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11:05 PM ET, October 23, 2025

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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
White House East Wing demolished, new images appear to show  —  The structure was torn down to make way for Trump's $300 million ballroom.  —  The East Wing of the White House (L) in a satellite photo captured by Planet Labs PBC on Sep 26, 2025 along with a photo captured on Oct. 23, 2025.
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Washington Post:
The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control  —  Demolition crews appeared to finish taking down the bulk of the White House wing Thursday, while the president defended the project.  —  The East Wing of the White House is gone.  —  Wrecking crews had completely removed …
CNN:
White House releases list of donors for Trump's multi-million-dollar ballroom  —  Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump's proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House.
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone  —  Mourners are outraged over President Trump's demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom.  Others say it was time for change.  —  The East Wing, the entrance to the White House for millions of Americans …
Discussion: Wired, CNN, Raw Story and TV Insider
HuffPost:
All The Donors Financing Trump's Ballroom As He Demolishes The White House  —  Trump may have destroyed American history by razing the East Wing, but at least these corporations and rich people get to buy access to the president.  —  WASHINGTON ― The White House on Thursday released …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and E&E News
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   A Virginia couple is asking a judge to block Trump from tearing up the East Wing
Catherine Slessor / The Guardian:   ‘Dictator-for-life vibes’: our architecture critic on Trump's bulletproof ballroom bling
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Our House Was a Very, Very, Very Fine House  —  The applications have been received …
Discussion: Townhall and TheJournal.ie
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder  —  Pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company  —  President Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:
GOP senator denounces Trump's pardon of crypto billionaire CZ
Discussion: Raw Story
New Republic:
Trump Press Sec's Flattery of Him Goes Awry as Ballroom Fiasco Worsens
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Senate GOP chair declines hearings on Trump's boat attacks off Venezuela … - Risch told Axios he has been “briefed on it and feel comfortable with where we are.”  — The U.S. has now struck nine vessels, killing more than 30 people whose identities are still unknown.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:   The Abdication of Congress  —  We explain what elected officials aren't doing during the government shutdown.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Obamacare ‘auto-enrollees’ are key target as Republicans formulate tax-credit extension plan
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
Discussion: Townhall
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump indicates he won't seek congressional approval for targeting drug traffickers
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Ken Klippenstein:
VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester  —  “Your name was brought up.”  —  While the media continues to ignore and even mock Trump's war on “Antifa” terrorism as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly interrogating protesters.  —  The Bureau is targeting anti-ICE protesters not charged with any crime …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:   ‘Chilling’: FBI shocks with visits to homes of innocent protesters under Trump's orders
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push  —  The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple weeks of campaigning ahead of the Nov. 4 election.  —  The next front in the nation's pitched battle …
ABC News:
Evidence appears to undercut claims against Letitia James, prosecutors found: Sources  —  Prosecutors expressed their concerns in a memo last month, sources said.  —  Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at her NYC office on October 16, 2025 in New York City.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
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Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Reveals 'There's a Plan' for Third Trump Term  —  R.I.P. THE CONSTITUTION  —  Bannon divulged that there are “many different alternatives” for securing a third term for Trump.  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon openly shared that there are plans …
Discussion: New Jersey Online and Raw Story
NBC News:
The Adam Schiff criminal probe has stalled, sources say  —  After months of investigating, federal prosecutors in Maryland have not produced enough evidence to bring charges, according to four people familiar with the investigation.  —  The federal mortgage fraud investigation against Democratic …
New York Times:
U.S. Charges N.B.A. Coach and Players in Gambling Schemes  —  More than 30 people were indicted on Thursday in a case involving insider bets on basketball games and poker games rigged by Mafia families.  —  U.S. Charges N.B.A. Figures in Gambling Schemes That Tainted Games
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Associated Press:
NBA head coach and player charged in sprawling sports betting and Mafia-backed poker schemes
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud  —  The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.  —  The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil …
Discussion: Associated Press, RedState and The Hill
