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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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Washington Post:
The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control
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HuffPost:
All The Donors Financing Trump's Ballroom As He Demolishes The White House
All The Donors Financing Trump's Ballroom As He Demolishes The White House
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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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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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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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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 — 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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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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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 …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump indicates he won't seek congressional approval for targeting drug traffickers
Trump indicates he won't seek congressional approval for targeting drug traffickers
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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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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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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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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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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Pete Hegseth says the U.S. carried out another strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea
Pete Hegseth says the U.S. carried out another strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea
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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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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 …
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.
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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 …
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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.
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” …



