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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples' Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship — “You don't got no ID?” a Border Patrol agent in a baseball cap, sunglasses, and neck gaiter asks a kid on a bike. The officer and three others had just stopped the two young men on their bikes during …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Choosing to let kids go hungry — The official website of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) claims that on November 1, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out of funding. The USDA asserts that Democrats are blocking funding to secure “health care for illegal immigrants” …
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NBC News:
Shutdown pain intensifies as air traffic controllers lose pay, and food assistance is drying up
Shutdown pain intensifies as air traffic controllers lose pay, and food assistance is drying up
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $7 billion per month, budget office says
Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $7 billion per month, budget office says
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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 — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung presented US President Donald Trump with a replica of a gold crown on display at the Gyeongju National Museum as the pair meet Wednesday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
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Isabel Van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Oh, No! Trump, 79, Attempts Indian Accent on Asia Tour
Oh, No! Trump, 79, Attempts Indian Accent on Asia Tour
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Washington Post:
Two U.S. prosecutors suspended after describing Jan. 6 attack as ‘mob’ — The suspensions come in the case of a 2021 Capitol rioter who faces sentencing for unrelated weapons charges. — The Justice Department has placed two federal prosecutors in Washington on leave a day after they filed …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Puts Prosecutors On Leave For Accurately Describing Jan. 6 Attack
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New York Times:
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases — The government website now shows consumers how much their health insurance costs will increase next year, as Congress remains at an impasse over the plans' subsidies. — The Trump administration on Wednesday released a preview …
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Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's ObamaCare Opportunity
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump pitches working with Democrats on ObamaCare alternative
Trump pitches working with Democrats on ObamaCare alternative
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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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David Gritten / BBC:
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 104, health ministry says, after Hamas accused of killing soldier — At least 104 Palestinians were killed in a wave of Israeli strikes in Gaza on Tuesday night, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry says. — The Israeli military said it struck …
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Associated Press:
Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104
Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104
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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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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump concedes it's “pretty clear” he can't run for a third term
Trump concedes it's “pretty clear” he can't run for a third term
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Texas sues Tylenol for the dumbest reason — Attorney General Ken Paxton beclowns himself to get Trump to endorse his Senate run — In an unbelievably crowded field, the title of “Most Wretched Republican Bootlicker” is ultimately impossible to determine.
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago — Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has become a public face of President Trump's crackdown, was ordered to give the federal judge a daily report on the actions of his team from now on. — 1k
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ indicts Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests — Abughazaleh called the charges “yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up.” — A special federal grand jury has indicted Democratic …
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Basillioh Rukanga / BBC:
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US revoked his visa — Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said the US revoked his visa and banned him from the country. — The 91-year-old author, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, said the US consulate asked him to bring …
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Financial Times:
Trump's Truth Social to allow trading on election results — US president's social media platform enters prediction market sector — Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is to offer users the chance to trade on the outcome of elections and sports games, extending the US president …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Empty Promises of Trump's Imperial Presidency — As it now stands, approximately 42 million Americans will lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when its funding runs out on Saturday. Most are children, seniors and the disabled.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats' Greatest Weakness — All you have to do is take a passing glance at Graham Platner, a progressive candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, to understand why so many Democrats have been frothing at the mouth over his candidacy for months.
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New York Times:
In Utah, Trump's Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape — State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City's edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.” — To glimpse the future of homelessness policy in the age of President Trump …
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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 …
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Expanding Business: After Joining 2nd New Board, U.S. Contracts Followed — Topline — Unusual Machines is at least the second company that appears to have activated an advisory board specifically to give a Trump a role, placing Donald Trump Jr. on the board in November 2024 …
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.
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
The triumph of bullshit — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — ♻️ Subscribe to PN ♻️ — During the first Trump administration, Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler documented more than 30,000 lies by the president.
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Top Republicans slam Trump administration's troop drawdown in Romania — A pair of senior Republican defense hawks are denouncing a move by the Trump administration to scale back the U.S. military presence in Europe on NATO's eastern edge, saying the decision “sends the wrong signal” to Russia.
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 …
Eric Umansky / ProPublica:
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage — The Trump administration is making it more difficult for veterans with a rare but deadly cancer to get their health care needs covered by the government.
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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
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Some evangelicals are “quietly quitting” Trump and MAGA … - “We've gotten more testimonials. … - Some pastors and their followers are angry that Trump's administration has lifted bans on immigration agents going into churches to make arrests. — Others are dismayed by cuts to humanitarian aid programs at home and abroad.
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The Atlantic:
The Missing President — In the 29 days that the government has been closed, President Donald Trump has not traveled to Capitol Hill to jump-start negotiations, brought congressional leaders to the White House to broker a deal, or given a speech to the American public about the crisis.
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NBC News:
Federal judge rules U.S. attorney in California has been ‘unlawfully serving’ in role — Judge J. Michael Seabright found that Trump appointee Bilal Essayli unlawfully assumed the post after resigning in July as interim U.S. attorney for the Central District of California.
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 …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Meet the Senate aide with a $44,000 taxpayer-funded commute … Between April of that year and the following September, he took 11 trips labeled “Lynchburg VA to Washington DC and Return” and got $16,000 back in expenses from the government, according to Senate expense records.
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
De Blasio Impersonator Tricks British Newspaper With Fake Criticism of Mamdani — The Times of London briefly ran an article with quotes from someone who the paper said had falsely claimed to be the former New York mayor Bill de Blasio. — Former Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed cuts rates for the second time this year, will end balance sheet run-off in December … The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its second straight interest rate cut, a widely expected move that came despite little recent visibility on the economy due to the government shutdown.
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