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Liliana Segura / The Intercept:
The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme  —  By the time the cops showed up to arrest him for sharing a derisive meme responding to the killing of Charlie Kirk, Larry Bushart Jr. had posted on Facebook more than 100 times on Sunday alone.
New York Times:
A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes  —  The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.
New York Times:
Eric Adams Endorses Andrew Cuomo for Mayor  —  Mayor Eric Adams backed former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in the New York City mayor's race and plans to campaign with him, in hopes of slowing the momentum of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.  —  Mayor Eric Adams endorsed former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …
Tim Fang / CBS News:
Trump says federal deployment to San Francisco called off after conversation with Mayor Daniel Lurie  —  President Trump announced Thursday that he has called off a plan to deploy federal agents to San Francisco, following a conversation with Mayor Daniel Lurie.
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Trump calls off ‘surge’ in San Francisco
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Newsom Roasts Trump Suck-Ups With a New Line of MAGA Kneepads  —  ON YOUR KNEES  —  The California governor slammed individuals and institutions rolling over for the president.  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom took a sharp jab at Donald Trump and all those who “bend the knee” …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Bari's Baier Market … She's lunched with the network's top executives and anchors, issued an Elon Musk-style directive ordering employees to send her memos outlining their roles ahead of looming layoffs, and even inserted herself into the network's daily booking process …
Nathan Bernard / Drop Site News:
Voters Weigh In: From Waterville to Ogunquit, Mainers Are Standing By Graham Platner  —  A new survey finds the anti-genocide Platner with a blistering lead over sitting Gov. Janet Mills.  Our correspondent finds the energy on the ground matches the numbers in the spreadsheet.
Discussion: Politico, NBC News and The Dispatch
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to pay all federal employees during shutdown  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Thursday objected to a request by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) for the Senate to immediately consider and pass a bill to pay all federal workers, members of the military …
Collin Anderson / The Washington Free Beacon:
‘Working Class’ Graham Platner Attended Elite $75K a Year Prep School Known for Famous Government Alumni  —  Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, the self-described “working class Mainer,” attended an elite boarding school in Connecticut that costs upwards of $75,000 a year.
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Media Keeps Thirsting for Left-Wing Violence  —  MAGA SOCIAL-MEDIA USERS WERE OUTRAGED over the weekend to find their feeds full of further proof of the left's problem with political violence: Liberals had been caught on tape attacking Republicans.  In a video posted last Thursday …
CNN:
Jack Smith asks Congress and the Justice Department to allow him to testify publicly  —  Former special counsel Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Department allow him to testify publicly, according to a new letter he sent Thursday to the leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees.
Mike Fox / Slate:
Now Is Not the Time for Federal Judges to Be Removing ICE Skeptics From Jury Selection  —  As the Trump administration's Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids continue to ransack communities across the country—leaving destruction and a strong sense of distrust in their path …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Protest of Bay Area immigration crackdown met with apparent stun grenades at Coast Guard base  —  Tensions flared early Thursday morning as protesters attempted to block U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering a U.S. Coast Guard base near Oakland that the Trump administration was staging …
 
 
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Bizarrely Claims He Greenlit Deadly Pager Attacks
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
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Meghan Houser / The Contrarian:
The Ballroom and the Bubbles  —  As shocking as it's been to see the innards of the East Wing this week …
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Distant ICE Detention Centers Bring Money—and Anger—to an Alaska Native Community
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Election Conspiracy Theorist at DHS Denies Department Is Using Voter Data From DOJ
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Billionaire Owner Woos Trump With Flattering TIME Cover After Meltdown
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Vance says he was “insulted” by Knesset vote on West Bank annexation
Natalie Korach / Status:
Pain at The Post … On Tuesday morning, staffers at The Washington Post received a memo …
 

 
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Ted Sarandos met with President Trump in November, and both agreed WBD should go to the highest bidder; Sarandos argued that Netflix wasn't a monopoly

Committee to Protect Journalists:
After the building fire, Hong Kong summoned AFP, FT, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, and WSJ journalists, telling them to avoid “trouble making”, and arrested a commentator

Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its “pay or consent” model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but “the case is not closed”

 
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