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Trump Says He's Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada — The president said he was motivated by an ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that featured Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs in a 1987 radio address. — President Trump said late Thursday that he was terminating negotiations …
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Trump says he's ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — President Donald Trump said late Thursday that he was ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television …
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Ari Altstedter / Bloomberg:
Ontario Premier Stands By Reagan Ad After Trump Cancels Trade Talks
Ontario Premier Stands By Reagan Ad After Trump Cancels Trade Talks
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The risks of letting Trump become the military paymaster — Trump will demand their loyalty in return — President Trump's personalist presidency is driven by a simple logic: protect friends and punish enemies. The shutdown encapsulates this worldview.
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — ✊ Subscribe to PN ✊ — For years, conservatives loudly complained that government spending was opaque, that their hard-earned dollars …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The Trump Supremacy — Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order — At September's rally-scale memorial for Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump rejected the assassinated Christian nationalist's spirit of forgiveness.
NBC News:
The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn't happening. — Democrats have only hardened their position as the government shutdown enters its 23rd day, leaving Republican majorities in Congress with few answers — and many criticisms.
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Republicans considering bill to keep SNAP benefits flowing amid the shutdown
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Axios:
Cracks emerge in Democrats' unity on government shutdown
Cracks emerge in Democrats' unity on government shutdown
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Polls show voters now trust Democrats more to handle the economy — Donald Trump won the 2024 election because of inflation. The issue was the most important to voters' choices in 2024, according to a Gallup poll. And rising prices were generally a public relations nightmare for Joe Biden's presidency …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
New U.S. strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat kills 6, Hegseth says — Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. carried out another strike on a vessel allegedly operated by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua that he said was trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea.
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Another US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Exclusive: Senate Dems move to condemn Trump's Binance pardon — Senate Democrats are moving to officially condemn President Trump's pardon of Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, the founder of crypto exchange Binance, Axios has learned. … - Trump's pardon of CZ, who was facing four months …
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes — The president said he would bypass Congress rather than ask for approval for his military campaign against drug traffickers, even as he said it would expand from sea to land. — President Trump said on Thursday …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Detroit's mayor diagnoses the problem for Democrats
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Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Rand Paul vows support for Thomas Massie amid Trump-backed primary challenge
Rand Paul vows support for Thomas Massie amid Trump-backed primary challenge
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Lawsuit: D.C. man detained for playing “Star Wars” song at National Guard — A D.C. man filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming he was detained for playing Darth Vader's theme from the “Star Wars” while protesting National Guard troops patrolling the city during President Trump's crime crackdown.
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Bora Erden / New York Times:
How to Make Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets
How to Make Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets
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Politico:
Senators eye sanctions vote after Trump targets Russian oil — The bipartisan authors of sweeping Russia sanctions legislation are hoping the Senate is finally ready to consider their bill after President Donald Trump hit Moscow's energy sector with penalties this week.
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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 …
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Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
D.C.'s newest tourist attraction is a demolition site. (Yeah, that one.)
D.C.'s newest tourist attraction is a demolition site. (Yeah, that one.)
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
DHS Posts Video Featuring Song Popular With Nazi Creators — The agency denied making “Nazi propaganda” in a statement that could be characterized as “very online.” — READING TIME: READING TIME 4 MINUTES — Read Later Read Later — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security posted …
Bloomberg:
American ‘State Capitalism’ Is Destined for Failure — Call it industrial policy, state capitalism, old-fashioned socialism: It's a bad idea. Across several recent administrations, the US government's role in the economy has grown increasingly intrusive. The current White House has taken things to an extreme.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law … Since he returned to office nine months ago, President Trump has sought to expand executive power across numerous fronts. But his claim that he can lawfully order the military to summarily kill people accused …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump's run-in with D.C. protesters still haunts his team — After protesters got within a few feet of President Trump at a D.C. restaurant last month, his team was so alarmed it had a tense talk with Secret Service officials about Trump's security, Axios has learned.
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Crypto Partner Suspends CEO With No Explanation After Stock Falls 74% — Topline — Alt5 Sigma, which bet its future on a Trump family crypto venture and has since seen its stock price plummet 74%, suspended its CEO last week with pay but without a public explanation …
Finn Brunton / New York Times:
Crypto and Trump Corrupted America — It was pitched as the world's most exclusive invitation. Hundreds gathered at President Trump's private country club in Virginia in May for a gala evening. Guests included Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency billionaire who, in the Biden administration …
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 …
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New Republic:
Transcript: Jamie Raskin's Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare — The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 24 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. — Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Is Turning the White House Into a Golden Goose — When Donald Trump was demolishing the Bonwit Teller building on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue in 1980 to make way for Trump Tower, the Metropolitan Museum of Art approached him with a small request. It asked the young developer to preserve …
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Will Freeman / New York Times:
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator — President Dina Boluarte this month became the third Peruvian leader to be impeached in five years. With an approval rating hovering around 3 percent, she had become, by some estimates, one of the most loathed elected heads of state in the world.
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.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 23, 2025 — Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News reported today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement's rush to get new recruits onto the street has meant they have pushed into their training program more than 200 people who have disqualifying criminal backgrounds …
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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