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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
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and CBS News
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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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago
Reuters:
South Korea welcomes Trump with its highest award, a golden crown and ketchup  —  South Korea welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday with a replica gold crown and awarded him with the “Grand Order of Mugunghwa”, the country's highest decoration, the presidential office said.
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Bloomberg:
South Korea Gifts Trump Replica Gold Crown During APEC Visit
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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New York Times:
Trump Suggests He Knows He Can't Run Again: 'It's Too Bad'  —  Despite the Constitution's two-term limit, Trump had mused for months about a third term.  —  President Trump seemed to concede on Wednesday that he was not eligible to serve a third term, lamenting that it was an unfortunate result …
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Says 'Pretty Clear I'm Not Allowed to Run' for Third Term
Washington Post:
Maryland's Democratic Senate president blocks anti-Trump redistricting fight  —  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, two of the state's top Democrats, want a special session to redistrict.  Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said no.  —  Just now
Discussion: Townhall
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Top Maryland Democrat torpedoes state's redistricting push
Discussion: The Hill and NOTUS
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:
Democrats embrace votes to make government shutdown hurt less
Grace Yarrow / Politico:
Democrats launch alternative bill to save SNAP funding
Washington Post:
Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations … The Department of Homeland Security posted a swaggering montage to social media in August declaring it had triumphed in its takeover of Washington, D.C. It showed footage of federal agents fighting what a DHS official called a …
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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.
Cindy Von Quednow / CNN:
Man arrested with body armor and a suitcase filled with ammunition after threatening multiple synagogues, officials say  —  In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested …
Discussion: New York Post and al.com
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Radio Free Asia Will Halt News Operations Amid Shutdown  —  Until this month, Radio Free Asia had successfully resisted Trump officials who had tried to render it obsolete.  —  Radio Free Asia, one of four federally funded news organizations the Trump administration has aimed to close …
more at Mediagazer »
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Appeals court will reconsider whether Trump can send troops to Portland  —  The 9th Circuit tossed out a panel decision from last week authorizing the deployment.  —  Just now  —  A federal appeals court on Tuesday said it would take a second look at whether President Donald Trump …
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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
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
Eric Umansky / ProPublica:
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage  —  A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer.  The agency cites no new science …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
It didn't take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress  —  If today's newsletter doesn't make any sense — OK, even less sense than usual — blame baseball.  From roughly 11 p.m. Monday night to nearly 3 a.m. on Tuesday, I drifted in but mostly out of a fitful sleep as I joined millions …
Associated Press:
Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Israel's military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza …
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 …
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
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Abigail Spanberger stays laser-focused on closing economic message amid last-minute ‘curveballs’ in Virginia  —  Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has sought to use the government shutdown, Jay Jones' texts and redistricting to knock Spanberger off course ahead of the Nov. 4 gubernatorial election.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
The triumph of bullshit  —  Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy.  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ♻️ Subscribe to PN ♻️  —  During the first Trump administration …
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite  —  Layoffs at companies ranging from Amazon to Target are sending young and experienced workers alike into unwelcoming market  —  The nation's largest employers have a new message for office workers: help not wanted.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
How a Small Elite College in Maine Influenced Mamdani's World View  —  The mayoral candidate has said his education at Bowdoin College 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.
Associated Press:
Trump's decision to send aircraft carrier to South America will leave Mideast and Europe with none  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  President Donald Trump's decision to shift the nation's most advanced aircraft carrier …
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 …
 
 
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Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats' Greatest Weakness
Discussion: twitchy.com
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: GOP spending $5M to slam House Dems over political violence
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Empty Promises of Trump's Imperial Presidency
Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ordered Secret East Wing Teardown in F-Word Rant: Author
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Meet the Senate aide with a $44,000 taxpayer-funded commute
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed's data blackout deepens during shutdown
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Shutdown pain intensifies as air traffic controllers lose pay, and food assistance is drying up
Discussion: Reuters
NBC News:
As Trump watches, Georgia Republicans brace for a bruising Senate primary
Discussion: Capitol News Illinois
Wall Street Journal:
Americans Are Getting a Look at Next Year's ACA Premiums and Many Don't Like It
Discussion: The Hill and The Federalist
Defense News:
US troops should be alarmed at Trump's strikes on alleged drug boats
Discussion: Mediaite and Esquire
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
 

 
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Semafor:
In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises “significant antitrust problems”

Will McCurdy / PCMag:
Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out

Sarah Holder / Bloomberg:
A look at Netflix House in Philadelphia, a new 100K sq. ft. location for in-person experiences, which resembles a Disneyland attraction and a Dave & Buster's
 
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