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Nicole Foy / ProPublica:
We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents.  They've Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
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Christine Fernando / Associated Press:
Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras …
HuffPost:
Photo Shows Trump Backstage At Rally With Republicans In Racist Texts Scandal  —  JD Vance said the “kids” were just being “edgy” by praising Hitler.  Except they were adults, and they rubbed shoulders with everybody in Republican politics.  —  WASHINGTON — A photo from 2024 shows President …
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Racist Young Republican Chat Leaves GOP Stumbling to Respond
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
No One in the GOP Hitler Chat Was a “Kid”
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says he will meet with Putin in Hungary for more talks on ending the war in Ukraine
Associated Press:
Fresh off a fragile Gaza ceasefire, Trump says he's now focused on ending Russia's war on Ukraine
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster … He's still popular with Pennsylvania voters, even as Democrats turn on him over his softened approach to President Trump.  — Potential Democratic challengers are already bashing Fetterman — and each other — years ahead of schedule.
Penn rejects White House proposal …:
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment  —  This story is developing and will continue to be updated.  —  Penn has rejected the White House's proposed preferential funding compact, according to a Thursday email to the University community.
Ali Vitali / MSNBC:
Thune reveals to MSNBC he's offered Democrats a vote on Obamacare subsidies  —  “We can guarantee you get a vote by a date certain,” Senate Republican leader John Thune said.  —  In a wide-ranging sit-down interview with MSNBC, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. …
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CNN:
Takeaways from Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's CNN town hall on the government shutdown
Doug Krugman / Washington Post:
I resigned from the military because of Trump  —  I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.  —  Just now  —  Doug Krugman served for 24 years in the United States Marine Corps.  —  On Sept. 30, at an unprecedented gathering …
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups  —  Effort would install at the IRS's criminal unit an ally of President Trump who has drawn up a list of investigative targets  —  The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service …
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act  —  The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats.  —  Pocket  —  The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about whether Section 2 …
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
In Supreme Court Land, Fixing Discrimination Against Black Voters Is The Real Racism
Discussion: New York Magazine
Lauren Peller / ABC News:
Sen. Mitch McConnell falls in Capitol hallway  —  The 83-year-old fell on his way to Senate votes.  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell walks out of the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C.  —  Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, 83, fell to the ground …
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Empire Rakes in Over $1B in Colossal Crypto Cash Grab  —  KING $TRUMP  —  The president's son said the true total is “probably more.”  —  President Donald Trump and his family have reaped more than $1 billion in crypto cash over the past year, thanks to an industry boom fueled …
Discussion: Financial Times
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Financial Times:
How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Jack Smith's Not-So-Subtle Message  —  One of those ledes that just pulls you up short, from the Chicago bureau chief of the New York Times: … Just another day in Stephen Millerland.  Happy Thursday.  —  Jack Smith Speaks  —  by Will Saletan  —  Jack Smith, the former special counsel …
Washington Post:
U.S. Special Operations helicopters near Venezuela expand Caribbean mission  —  The elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment appears to have flown within 90 miles of Venezuela, according to a Post visual analysis.  Trump has authorized CIA covert action inside the country.
Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Glenn Beck says the FBI sought his advice on how to target antifa — here's who he wants them to go after  —  Glenn Beck has spent a decade and a half trying to make the case that various progressive organizations, activists, and funders are radicals bent on destroying the country.
Discussion: Blaze Media
Zoë Schiffer / Wired:
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It's Like to Own a Cybertruck  —  “We were the targets.”  WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.  —  Aside from a MAGA hat, there is likely no object that feels …
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack  —  The billionaire Illinois governor who is on the 2028 presidential shortlist reported the earnings in his latest tax filings after playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino.  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a billionaire …
CNN:
Justice Department expected to ask grand jury to indict former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday  —  The Justice Department is expected to ask a federal grand jury in Maryland on Thursday to indict John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, multiple sources tell CNN.
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Trump Plans To Pay ICE Officers And Border Patrol Agents Despite Shutdown, Memo Shows  —  The move amounts to special treatment for Trump's favorite constituency within the federal bureaucracy.  —  The Trump administration plans to keep paying law enforcement officers within the Department …
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump May Launch Missiles from Warships into California this Friday and Saturday as Part of “Vanity Parade”  —  Sources tell MeidasTouch the White House will shut down portions of the I-5 for Vice President JD Vance's Marine Corps spectacle during No Kings Protests, triggering chaos …
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Melody Gutierrez / Los Angeles Times:
I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton
Reuters:
Trump diverts anti-terror funds from Democratic strongholds to Republican states  — Washington DC and Illinois see largest percentage funding cuts  — DHS says changes based on risk analysis, not politics  — Federal judge blocks fund distribution pending legal challenge
Discussion: Daily Mail, Salon and E&E News
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
ICE arrests police officer in Chicago suburb and accuses him of being in US illegally  —  ICE agents arrested a police officer Thursday morning in the Chicago suburb of Hanover Park, accusing him of being an unlawful immigrant from Montenegro.  —  The Department of Homeland Security says the officer …
Discussion: FOX 32 Chicago
ARLnow:
Top White House official selling Arlington home after activists write chalk messages on sidewalk  —  White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is selling his Arlington home after it was repeatedly targeted by activists.  —  The nearly 6,000-square-foot house, custom built with interiors that …
Discussion: Washingtonian and Raw Story
CNN:
‘I got older and became a communist’: Deleted posts show Maine Senate hopeful's raw views on politics, war, and police  —  Graham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer who is now a rising Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, once called himself a “communist,” dismissed “all” …
Public Notice:
Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection  —  “It would be funny if it wasn't so f**king serious,” Tim Dickinson says.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🐸 Subscribe to PN 🐸
John Schwartz / New York Times:
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian's Vault  —  Jim Sanborn planned to auction off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency's headquarters.  Two fans of the work then discovered the solution.  —  The sculptor Jim Sanborn opened …
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. probing immigration applicants' social media to identify “anti-American” activity that's “beyond the pale,” official says  —  Washington — The U.S. government is probing the social media of those applying for legal immigration benefits as part of a Trump administration push to root out …
Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Trump, RFK Jr. lose America's trust on health care  —  Americans who say the U.S. is less healthy under the leadership of President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now outnumber believers 2-to-1, per the latest Axios-Ipsos American Health Index.
Discussion: Ipsos and The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Associated Press:
US is working on doubling aid to Argentina to $40 billion by tapping private funding sources
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
New Georgia Project shuts down, ending a decade of political influence in state
MSNBC:
The GOP's coordinated attack on the ‘No Kings’ rally is ridiculous
Jacqueline Sweet / Drop Site News:
From Long Island to the Baltics: Drop Site Investigation Reveals New Details About Canary Mission's Operations
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Politico:
San Francisco DA says she 'won't hesitate' to bring charges against federal agents
Discussion: Townhall and KTVU-TV
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy / USA Today:
Arc de Trump? President touts a new real estate project. No, not the ballroom
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
When the Trump Guardrails Fall
Discussion: Associated Press