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11:30 AM ET, October 26, 2025

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Kriston Capps / Bloomberg:
How Trump Demolished the White House East Wing  —  By putting the demolition of the East Wing before the necessary approvals for his ballroom, President Donald Trump borrowed a tactic known as “stake-driving” to force an outcome. … The world watched this week as the Trump administration razed …
Discussion: Deseret News
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Washington Post:
In defense of the White House ballroom  —  Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs  —  Just now  —  The teardown of the White House's East Wing this week is a Rorschach test.  Many see the rubble as a metaphor for President Donald Trump's reckless disregard of norms and the rule of law …
Wall Street Journal:   How Trump Barreled Through D.C.'s Bureaucracy to Get His White House Ballroom
Auzinea Bacon / CNN:
Trump says he's increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario's Reagan ad  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-tariff speech by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987.
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Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press:
Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner  —  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 on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports …
Associated Press:
East Timor becomes newest ASEAN member, while Thailand and Cambodia sign expanded border ceasefire  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  East Timor's prime minister told leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations …
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Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
State Department Intelligence Agency Dissented Over Putin's Appetite for Peace  —  The CIA had a more positive assessment of the Russian leader's willingness to talk  —  The State Department's internal intelligence agency cast doubt earlier this year on the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 25, 2025  —  Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) holds in reserve to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  The government shutdown means that states have run …
Discussion: The Hill, Al Jazeera and RedState
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Pooja Salhotra / New York Times:
In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President's Policies Have Hit Hard … When President Trump announced a $20 billion bailout for Argentina this month, Larry Ory, 86, a farmer in Earlham, Iowa, could hardly believe it, especially after boatloads of Argentine soybeans began shipping to China, a once-critical customer for Mr. Ory's family.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyla Scanlon / New York Times:
It Is Trump's Casino Economy Now.  You'll Probably Lose.  —  Step into the casino that now passes for the American economy.  —  Donald Trump campaigned on bringing back American manufacturing and rebuilding what America once was — factories, workers in hard hats — from the ground up.
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:   AI spending is boosting the economy, but many businesses are in survival mode
Peter Charalambous / ABC News:
'You'll go down as a wimp:' Pence's never-before-published notes key evidence in case against Trump, book says  —  ABC's Jonathan Karl has the exclusive details in his new book, “Retribution.”  —  Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress to certify …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Sunday Pages: “Ode to the West Wind”  —  A poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley  —  That the protest was peaceful, and the mood festive, did not mean that the multitudes who gathered in the park that day—men, women, and children—were not angry.  —  There was much to be angry about.
Robert Costa / CBS News:
Gavin Newsom says he will consider White House run after 2026 elections  —  Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has become one of President Trump's most high-profile adversaries, told “CBS News Sunday Morning” in an exclusive interview that he will consider whether to run for president after the 2026 midterm elections.
Discussion: Reuters
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Under Trump, Voice of America Is Down but Not Out … For nearly two years, Voice of America, a federal news agency dedicated to projecting American values around the world, provided intensive Persian-language coverage of Israel's war with Hamas.  The service regularly reached viewers inside Iran …
Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
The Lone House Democrat Who Thinks His Party Has the Shutdown All Wrong  —  Maine's Jared Golden says his party is being pushed in the wrong direction by far-left groups  —  BANGOR, Maine—Democratic Rep. Jared Golden didn't just side with Republicans in the House's vote to avoid the government shutdown.
Discussion: twitchy.com and RedState
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Carolyn Stein / Chicago Tribune:
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments  —  A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
Shawn Pogatchnik / Politico:
Ireland elects left-wing president in anti-government landslide  —  Catherine Connolly's lop-sided victory to be Ireland's next head of state was accompanied by a surge in vandalized ballots from right-wing voters.  —  DUBLIN — Independent socialist Catherine Connolly swept …
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Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Help!  —  We're drowning in corruption  —  Sometimes, when I'm lecturing kids on career …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
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Politico:
Vought promised to use the shutdown to shutter the bureaucracy. It didn't go as planned.
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