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Politico:
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat … NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway. — They referred to Black people as monkeys and …
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10/15/25 ☀️ AM: … This is Day 15 of the government shutdown. … House members are AWOL during this huge government-funding fight thanks to Speaker Mike Johnson, but there's been an absolute deluge of action on the redistricting front. — The redistricting wars …
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The Guardian:
US Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown
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Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Midcycle Gerrymandering Disease Spreads to North Carolina
Trump's Midcycle Gerrymandering Disease Spreads to North Carolina
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NewsNation, Daily Kos, Roll Call, Pluribus News, ABC News, OutsideTheBeltway, Washington Post and Democracy Docket
NBC News:
U.S. Capitol Police officers miss first full paychecks due to government shutdown
U.S. Capitol Police officers miss first full paychecks due to government shutdown
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Politico:
Senate tanks GOP funding patch for eighth time amid shutdown gridlock
Senate tanks GOP funding patch for eighth time amid shutdown gridlock
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says — In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists. — The United States killed six men aboard a boat …
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Mary Norkol / Chicago Sun Times:
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd — Federal agents chased a car through a residential neighborhood on the Southeast Side of Chicago Tuesday, and then intentionally crashed into the car in a risky manuever restricted by some police departments nationwide.
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FOX 32 Chicago and Chicago Tribune
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Mike Johnson Says ICE Shooting a Priest Doesn't Cross the Line
Mike Johnson Says ICE Shooting a Priest Doesn't Cross the Line
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Department of Homeland …, Raw Story, KGW-TV and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry — The departures of Todd Gilbert and his deputy in the Western District of Virginia show the pressure being brought on prosecutors to pursue the president's perceived foes. — Career prosecutors at the Justice Department …
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Cory Mills slapped with restraining order after Florida judge sides with accuser … Koberlein said Mills was not allowed to go to Langston' home or place of employment and that he was not allowed to directly refer to Langston on social media. The injunction is in place for the state of Florida.
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Martin E. Comas / Orlando Sentinel:
Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills — A circuit court judge on Tuesday ordered Central Florida Congressman Cory Mills not to come within 500 feet of his ex-girlfriend and said in his ruling that the reigning Miss United States is “a victim of dating violence.”
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Hill, Mediaite, Blaze Media and Florida Politics
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Florida Congressman
Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Florida Congressman
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UPI
Reuters:
Hamas fighters tighten grip in Gaza, clouding future of ceasefire — Israel to restrict aid and keep border shut at least through Wednesday — Hamas fighters demonstrate grip by executing men in the street — U.S. President Trump threatens Hamas to disarm
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Zeteo:
The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth's ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech... Or Else — Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don't watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences. — ∙ Paid
Lizzy Acker / Oregonian:
U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride 'most threatening thing I've seen yet' — Portlanders turned to a local tradition Sunday to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Riding bikes in the nude. — Over a thousand riders, some naked, some with various amounts of clothing on …
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Raw Story, LGBTQ Nation, RedState and Washington Times
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Meira Gebel / Axios:
Absurdity inflates at Portland's ICE protests
Absurdity inflates at Portland's ICE protests
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404 Media and Willamette Week
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech — Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments …
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Victoria Albert / Wall Street Journal:
State Department Revokes Visas Over Charlie Kirk Comments
State Department Revokes Visas Over Charlie Kirk Comments
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Five major broadcast networks say they will not sign new Pentagon press policy — The policy says reporters could have their press passes revoked if they publish information that has not been authorized for release by the Pentagon. — Five major broadcast news networks announced Tuesday …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Media including Fox News overwhelmingly reject Pentagon press policy
Media including Fox News overwhelmingly reject Pentagon press policy
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Russia blasts ‘freaks’ at Time magazine over cover that Trump hated — “Only unhealthy people” could have chosen the photo Time used, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova fumes. — The Kremlin has lashed out at Time magazine over its cover depicting U.S. President Donald Trump …
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Billal Rahman / Newsweek:
JB Pritzker Looking at Prosecuting ICE Agents in Chicago — Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Sunday suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. — “The tables will turn one day,” Prtizker told FOX 32 Chicago.
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
CDC union blasts lack of transparency from HHS in layoffs — Four days after the Trump administration initiated a wave of layoffs across the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there's still no official accounting of how many people were eliminated.
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Paris Martineau / Consumer Reports:
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead — Protein supplements are wildly popular, but CR's tests of 23 products found that more than two-thirds of them contain more lead in a single serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day — Much has changed since Consumer Reports …
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NBC News:
Jack Smith speaks out against the Trump administration in rare interview — The former special counsel warned of threats to public servants and the independence of the judiciary in an interview at University College London Faculty of Laws. — Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought …
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Raw Story, House Committee … and MSNBC
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New York Times:
Total affected funding, by congressional district — $17.84 bil. — Ill. 7th — $2.37 bil. — Calif. 12th — $1.40 bil. — Wash. 10th — $995.1 mil. — Calif. 7th — Doris Matsui — $655.3 mil. — Calif. 32th — Brad Sherman — $499.5 mil. — Minn. 4th
Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Court Blocks Transfer of Miami Land for Trump Library — Judge says college board that conveyed site didn't give reasonable public notice about its meeting where vote took place — MIAMI—A Florida court put on hold the transfer of land held by a Miami college …
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Axios and New York Times
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Leah Sarnoff / ABC News:
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids — The declaration was passed on Tuesday by a 4-1 vote. — A man waves the American flag in front of LAPD officers during the nationwide No Kings protest in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 14, 2025.
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New York Post, Newsweek, The Independent, Scripps News and WTOP News
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Have I Got Nuzzi For You … In the year since her ouster from New York Magazine over the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scandal, Olivia Nuzzi all but vanished from public view. Once a fixture of the Washington press corps and something of a celebrity in its social circles, she decamped to Los Angeles …
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The Independent and Mediaite
Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
Dr Phil faces ‘total collapse’ after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report — Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure and financial turmoil, according to a new report.
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Slate
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Senior ICE Barbie Official Posts Totally False Information About Violent Arrest of Teen Girl — CAUGHT OUT — DHS communications lead Tricia McLaughlin made the false claim over a video that went viral. — A top official at the Department of Homeland Security has been caught posting …
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