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10:45 AM ET, October 23, 2025

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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing  —  Where Things Stand  — White House demolition: President Trump's plan to add an expansive ballroom to the White House will mean the demolition of the entire East Wing …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Many presidents have renovated the White House.  How Trump's ballroom compares.  —  Construction on Trump's massive and expensive ballroom is underway, but it's far from the first extreme makeover made to what's known as the People's House.
The Bulwark:
Our House Was a Very, Very, Very Fine House  —  Trump views the physical history of the White House much as he views the nation's laws: something to be swept aside at will.  —  The applications have been received, and the new-look Pentagon press—representatives of those publications …
NBC News:
Trump administration demolishing entire East Wing of the White House to add new ballroom  —  Trump said in July that the $250 million project “won't interfere with the current building.”  —  The entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished “within days,” according to two Trump administration officials.
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Introducing White House ballroom construction derangement syndrome
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Trump treats the WH with reverence - and he's rebuilding our nation's pride with historic renovations
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Is Wasting No Time in Tearing Down the East Wing
Washington Post:
Can anyone stop Trump's teardown of the East Wing?
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
‘A little fragile boy who needs to have big toys’: Jen Psaki on Trump's White House demolition
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump To Demolish Entire East Wing Of White House By This Weekend
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Moves Into Full Twilight Zone ‘Anthony’ Phase
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
The shutdown cliff that could hit Democrats hard … So far, despite the possible food assistance fallout in just over a week, top Democrats are pushing ahead and refusing to shore up the votes to reopen the government.  —  Asked Tuesday if the cliff would change his party's calculus …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Health Insurance Cost Crisis Is Now Upon Us
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and RedState
Washington Post:
Russia faces surprise setback with Trump's new oil sanctions  —  President Donald Trump's sanctions against Russia's two biggest oil companies come as the European Union passes its 19th package targeting the energy sector.  —  Russia's war economy is steeling itself for new blows …
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Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
Trump hopes sanctioning Russian oil companies will bring quick end to Ukraine war
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Stony silence from Moscow after Trump turns on Russia, says talks with Putin 'don't go anywhere'
New York Times:
Russians Awake to Trump's New Oil Sanctions and Largely Shrug
NBC News:
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting  —  The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency's rush to hire immigration officers, sources told NBC News.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area  —  The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source familiar with the operation.
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Sophie Austin / Associated Press:
California National Guard to support food banks due to expected food assistance delays
Natalie Korach / Status:
Pain at The Post … On Tuesday morning, staffers at The Washington Post received a memo from Executive Editor Matt Murray, alerting his troops to yet another masthead-level loss for the newsroom.  Greg Manifold, head of visuals, will leave the newspaper after a decades-long tenure …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse  —  Donald Trump is rapidly transforming the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System.  For convenience's sake, let's refer to this going forward as Trump's presidential “BDS.”  —  This is underscored by the jarring news …
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Trump's Latest Daylight Robbery Makes the Louvre Jewelry Heist Look Like Chump Change
Washington Post:
Frustration grows over Trump bailout of Argentina  —  Republican officials are speaking out, but Trump says cattle ranchers don't understand how much his policies have helped them.  —  On his soybean and cotton farm in Proctor, Arkansas, Bobby Cupples laid off three workers as a result …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
Discussion: Reuters and Semafor
Paul Krugman:
Argentina and Rural America's Awakening  —  Suddenly, Trump's contempt for his base is showing  —  Is rural America starting to fall out of love with Donald Trump?  —  Policy wonks like me have spent decades pointing out that if rural Americans voted based on their informed self-interest …
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration in Talks to Take Equity Stakes in Quantum-Computing Firms  —  Discussions signal Washington's wider involvement in key parts of the economy  —  WASHINGTON—Several quantum-computing companies are in talks to give the Commerce Department equity stakes in exchange for federal funding …
Associated Press:
Portland Trail Blazers' Billups and Miami Heat's Rozier arrested in gambling probe, sources say  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier …
Associated Press:
4 US citizens arrested during ICE crackdown on NYC's Canal Street, congressman says  —  Nine undocumented immigrants were also arrested at Canal Street, DHS said.  —  Federal agents conduct an immigration sweep on Canal Street in Chinatown as protestors gather, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in New York.
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think  —  For many Americans, there might be a temptation to disbelieve the enormity of what has happened in Gaza.  After all, it is a catastrophe funded by our money, made possible by our weapons, condoned by our government and carried out by one of our closest allies.
Discussion: BBC
Russell Contreras / Axios:
The Christians mounting a moral counter to Trump's immigration agenda  —  A diverse coalition of moderate and progressive Christians has opted to jump off the pulpit and challenge President Trump around immigration, civil rights and poverty. … - But “faith isn't owned by the Right,” the Rev. Eddie Anderson tells Axios.
Discussion: Deseret News
Politico:
Inside the Capitol Hill implosion of Paul Ingrassia … Senators reached a breaking point this week after POLITICO reported on texts that showed Ingrassia making racist and antisemitic remarks to fellow Republicans, as he was set to testify before the Senate Homeland committee on Thursday.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump shits on America.  Why doesn't the media care?  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✊ Subscribe to PN ✊  —  Last Saturday, millions of people took to the streets to defy President Donald Trump in the largest single …
Discussion: New Republic
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using ‘indefensible’ antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts  —  A progressive U.S. Senate candidate in Maine, who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic and racially insensitive remarks and said he did not realize that a tattoo …
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government's gross …
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
U.S. Anglican Church archbishop accused of sexual misconduct, abuse of power … Shapira interviewed the priests and former employees who wrote affidavits in the presentment against the archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America.  He and Reshma Kirpalani traveled to South Carolina …
Discussion: Anglican Ink © 2025, RNS and Raw Story
Politico:
Abandoned NASA nominee may find new life … The NASA job has taken on new urgency under Trump, who has made an expansion of human spaceflight a key element of his agenda — including a return trip to the moon by the end of Trump's term.  The agency also controls billions of dollars …
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Who Are the Real Kings? … So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries.  —  He ran three times in a general election.  —  He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress.  —  In contrast, in 2020, Joe Biden did not run a typical campaign.
 
 
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Peter Charalambous / ABC News:
Trump's Cabinet officials sought to sabotage each other during transition process, new book says
Politico:
Shutdown meets the courts
Discussion: Washington Post
NOTUS:
Mass Layoffs at HUD's Fair Housing Office Could Cause Enforcement to Grind to a Halt
NBC News:
Author Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump over Jeffrey Epstein threat
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Jameel Jaffer / New York Times:
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Politico:
Faculty union targets Jewish political money
Discussion: Frontpage Mag, Mercury News and JPAC
Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg:
An Emboldened Kim Nudges Trump for a Sitdown
Discussion: Reuters
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Exclusive: Sanders weighs in on AOC's future, 2028
Discussion: Fox News
Erin Kissane / The Tech Policy Press Podcast:
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike
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Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
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Financial Times:
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