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Washington Post:
Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds  —  Independents hold Trump and Republicans responsible for the shutdown by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos.  —  Just now  —  More Americans blame President …
Discussion: Reuters
pbump:
Yes, most Americans oppose the East Wing demolition.  But...  It's one of those sentences one can write about the second Trump administration that would have seemed ludicrously hyperbolic one year ago, but it is nonetheless true: The president of the United States unilaterally obliterated …
Discussion: Reuters
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New York City Mayor and New Jersey Governor 2025
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Americans oppose Trump's White House ballroom by 2-to-1 ratio, new poll finds
Marist Poll:
NYC Mayor's Race, October 2025
Discussion: CNN and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger  —  By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.  —  When Xi Jinping walked out of his meeting with President Trump on Thursday …
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New York Times:
Judge Skeptical Over Trump Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps  —  The arguments at times appeared to frustrate the judge, who promised to rule soon on a suit filed by roughly two dozen states seeking to ensure people don't go hungry as a result of a budgetary dispute.
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Dell Cameron / Wired:
ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas  —  A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.  —  US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is exploring plans …
The Atlantic:
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases  —  Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.  —  The former white house adviser Katie Miller—mother of three young children, and wife of the presidential right-hand man Stephen …
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr  —  The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.  —  ∙ Paid  —  THE EXPERIENCED HEAD OF A CRITICAL OFFICE that helps organize important technical research and disburse billions of dollars …
Discussion: New Republic
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Politico:
DOGE holdover who pushed for deep cuts at HHS is headed to the Navy
Discussion: The Hill
Brendan Ruberry / Semafor:
British newspaper spoke to the wrong de Blasio, not an ‘imposter’  —  The Scoop  —  The man at the heart of a high-stakes mix-up that rippled through global political journalism in the final days of the New York mayoral campaign was neither “falsely claiming” to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio …
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
What We Choose to Nazi  —  Good morning to everyone, including Long Island wine importer Bill DeBlasio—who accidentally provoked a minor media scandal this week when a reporter from the Times of London emailed him seeking comment on Zohran Mamdani's policies.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons  —  The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn't seem to know why.  —  Just before heading to his meetings with the leader of China, the president of the United States issued some comments about nuclear weapons, or “nuclear,” as he tends to call them.
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons ‘immediately’
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Trump's comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here's what to know about it
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina's Chief Justice Transformed His State and America  —  In early 2023, Paul Newby, the Republican chief justice of North Carolina's Supreme Court, gave the state and the nation a demonstration of the stunning and overlooked power of his office.
Punchbowl News:
Ohio Republicans cut redistricting deal with Dems … Editorial photos provided by Getty Images.  Political ads courtesy of AdImpact.  —  PUNCHBOWL NEWS PRESENTS  —  Our new weekly show, Fly Out Day, brings you inside the most consequential decisions shaping Congress with the people at the center of the story.
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
It Sure Looks Like Kash Patel Used the FBI's Jet to Go on a Date … FBI Director Kash Patel met his girlfriend at Penn State this past weekend to watch a wrestling match—but his travel to the university stadium appears to have been on the American public's dime.
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Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:   Keystone Kash Accused of Using $60M FBI Jet for Date Night
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point … So far, the burst of objections has not generated a U-turn from the administration, which is going ahead with a beef import plan that Trump officials argue will both lower steak and hamburger prices for American consumers …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate passes resolution to end Trump's global tariffs; 4 Republicans side with Dems
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Confused Trump, 79, Asks How to Walk Off Stage  —  STRANDED  —  The president looked lost as it was time to leave introductions with China's Xi Jinping.  —  President Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping got off to an awkward start as the president looked lost trying …
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Politico:
‘Amazing meeting’: Trump touts progress on multiple fronts with China after meeting Xi
New York Times:
How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico … Alejandro Juarez stepped off a plane in Texas and stood on a bridge over the Rio Grande, staring at the same border that he had crossed illegally from Mexico 22 years earlier.  —  As U.S. immigration officials unshackled …
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens  —  Up to 23,500 service members are being readied and trained for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.  —  The Pentagon has ordered thousands of specialized National Guard personnel to complete civil unrest mission training …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Pentagon orders ‘quick reaction force’ of 500 troops per state: Reports
New York Times:
Florida Universities to Stop Hiring Foreign H-1B Workers Under DeSantis Plan  —  The governor's announcement follows a Trump administration plan to charge institutions $100,000 to bring in workers from other countries using the visas.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis directed Florida education officials to …
CNN:
Exclusive: Three-star general pushed out amid tensions with Hegseth  —  A three-star general serving on the Pentagon's Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people familiar with the matter.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
This Man Is the Face of the Future  —  Greg Bovino is next.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Il Bovino  —  Please watch this short clip.  It's under two minutes.  And then lets talk about what you see.  —  First: You see Chicago police officers at the scene outside the Chicago courthouse.
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
FBI slams House proposal to grant Tulsi Gabbard leading role on counterintelligence  —  The CIA and other intelligence officials share many of the FBI's misgivings about the House proposal, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.  —  The FBI says a proposal by House lawmakers …
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally  —  Access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth will be dramatically restricted by the Trump administration under new proposals by the Department of Health and Human Services.  —  NPR has obtained the draft text …
Sarah Owermohle / CNN:
Confirmation hearing delayed for Trump's surgeon general nominee as she goes into labor with her first child  —  The Senate hearing for President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, is postponed as the nominee goes into labor with her first child, according to a Senate Health …
Just The News:
FBI memo opening Arctic Frost probe into Trump was thin on evidence and justification, experts say  —  Biden DOJ investigations into Trump were born in sea of retribution: The picture of the politicized nature of the Arctic Frost investigation into Donald Trump continues take shape, and it's not pretty.
Joe Sommerlad / The Independent:
JD Vance says only ‘really terrible’ people mistreat dogs - apparently forgetting his cabinet colleague shot hers dead  —  Vice President overlooks Homeland Security Secretary Krisi Noem's notorious execution of her puppy, Cricket in a discussion on animal cruelty and personal morality
 
 
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Shutdown-ending stopgap will have to move first in any deal, Thune says
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Pew Research Center:
A Year Ahead of the Midterms, Americans' Dim Views of Both Parties
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Convicted would-be Trump assassin asks to be imprisoned in state that authorizes assisted suicide
Discussion: Washington Examiner and IJR
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Trump administration makes misleading case in high-stakes asylum hearing
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It'll be mostly white South Africans
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
JD Vance calls for reduction in legal immigration at Turning Point event
NBC News:
Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators — and allowed them to keep abusing children
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Crime in U.S. Seen as Less Serious for Second Straight Year
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Americans have a secret weapon against Trump
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Jack Ciattarelli Called for ‘New Constitution’ to Bypass Courts, Legislators
ProPublica:
The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Crockett inches toward Senate run
 

 
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