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9:30 AM ET, October 24, 2025

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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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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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Fox News and Task & Purpose
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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.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:   King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank
New York Times:
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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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump says he's ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads
New York Times:   Live Updates: Trump Cuts Off Trade Talks With Canada
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 …
Discussion: Townhall
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Adam Wren / Politico:   Detroit's mayor diagnoses the problem for Democrats
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Senate GOP chair declines hearings on Trump's boat attacks off Venezuela
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Nick Turse / The Intercept:   Admiral's Mystery Retirement Amid Secret War Leaves Key Command in Turmoil
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
Politico:
Republicans are barreling toward an Obamacare subsidy cliff — with no unified plan
Discussion: Associated Press
Punchbowl News:   10/24/25 ☀️ AM: … There's still no resolution in sight to this crisis.
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 …
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
Punchbowl News:
Challenges abound for Graham's ‘Russia week’ push … Editorial photos provided by Getty Images.  Political ads courtesy of AdImpact.  —  PRESENTED BY COMCAST  —  Comcast's network powered the top 10 internet traffic events in 2024-2025, driven by sports streaming and game downloads.
Discussion: E&E News and Roll Call
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Politico:
Senators eye sanctions vote after Trump targets Russian oil
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
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 …
New Republic:
Transcript: Jamie Raskin's Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare … Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.  I'm your host, Greg Sargent.  —  As you may have heard by now, President Trump is reportedly demanding …
Discussion: The Guardian
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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.
Discussion: The Virginian-Pilot
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.
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.
Discussion: 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 …
Lisa Fazio / The Tennessean:
Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed ‘compact’ is not enough  —  The Nashville university cannot afford to remain neutral on the Trump administration's “compact” agreement. … On Oct. 1, the Trump administration sent a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” …
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 …
Discussion: HuffPost, Los Angeles Times and Forbes
Finn Brunton / New York Times:
How Crypto 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 …
Discussion: Semafor and Forbes, more at Techmeme »
Lakshya Jain / The Argument:
Can Democrats actually learn anything from Zohran?  —  Today's piece is a sneak peek at results from our newest round of polling, which will be released next week.  Full results will be available for paid subscribers on Monday (the poll is largely focused on how Americans think about immigration).
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Financial Times:
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