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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Senate rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil  —  The Senate voted Tuesday to repeal President Trump's tariffs on Brazil, with five Republicans joining Democrats.  —  Why it matters: The vote serves as a symbolic rebuke of Trump's trade policies.  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: GOP senator pushes Vance for help on Trump  —  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) urged Vice President Vance during a closed-door lunch Tuesday to get President Trump to stop demanding that the Senate do away with the filibuster and traditions around judicial nominations, Axios has learned.
Politico:
Judge extends order barring mass firings of federal workers during shutdown
Andrea Cavallier / The Independent:
US citizen, 67, ‘has ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents after being dragged out of car while driving home into street they'd blocked off  —  The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago's Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children's Halloween parade
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Bill Hutchinson / Reuters:
Border Patrol agents under fire for allegedly disrupting children's Halloween parade in Chicago  —  “You're scaring our children to death,” one resident yelled at federal agents.  —  A woman walks next to what appears to be smoke as U.S. federal agents (not pictured) detain people …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says What Everyone's Been Thinking About Mike Johnson  —  “He refused to give one policy proposal to our GOP conference on our own conference call,” the GOP congresswoman fumed about her party leader.  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) …
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Axios:
Fresh Republican shutdown divisions erupt in private call  —  Republican dissent over House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) shutdown strategy spilled out on a private GOP call this afternoon, with Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas.) adding himself to the growing list of lawmakers questioning whether they should still be home in their districts.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects  —  The moves come as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.  —  The White House on Tuesday fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts …
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NBC News:
White House fires board that reviews presidential construction projects in Washington
Angela Williams / WAPT:
Escaped monkeys killed after truck accident in Heidelberg  —  One monkey is still on the run, Jasper County sheriff says  —  JASPER COUNTY, Miss. —  All but one of the rhesus monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck in Jasper County were euthanized, according to officials.
New York Times:
Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts  —  The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown.  —  More than two dozen states sued the Trump administration …
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State of California:
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Suspending November SNAP Benefits
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
9th Circuit Vacates Trump Judges' Ruling Allowing National Guard Troops To Deploy To Portland  —  The full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted Tuesday night to vacate a panel's decision allowing the National Guard to deploy to Portland, and will rehear the case.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Appeals court will reconsider whether Trump can send troops to Portland
Discussion: doj.state.or.us
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
After Law Firm Deals With Trump, D.C. Bar Warns of Ethical Jeopardy  —  The bar group's ethics committee says firms that make a deal with the government may need to get waivers from clients with opposing interests.  —  Months after law firms made deals with President Trump …
Discussion: The Red Letter
Tara Copp / Washington Post:
Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with ‘speed and conviction’  —  A memo from the Defense Department's top personnel official makes it easier to remove underperforming employees and warns managers that they will be held accountable.  —  The Pentagon removed key protections …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Pentagon removes key protections for civilian workers, moves to fire with ‘speed and conviction’
Discussion: Fox News
Melanie Lidman / Associated Press:
Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he has ordered the army to immediately carry out …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu orders “powerful” strikes in Gaza as ceasefire breaks down
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Johnson Dismisses Trump 2028 Talk — But Applauds the ‘Trolling’  —  The speaker said he did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could to inflame Democrats.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday …
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Says 'Pretty Clear I'm Not Allowed to Run' for Third Term
Associated Press:
White House urged firing live bombs, not dummies, for Trump's visit to Navy celebration: AP sources  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Politico:
Judge rules LA's top federal prosecutor was illegally appointed … “Simply stated: Essayli unlawfully assumed the role of Acting United States Attorney for the Central District of California,” Seabright concluded.  “Essayli may not perform the functions and duties of the United States Attorney …
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Another Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorney Found to be Serving Unlawfully, Federal Judge Rules
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Trump administration shakes up ICE leadership across the country in major overhaul, AP sources say  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The Trump administration is reassigning at least half the top leadership …
Ben Blatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners' Phone Calls  —  Brendan Carr, the F.C.C. chairman, cited security concerns in rolling back most of the lower costs he voted for last year.  —  Most inmates in American prisons now have a personal tablet provided by a telecommunications company …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Verge
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin  —  The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative.  But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma.  —  It wasn't so much what Zohran Mamdani said.  It was how he said it.
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human  —  I woke up restless and kind of hungover Sunday morning at 6 am and opened Reddit.  Somewhere near the top was a post called “TIL in 2002 a cave diver committed suicide by stabbing himself during a cave diving trip near Split, Croatia.
Reuters:
Kennedy directs CDC to study alleged harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reports  —  U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff to probe the potential harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Top Maryland Democrat torpedoes state's redistricting push … “Despite deeply shared frustrations about the state of our country, mid-cycle redistricting for Maryland presents a reality where the legal risks are too high, the timeline for action is dangerous, the downside risk to Democrats is catastrophic …
Discussion: Washington Post and WIBC 93.1 FM
David Goldman / CNN:
Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change  —  In a stunning and significant pushback to the “doomsday” climate activist community, Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, published a remarkable essay Tuesday that argued resources must be shifted away from the battle against climate change.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: 11 false claims Trump made to the troops in Japan  —  President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his Tuesday speech to US service members on an aircraft carrier stationed in Japan.  —  Trump repeated his regular lie that he won the 2020 election (he lost to Joe Biden).
Jill Lawrence / The Contrarian:
The New York City mayor's race is an ethics test  —  Trump, Adams, and Cuomo have made it a choice between corruption and Mamdani.  —  If you like Eric Adams (and Donald Trump), you'll love me.  That seems to be former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closing argument as New Yorkers start voting for their next mayor.
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: US military officials required to sign NDAs tied to Latin America mission, sources say  — NDAs raise questions about military buildup in Latin America  — Pentagon's use of NDAs for Latin America not previously reported  — Trump ties Venezuela, Colombia to drug trade, raising military concerns
Discussion: The Guardian, MSNBC and The Hill
Tom Ellison / McSweeney's:
Hi, It's Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology  —  “Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dumbing down of world knowledge.”  - From the book Wikipedia: The Dumbing Down of World Knowledge by Edwin Black 2010
Wall Street Journal:
Americans Are Getting a Look at Next Year's ACA Premiums and Many Don't Like It  —  Many Affordable Care Act enrollees could pay hundreds of dollars more if they stick with their health plans  —  Sticker shock over higher costs for Affordable Care Act plans is hitting many enrollees around …
Discussion: The Hill and The Federalist
 
 
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Michael McFaul / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Demolishing Four Pillars of American Power
Discussion: The Mahablog
Joseph Trevithick / The War Zone:
Executive Order To Go Back To Steam Catapults On New Aircraft Carriers Coming: Trump
Defense News:
US troops should be alarmed at Trump's strikes on alleged drug boats
Discussion: Mediaite and Esquire
David Shepardson / Reuters:
US launches crackdown against Mexican air carriers citing competition issues
Discussion: Bloomberg and NewsMax.com
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Trump has forgotten why he won in 2024
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Axios:
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