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Associated Press:
US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say — Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — The United States took survivors into custody after its military struck …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. military holding rescued strike survivors on Navy ship, sources say — The U.S. military is holding two survivors aboard a Navy ship after rescuing them in the aftermath of a U.S. strike on Thursday on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean that killed two others …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump To Hold Putin Summit In Budapest - Where Russia Promised Not To Invade Ukraine — Asked who chose Budapest given that history, top White House aides told HuffPost: “Your mom.” — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is touting another meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin …
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Financial Times:
How Vladimir Putin's history rant in Alaska nudged Donald Trump closer to Ukraine — Fraught summit in Anchorage marked a nadir that reshaped how the presidents approach each other — Max Seddon in Berlin, Henry Foy in Brussels, Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Amy Mackinnon in Washington
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Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Kremlin pitches Musk on ‘Putin-Trump’ tunnel from Russia to Alaska … An investment envoy for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday entreated Elon Musk and his tunneling business, the Boring Company, to commit to building an undersea rail tunnel through the Bering Strait to be partly funded by Moscow.
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Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Zelenskyy expected to press Trump for increased long-range weapons and targeting help
Zelenskyy expected to press Trump for increased long-range weapons and targeting help
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Three Reasons I Still Have Hope for America — This weekend's “No Kings” rallies stand as an important corrective amid a dark moment … Saturday's national “No Kings” protests seem likely to be huge, and the Trump administration appears especially concerned and worried about the public backlash it's facing this weekend.
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MSNBC:
Republicans' attacks on ‘No Kings’ protests reek of desperation — The GOP's fictional portrait is part of a strategy to stop the resistance before it flexes its growing power — By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Very Own Basket of Deplorables — Tech CEOs are another breed, exhibit 42,205: … Happy Friday. — A Noun, A Verb, and Antifa — by Andrew Egger — “Those who love Trump are the devout, virtuous patriots that must be protected no matter what; those who hate him are the vile demons …
Josephine Walker / Axios:
“I'm not a king,” Trump says ahead of nationwide No Kings protests
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Corina Knoll / New York Times:
What We Know About the Latest ‘No Kings’ Protests
What We Know About the Latest ‘No Kings’ Protests
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Politico:
Supreme Court gets first chance to weigh Trump's bid to deploy National Guard … In response to the appeal, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, said on X: “Donald Trump will keep trying to invade Illinois with troops — and we will keep defending the sovereignty of our state.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area
Dasha Burns / Politico:
What Trump Is Really Up to in Chicago, According to JB Pritzker
What Trump Is Really Up to in Chicago, According to JB Pritzker
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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Trump Selfie Snub Triggered MAGA Civil War That Leaked Racist Young Republican Chat — PHOTO BOMB — Young GOP leaders are fighting like rats in a sack over the alleged betrayal of one of their own. — A Donald Trump-appointed official accused of leaking hundreds of racist …
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Evan Dotas / McSweeney's:
Young Republican Kids Say the Darndest Things
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged. — As President Donald Trump's consolidation of authoritarian power escalates, he and his allies have been employing undisguised state-sponsored propaganda to a degree unmatched by any president in modern times.
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Prince Andrew gives up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade — Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — Prince Andrew said Friday he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York and other honors …
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Nick Duffy / NBC News:
Prince Andrew to give up Duke of York title and honors amid Jeffrey Epstein developments — King Charles III's brother said that “the continued accusations about me” were distracting from the work of the royal family. — Britain's Prince Andrew will stop using his Duke of York title …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Prince Andrew Surrenders Duke of York Title
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Jeffries Goes Nuclear on ‘Sick’ and ‘Demented’ Karoline Leavitt — ‘STONE COLD LIAR’ — The House Minority Leader blasted the White House press secretary over her criticism of Democrats. — Hakeem Jeffries torched White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday, calling her …
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Hakeem Jeffries unleashes personal attack against Karoline Leavitt, calls her ‘sick’ and ‘demented’
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Threatens Democrats As Government Shutdown Enters Third Week: Live Updates
Trump Threatens Democrats As Government Shutdown Enters Third Week: Live Updates
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Andy Kroll / ProPublica:
The Shadow President — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — This story is exempt from ProPublica's Creative Commons license until Dec. 19, 2025. — On the afternoon of Feb. 12 …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Jury Acquittal Hands Jeanine Pirro a Big L — Three-Time Loser — In a closely watched case, a federal jury acquitted a woman Thursday on charges of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer over the summer during a transfer of detainees to ICE outside of the D.C. jail.
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April Rubin / Axios:
Republican lawmakers suggest Jack Smith should lose law license — GOP lawmakers on Friday asked the Justice Department to refer former special counsel Jack Smith for investigation, claiming that he improperly obtained call logs. … - An attorney for Smith could not immediately be reached.
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Pushes Indiana Lawmakers to Redraw State Maps
Trump Pushes Indiana Lawmakers to Redraw State Maps
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United States Courts:
Judiciary Funding Runs Out; Only Limited Operations to Continue — The judicial branch announced that beginning on Monday, Oct. 20, it will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts …
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Supreme Court to run out of funding due to shutdown
Supreme Court to run out of funding due to shutdown
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Meets With New Colleges About ‘Compact’ After Rejections — Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Kansas and Arizona State are invited to weigh in after MIT, others turn down proposal — The Trump administration is reaching out to more universities …
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Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Penn, USC join growing list of universities declining Trump's federal funding deal
Penn, USC join growing list of universities declining Trump's federal funding deal
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New Republic:
Trump Boat Bombings Take Darker Turn as Top Official Suddenly Resigns — The other day, President Trump announced that he has bombed yet another boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean sea. He has now struck six boats, with 27 people dead, and the bombings have been widely denounced as illegal.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
October 2025 National Poll: Approval of Trump's Handling of Israel-Hamas War Shifts, while Job Approval is Steady — Young voters feel “worse off” financially than a year ago — A new Emerson College Polling national survey of US voters finds President Donald Trump holding …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
What the DNC chair told us about 2025
What the DNC chair told us about 2025
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Gabrielle Fonrouge / CNBC:
Small businesses are being crushed by Trump's tariffs and economists say it's a warning for the economy … Viresh Varma can't sleep. — The CEO of AV Universal Corp., a small footwear company that sells through retailers like Macy's, Nordstrom and DSW, said he needed to take out a $250,000 loan …
Wall Street Journal:
The John Bolton Indictment — Prosecutors fulfill Trump's call to punish his former national security adviser and frequent critic. — Click for Sound — Opposing Donald Trump is a perilous business, but working for him can be equally as dangerous. That's one lesson from Thursday's indictment …
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Jay Willis / Balls & Strikes:
Roger Taney's Contemporaries Hated Him As Much As You Probably Do — If asked to name the very worst Supreme Court justice of all time, most people would put Roger Taney, who served as chief justice between 1836 and his death in 1864, at or near the top of their shortlists.
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Paul Krugman:
America First? No, Billionaire Buddies First — Argentina: A very Trumpy debacle — The Trump administration is doing so many corrupt, destructive and simply stupid things that the failing attempt to rescue Javier Milei, Argentina's MAGAesque president, with billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars isn't even in the top 10.
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