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8:10 AM ET, October 15, 2025

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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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Greta Solsaa / VTDigger:
Vermont governor calls for Orleans County senator's resignation over leaked ‘racist, bigoted and antisemitic’ group chat  —  Political leaders on both sides of the aisle have moved to denounce Sen. Sam Douglass' remarks and call for his resignation.  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Discussion: governor.vermont.gov
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 maneuver restricted by some police departments nationwide.
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New York Times:
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.
Discussion: Bloomberg and HotAir
Lauryn Azu / Chicago Tribune:
Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes
Punchbowl News:
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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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court weighs whether to gut key provision of landmark Voting Rights Act
The Guardian:
US Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown
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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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.
Discussion: NBC News and New York Post
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Florida Congressman
Discussion: UPI
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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Associated Press:
US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks.
Discussion: Semafor
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Trump's Bailout Of Argentina Gives Democrats A Big Opening  —  “For Trump, the leader of Argentina is more important than American families struggling with rising costs for health care,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday.  —  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump's unprecedented bailout …
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Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Midcycle Gerrymandering Disease Spreads to North Carolina
Washington Post:
Trump says U.S. will disarm Hamas if it does not do so itself  —  Hamas has not yet publicly agreed to or signed anything that specifies how it would disarm, but Trump suggested he had received verbal assurances the group would.  —  Just now  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday …
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Reuters:
Hamas fighters tighten grip in Gaza, clouding future of ceasefire
Anthony Blair / New York Post:
Hamas carries out public executions — just hours after peace treaty signing
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.
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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Meira Gebel / Axios:
Absurdity inflates at Portland's ICE protests
Discussion: 404 Media and Willamette Week
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’  —  ‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said  —  The latest headlines from our reporters across …
Discussion: Fox News, Oregonian, The Hill and KGW-TV
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action  —  For weeks earlier this year, the Army's top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used and staffed.
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 …
Politico:
Judge temporarily blocks transfer of downtown Miami land for Trump's presidential library … “This is not a case, at least for this court, rooted in politics,” she added.  —  The nearly 3-acre property is a developer's dream and is valued at more than $67 million, according to a 2025 assessment …
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Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Court Blocks Transfer of Miami Land for Trump Library
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
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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Politico:
Trump's NatSec Strategy is almost ready
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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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Emily Mullin / Wired:
A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone
Discussion: NPR
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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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.
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
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:
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Discussion: Slate
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

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