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New York Times:
Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence  —  George Santos's lawyer said the disgraced former congressman was freed from a New Jersey prison around 10 p.m. on Friday.  He served less than three months on his fraud conviction.  —  Former Representative George Santos of New York …
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Philip Marcelo / Associated Press:
Trump commutes sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos …
Amanda Terkel / NBC News:
Trump former Rep. George Santos' prison sentence
Jason Beeferman / Politico:
Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat … “I know that this decision will upset many, and delight others, but in this political climate I must keep my family safe,” Douglass said, adding that his resignation will be effective Monday at noon.  “Since the story broke …
Discussion: Raw Story, VTDigger, The Hill and WFAA-TV
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Miami Herald:
Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show  —  Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney's office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein's sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show.
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Washington Post:
House releases new Epstein investigation documents, Alex Acosta interview  —  The documents include schedules of meetings with powerful figures, call logs, and Acosta speaking about Epstein's plea deal.  —  Just now  —  The House Oversight Committee released a new tranche of documents Friday collected …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Backing Off Tomahawk Suggestion, Trump Again Defers to Putin  —  At the White House, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made the case for why a weapons sale would help end the war.  Mr. Trump at first seemed receptive, then expressed reservations.  —  For President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawk missiles in “tough” meeting  —  President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a tense meeting on Friday that he doesn't intend to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles, at least for now, two sources briefed on the meeting tell Axios.
Washington Post:
Trump urges armistice at current battle lines in Ukraine after Zelensky meeting
New York Times:
Prosecutor Who Rejected Trump's Pressure to Charge James Is Fired  —  The dismissal was the latest fallout from attempts by career Justice Department officials to impede the president's wide-ranging campaign of retribution.  The prosecutor's deputy was also fired.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
The Shutdown is Stretching On.  Trump Doesn't Seem to Mind. … President Trump has repurposed money to fund military salaries during the government shutdown.  He has pledged to find ways to make sure many in law enforcement get paid.  He has used the fiscal impasse to halt funding …
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
The king of the shutdown … That handiwork is now in motion as the Trump administration targets funding cuts to what it calls “Democrat agencies” and threatens more mass layoffs called “reductions in force,” or RIFs. … Vought's expanded policy army, the nearly dozen “Program Associate Directors” …
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Public Health Professor Warns Trump's ‘Eugenics’ Policy Echoes Nazism
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
‘No Kings’ comes to Washington amid shutdown stalemate … “They might try to paint this weekend's events as something dangerous to our society, but the reality is there is nothing unlawful or unsafe about organizing and attending peaceful protests,” said Deirdre Schifeling of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Katie Tarrant / Washington Post:
‘No Kings’ protests are planned in every U.S. state. Here's what to know.
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.
ProPublica:
Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force  —  Trump's DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents' anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.
Discussion: Oregonian
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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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
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
New York Times:
Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States  —  Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.  —  Health insurance prices for next year under …
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
University of Virginia Won't Join White House's Compact for Colleges  —  It was the fifth school in a matter of days to refuse an offer of preferential funding treatment from the government, even as the White House has threatened schools that do not sign up.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims no other president has ever ended a war  —  President Donald Trump made multiple false claims to the press during a Friday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House - including a long-debunked claim about the war in Ukraine.
Discussion: Mediaite, Al Jazeera and NewsMax.com
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘peace through strength’ foreign policy confounds MAGA Republicans  —  Some GOP lawmakers embrace the move away from an “America First” vision, while others remain skeptical of the president's shift to a more aggressive foreign policy.  —  Just now
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Food Stamp Benefits May Run Out in November, Officials Warn  —  If the government shutdown continues, millions of low-income people are at risk of losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.  —  If the government shutdown continues into November, about 42 million low-income people …
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
Wall Street Journal:
White House Hires ‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer to Investigate 2020 Election Claims  —  Appointment of Kurt Olsen comes as Justice Department has sought voter information from states  —  A former Trump campaign lawyer who worked on the effort to overturn the 2020 election results has joined …
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump signs proclamation imposing tariffs on truck and bus imports  —  Washington — President Trump on Friday signed a proclamation to impose 25% tariffs on the imports of all medium- and heavy-duty trucks, as well as the parts to make those trucks, and 10% tariffs on all imported buses, such as school buses and city buses.
Heather Knight / New York Times:
Benioff Apologizes for Saying Trump Should Send Troops to San Francisco  —  Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, said he no longer believed that National Guard troops were needed in the city.  —  Marc Benioff apologized on Friday for saying President Trump should send …
 
 
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Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Voting Rights Act faces a near-death experience at US Supreme Court
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Jared Serbu / Federal News Network:
Court extends restraining order to shield more feds from shutdown RIFs
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Anxiety grows over ACA tax credits stalemate
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
The ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Who Weren't: Chicago Protest Cases Collapse in Court
Discussion: The Intercept
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Trump admin cancels more than $11 billion in mostly blue state projects
Jacob Silverman / New York Times:
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Politico:
Judges don't trust DOJ anymore
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say
 

 
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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