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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 …
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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 …
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Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing
Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing
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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 …
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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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Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
U.S. and China could reach trade deal to avoid 100% tariffs, says Scott Bessent — Bessent said Trump would likely visit Xi in Beijing early next year ahead of the Lunar New Year, and a meeting in Washington would likely happen ahead of Xi's trip to the U.S.
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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 …
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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 …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people
SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people
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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.
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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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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 …
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.
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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.
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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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Jude Webber / Financial Times:
Hard-left candidate secures landslide in Irish presidential election
Hard-left candidate secures landslide in Irish presidential election
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