produced by Kristina Samulewski — Pete Buttigieg has a clear vision of where his party lost its way. Now Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary …
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IJR
Michael C. Dorf / Verdict:
Will SCOTUS Decide What Its “Essential Functions” Are? — The Supreme Court will hear oral argument today in Bowe v. United States, one of the many cases it resolves each year that fly under the radar of the general public but hold special interest for some subset of the legal community.
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why. — I don't know about you but I'd be happy never to read another story or see another TV segment exploring the deeper feelings of Trump followers. — These are easy to find, and have been for many years. Do Trump voters still like Trump?
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American Thinker
Reuters:
Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed — Israel's military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip, and health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire.
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now … Other peoples have risen. Other peoples have risen up to defend their rights, their dignity, and their democracies. In the past 50 years, they've done it in Poland, South Africa, Lebanon, South Korea, Ukraine, East Timor, Serbia, Madagascar, Nepal, and elsewhere.
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Raw Story
