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2:30 PM ET, October 18, 2025

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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Round 2 of ‘No Kings’ draws Republican attacks … “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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New York Times:
‘No Kings’ Protests Against Trump: Photos and Video  —  With signs and chants, protesters take part in ‘No Kings’ rallies focused on what they see as overreach by the Trump administration.  —  IN PHOTOS AND VIDEO  —  Protesters gathered in major cities and small towns across the country on Saturday …
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:   Resistance Is Cringe  —  But it's also effective.  —  After Donald Trump's win in 2024 …
Washington Post:
Large crowds gather across the country for ‘No Kings’ protests of Trump
Mississippi Free Press:   Mississippians to Protest Trump at ‘No Kings’ Rallies in 8 Cities Saturday
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million  —  Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.  —  The Department of Homeland Security has purchased …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
U.S. to repatriate survivors of drug boat strike to Colombia, Ecuador  —  It is unclear if they have any links to Venezuelan criminal organizations.  —  The United States plans to repatriate two alleged drug traffickers to Colombia and Ecuador after military forces attacked their vessel …
Discussion: New York Times, CBS News and Reuters
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New York Times:
Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force in the Caribbean
Discussion: CNN and Wall Street Journal
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Vermont state senator resigns over racist Young Republican chat messages  —  Samuel Douglass was reportedly the only elected official to take part in the Young Republican group chat that included racist and antisemitic messages.  —  Just now  —  A Vermont state senator has resigned …
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Jason Beeferman / Politico:
GOP split over how to respond to racist texts … Stefanik's shift reflects a broader dilemma Republicans across the country are now facing as they're forced to confront a damaging situation: whether to denounce or deflect in their public messaging in response to a trove of private discussions Democrats …
Jason Beeferman / Politico:
Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat
Discussion: WFAA-TV, VTDigger and The Hill
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 and LewRockwell
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 …
Discussion: RedState
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Public Health Professor Warns Trump's ‘Eugenics’ Policy Echoes Nazism
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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
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Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
With a phone call, Putin appears to change Trump's mind on Ukraine. Again.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Backing Off Tomahawk Suggestion, Trump Again Defers to Putin
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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Max Matza / BBC:
‘Have a great life!’ Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex-lawmaker Santos
Politico:
IRS files tax lien against Jim Justice … A spokesperson for Justice did not respond to a request for comment.  —  It wasn't immediately clear why the IRS decided to move forward with the lien at this time.  The IRS filed two documents.  Both indicate they were prepared and signed Sept. 30 …
Discussion: Federal News Network
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein's Angry Emails to Billionaire Leon Black … Jeffrey Epstein was furious.  For years, he had relied on the billionaire Leon Black as his primary source of income, advising him on everything from taxes to his world-class art collection.  But by 2016, Mr. Black seemed …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday  —  Rounds were fired on Friday across Interstate 5 as part of a test run for Saturday's event at Camp Pendleton in Southern California.  —  The Marines plan to fire 155-millimeter artillery shells over a major freeway …
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.
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.
Washington Post:
With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department  —  The administration is looking to shed workers and transfer some operations to other departments as it seeks to close the Education Department  —  Just now  —  The prolonged government shutdown is helping …
Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds  —  Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers  —  Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda …
 
 
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Tom Suozzi / New York Times:
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Axios:
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Emily Peck / Axios:
How the shutdown enabled the Trump administration's mass firing spree
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Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Voting Rights Act faces a near-death experience at US Supreme Court
Discussion: Zeteo and Washington Monthly
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘peace through strength’ foreign policy confounds MAGA Republicans
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
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