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9:00 AM ET, October 19, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
Congress Is Running Out of Time to Decide the Fate of Obamacare Subsidies  —  Republicans decry the ‘Biden bonuses’ of enhanced ACA, while Democrats say pressure will rise on GOP to extend subsidies  —  WASHINGTON—The window for extending billions of dollars in Americans' healthcare subsidies is closing rapidly.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care  —  The spending showdown has highlighted Republicans' failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many of them assail but concede is too politically risky to undo.  —  The federal shutdown that is nearing its fourth week …
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day  —  Outside of typical remarks from Donald Trump, JD Vance and Mike Johnson and a Fox News report, party stayed mum  —  Republican voices were mostly silent as No Kings rallies and marches against Trump …
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Target Democrats Over Transgender Policies in This Year's Races  —  Ahead of critical midterm elections, GOP revives culture war strategy used by Trump in 2024's presidential campaign  —  A boy in a sports jersey stands with smaller girls on a court and then is seen, shirtless, inside a bathroom with them.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
It's 2025, and Democrats Are Still Running Against Trump … In New Jersey, the most expensive attack ad in the governor's race so far this fall accuses the Republican nominee, Jack Ciattarelli, of wanting to be “the Trump of Trenton.”  —  In Virginia, Abigail Spanberger …
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
Trump's 2024 gains in New Jersey hang over November's race for governor  —  The challenge for the GOP will be replicating Trump's inroads with nonwhite voters in the blue-leaning state without him on the ballot.  —  The surprising inroads that Donald Trump made in traditionally Democratic nonwhite areas …
Discussion: Fox News
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Worries grow about Black, Hispanic voter turnout for Sherrill in New Jersey governor's race
Discussion: NewsMax.com
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Second “No Kings Day” protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants  —  Strength In Numbers partnered with independent Atlanta-based science newsroom The Xylom on Oct. 18, 2025, to produce a crowdsourced estimate of turnout for the second …
Discussion: New Jersey Online
New York Times:
U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel  —  Two men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador, President Trump said.  —  The Trump administration is repatriating …
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Sasha Stone / Free Thinking Through …:
No Kings: The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum  —  “If the rule you are following has led you to this, of what use was the rule?”  —  “Do you have any idea how crazy you are?”  —  “You mean the nature of this conversation?”  —  “I mean the nature of you.”
Discussion: American Greatness and The Hill
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April Rubin / Axios:
“No Kings” protests draw huge crowds across U.S.
Associated Press:
‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide
NBC News:
Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza, accusing Hamas of ‘bold’ ceasefire violation  —  Hamas restated its commitment to the deal brokered by President Donald Trump and said it had no knowledge of any clashes around the southern city of Rafah.  —  Israel launched airstrikes on southern Gaza early Sunday …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an administration apparently bent on replacing that democracy with a dictatorship.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump's El Salvador prison deal  —  To secure Washington's access to El Salvador's most notorious prison, the secretary of state made an extraordinary offer to President Nayib Bukele.  —  In the days before the Trump administration deported hundreds …
Maia Coleman / New York Times:
Santos's Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents  —  George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence.  On Long Island, in his former district, some people called the decision an outrage.
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Max Matza / BBC:
‘Have a great life!’ Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex-lawmaker Santos
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Putin demanded Ukraine surrender key territory in call with Trump  —  The demand from Putin would significantly disadvantage Ukraine and could be an obstacle to peace, officials said.  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call this week with President Donald Trump demanded …
Washington Post:
These drug-safety programs have saved lives, but they could disappear  —  EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Lavender Timmons popped the trunk of her weather-beaten 2007 Ford Focus parked near the city's homeless shelter.  Regulars gathered around, including one drug user who in the past bought sterile syringes from the illicit market.
Anna Schecter / CBS News:
Ex-ICE director says Trump's immigration crackdown putting agents in “terrible position”  —  Chicago — The rules of engagement for federal agents amid President Trump's immigration crackdown have come under scrutiny, with one former Immigration and Customs Enforcement director telling CBS News …
Discussion: JDJournal and New York Times
 
 
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Going Full Venezuela  —  No Kings day feels eerily familiar to me.
Governor of California:
White House to fire explosive artillery over major roadway in Southern California, I-5 to be temporarily shut down on Saturday due to life safety risk
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